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Major in Finance

Solve financial problems • Work in personal and corporate finance • Use diverse skills

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Get job experience

The finance major has excellent internship opportunities. Gain experience working in personal finance, corporate finance, banking and even on Wall Street.

Develop interpersonal skills

Companies want graduates who have the technical knowledge and are able to work in teams, solve problems and see the big picture.

Gain confidence

JBU's finance major will prepare you to be confident in your career after college. You'll be able to work through any problem and enjoy every dilemma you are faced with.

Discover how JBU will prepare you for a career of financial success.

About finance

The finance major prepares students to work with numbers and solve financial problems. JBU focuses on applied learning using cases and simulations taught by professors with industry experience.

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What to expect as a finance student at JBU

Apply your learning hands-on

JBU focuses on applied learning, case studies, simulations and interventions in existing organizations to practice and master concepts.

Become a top executive

Many fortune 500 CEOs come from a finance background. A finance major prepares students to deal with complex and multifaceted problems addressed by organizational leaders.

Learn from qualified instructors

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

The finance program's emphasis on data analysis and financial modeling equipped me with the hard skills to make the jump into economic policy. The program's emphasis on resourcefulness has proven the most beneficial in my career on Capitol Hill. Most importantly, however, JBU gave me the foundation to ensure that whatever I do in my job, I am doing it unto the Lord, as Paul wrote in Colossians 3:23.

Phillip Todd '18

Finance Major

Key finance courses

Principles of Finance

This course presents the basic concepts and tools of contemporary finance including the role of managerial finance, the financial market environment, financial statements and ratio analysis, cash flow and financial planning, the time value of money, interest rates, bond and stock valuation, and risk and return. Emphasis is placed on practical financial problem solving using financial formulas, a calculator, and Excel.

Investments

A survey course that analyzes, measures, and values various investment instruments and their derivatives while also exploring the theories, strategies, accounting recognition, tax implications, and risk factors associated with investment activity.

Intermediate Corporate Finance

Builds on finance theory, methods, and applications of corporate finance with emphasis on the development of problem solving skills for the business manager including risk management and analyzing the international financial environment.

Personal Financial Planning

This course is an introduction to the fundamental issues of personal financial planning from a professional perspective. The class is designed to provide students with an understanding of the financial planning process, money management and investments, the economic environment, risk management, the legal environment, and institutional concepts to advise individuals, families, and small businesses in achieving their financial goals.

JBU does not unlawfully discriminate based on race, color, national or ethnic origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, military status, or age in the administration of its educational policies, admissions, financial aid, employment, educational programs, or activities.

John Brown University is a leading private Christian university, training students to honor God and serve others since 1919. Arkansas’ top-ranked university (The Wall Street Journal) and top-ranked regional university (U.S. News), JBU enrolls more than 2,200 students from 37 states and 42 countries in its traditional undergraduate, graduate, online and concurrent education programs. JBU offers more than 50 undergraduate majors, with top programs including nursing, psychology, construction management, graphic design, family and human services, and engineering. Eighteen graduate degrees are available in business, counseling, cybersecurity, and education.

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Major in Finance

Solve complex problems for companies and individuals.

Get job experience

Develop interpersonal skills

Gain confidence

Discover how JBU will prepare you for a career of financial success.

About finance

What to expect as a finance student at JBU

Apply your learning hands-on

Become a top executive

Learn from qualified instructors

Key finance courses

Principles of Finance

Investments

Intermediate Corporate Finance

Personal Financial Planning

Meet our finance professors

Sam Heinrich

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