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BBA in Banking and Finance - AACSB Accredited Program

Total Credits
92
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Mission

The Bachelor of Business Administration in Banking and Finance (BBA-BAF), aims at providing students with excellent knowledge of the principles of financial management that involves mainly corporate finance, investment, bank management and asset pricing. The development of the students’ theoretical, analytical and technical skills constitutes the core objective of this program specially designed to combine these skills with real financial applications.

 

Accreditation

The Faculty of Business Administration and Economics (FBAE) is an accredited member of AACSB International—The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. AACSB accreditation is known, worldwide, as the longest-standing, most recognized form of specialized accreditation that an institution and its business programs can earn. Accreditation is a voluntary, nongovernmental process that includes a rigorous external review of a school's mission, faculty qualifications, curricula, and ability to provide the highest-quality programs.

 

The Department of Accounting and Finance in the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics received the formal accreditation from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) for its Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting in 2018, and its Bachelor of Business Administration in Banking and Finance in 2021.

Admission Requirements

Applicants must pass the Lebanese Baccalaureate Part II (any strand) or its equivalent as identified by the Lebanese Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE). An applicant is accepted if he or she fulfills all the University admission requirements. In addition, there are three states of selection to the BBA, acceptance, conditional acceptance, and rejection. Students may be assigned MAT 105 as a remedial course in light of their composite scores. All first-year applicants must complete the Admission Requirements.

 

Graduation Requirements

The total number of credits required for graduation for a BBA with concentrations in Banking and Finance and in Accounting is 92 credits and 99 credits for a BBA in Financial Engineering. An overall GPA of at least 2.0/4.0, and a minimum GPA of 2.3/4.0 in both the Common Core and Major Requirement courses are required. Students are advised to plan their courses in advance for the entire program.

 

Courses

Liberal Arts Curriculum (27cr.)

English and Arabic Communication (9cr.)

English Communication (6cr.)

 

Arabic Communication (3cr.)

 
Religion (3cr.)

 
Ethics (3cr.)

 
Cultural Studies and Social Science

Cultural Studies (3cr.)

 
Citizenship (3cr.)

 
Applied and Life Sciences (6cr.)

Applied Science (3cr.)

 

Life and Natural Sciences (3cr.)

 

Required Common Core Courses (37cr.)

Major Requirements (28cr.)

Suggested Program

Fall Semester Year I (15cr.)
ACO 201 Principles of Accounting I 3 cr.
ECN
 211 Principles of Microeconomics
 3 cr.
MAT
 204 Mathematics For Business and Economics I
 3 cr.
ENL 213 Sophomore English Rhetoric 3 cr.


Liberal Arts Curriculum (LAC)
 3 cr.
Spring Semester Year I (16cr.)
ECN 212 Principles of Macroeconomics 3 cr.
STA
 220 Applied Statistics 4 cr.
MGT
 201 Fundamentals of Management
 3 cr.
ENL 223 Communication Arts
 3 cr.
    Liberal Arts Curriculum (LAC)
 3 cr.
Summer Session Year I (6cr.)
ACO
 202 Principles of Accounting II
 3 cr.
MGT
 311 Business Law
 3 cr.
Fall Semester Year II (15cr.)
BAF 311 Principles of Financial Management I
 3 cr.
ACO
 311
 Managerial Accounting
 3 cr.
MGT 317
 Organizational Behavior
 3 cr.
MRK
 201 Fundamentals of Marketing
 3 cr.


Liberal Arts Curriculum (LAC)
 3 cr.
Spring Semester Year II (12cr.)
BAF 312 Principles of Financial Management II 3 cr.
BAF 315 Financial Institutions and Markets 3 cr.
BAF
 321 Fundamentals of Investments
 3 cr.


Liberal Arts Curriculum (LAC)
 3 cr.
Summer Session Year II (6cr.)
ECN
 333 Managerial Economics
 3 cr.


Liberal Arts Curriculum (LAC)
 3 cr.
Fall Semester Year III (12cr.)
BAF
 352 Commercial Bank Management I
 3 cr.
BAF 450 Derivatives 3 cr.
MGT 433 Business Policy and Strategic Management
 3 cr.
BAF 461 Concepts Market Implementation/Bloomberg 
 0 cr.


Liberal Arts Curriculum (LAC)
 3 cr.
Spring Semester Year III (10cr.)
BAF 433 International Business Finance
 3 cr.
BAF 353
 Commercial Bank Management II
 3 cr.
BAF 481 Finance Internship 1 cr.


Liberal Arts Curriculum (LAC)
 3 cr.

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

Total 92 Credits

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