Academics | Faculties | FACULTY OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND ECONOMICS | Department of Accounting and Finance | BBA in Financial Engineering - AACSB Accredited Program | NDU

Total Credits
99
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Mission

The Bachelor of Business Administration in Financial Engineering (BBA-FEN), aims at coaching students to adapt financial theories and models into practice while providing them with all the conceptual knowledge from asset management, derivatives to risk finance in order to be able to ultimately design innovative instruments in the market place.

 

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.

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. 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.)

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.)
BAF 311 Principles of Financial Management I
3 cr.
MGT
311
Business Law
3 cr.
Fall Semester Year II (15 cr.)
ACO 311 Managerial Accounting 3 cr.
BAF 312 Principles of Financial Management II 3 cr.
BAF
321
Fundamentals of Investments
3 cr.
MRK
201 Fundamentals of Marketing
3 cr.


Liberal Arts Curriculum (LAC)
3 cr.

Spring Semester Year II (13cr.)
ECN 313 Introduction to Econometrics
3 cr.
BAF
352
Commercial Bank Management I
3 cr.
BAF 450
Derivatives
3 cr.
CSC 372
Mathematical Software Packages
1 cr.


Liberal Arts Curriculum (LAC)
3 cr.
Summer Session Year II (9cr.)
ECN
333 Managerial Economics
3 cr.
MGT
317
Organizational Behavior
3 cr.
    Liberal Arts Curriculum (LAC)
3 cr.
Fall Semester Year III (12cr.)
MAT
336
Numerical Methods for Finance
3 cr.
FEN
452 Financial Modeling
3 cr.
FEN
455 Advanced Derivatives Models
3 cr.
BAF
461 Concepts Market Implementation/Bloomberg
0 cr.


Liberal Arts Curriculum (LAC)
3 cr.
Spring Semester Year III (13cr.)
MGT
433
Business Policy and Strategic Management
3 cr.
BAF
421 Quantitative Asset Management
3 cr.
BAF
481 Finance Internship
1 cr.
FEN
442 Financial Risk Management
3 cr.


Liberal Arts Curriculum
3 cr.

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

Total 99 Credits
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