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Finance is a marketable degree.
JBU helps you get where you want to be.

In the finance major, you will learn to be a strategic problem-solver who is able to communicate clearly.
At JBU you will develop skills in financial management, financial planning, and portfolio analysis
that will prepare you to get the certifications you need for numerous career path options.

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Specialize in a Niche Industry

Niche industry degrees are earning popularity, and this trend will continue to grow as companies are realizing the need for specializations in the field of business.

Use Your Diverse Skills

Finance majors work with numbers, but they also work with people and solve real-world problems. If you like solving puzzles, you’ll like finance.

Earn a Common Degree of Top Executives

Many fortune 500 CEOs come from the ranks of finance. A finance focus prepares a student to deal with complex and multifaceted problems that must be addressed by organizational leaders.

Apply Your Learning Hands-On

JBU focuses on applied learning where students use cases, simulations and interventions in existing organizations to learn and master concepts.

Learn from Qualified Instructors

JBU finance faculty are well educated and have also served in professional finance roles in numerous industries. This real-life experience is invaluable in helping students connect theory to practice.

Earn an MBA

Choose a curriculum track that gets you a B.B.A. in finance and a master’s in business administration in just five years.

Need More Reasons?

For even more reasons to study finance at JBU, visit the Finance Program Details page.

Meet the Finance Faculty

Kirk Jackson

Department Chair, Graduate Business & Online Undergraduate Business
Associate Professor of Accounting

Dr. Kirk Jackson is an experienced professor of finance and accounting. His previous positions include serving on the faculty at Oklahoma Wesleyan University where he was also a dean and chairing an academic department at Southwestern Christian University. His research interests focus on corporate finance, central banking policy, agency theory, managerial accounting, capital markets, and faith integration. He has a Doctor of Business Administration in finance from Anderson University, an M.B.A. from the University of Oklahoma, and a M.A.C.C. from Emporia State University.

KiJackson@jbu.edu

Sam Heinrich

Associate Professor of Business

As a JBU alum, Dr. Sam Heinrich returned to JBU in 2014 to accept a position as Associate Professor of Business and Department Head for Online Undergraduate business programs. He now focuses solely on teaching traditional and graduate courses in the areas of Finance, Economics and Marketing. Along with a B.S. from JBU, Dr. Heinrich has an M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and a D.B.A. in Marketing from George Fox University.

Prior to coming to JBU, Dr. Heinrich spent 20 years in management and the financial services industry. He worked in commercial lending, as a banker, during the first half of his industry related career and then transitioned into the role of President for a medium-sized electric utility contracting firm. His industry experiences include leading and supporting small, mid and large business enterprises in private and public forums both as a banker/lender/consultant and in a management role.

In 2001, Dr. Heinrich left industry to pursue his passion for teaching. Initially, he taught in a private Christian high school and then moved into Christian higher education in 2007 where he’s able to bring his real-life experience in the business world into the classroom.

SHeinrich@jbu.edu