Finance

Online Business Degree from an Accredited Leader in Adult Education

Are you making the most of the assets in your educational portfolio?

Excelsior College can help you build your past educational achievements into a Bachelor of Science in Business (Finance).

An online education leader that caters to working adults, Excelsior will optimize the value of your previously earned college credits, professional training, military service, and life experience, so you can graduate more quickly than you would from a traditional finance degree program.

You’ll save time, money, and effort on the way to a business degree that's comparable to a bachelor's in finance degree from most in-person colleges.

A Traditional Business Degree for Nontraditional Students

Excelsior's business concentration in finance is tailored to meet the needs of career changers, military veterans, and other nontraditional students. You’ll take all your courses online, making it easy to fit school in around work and family commitments. But you’ll get the same rigor and academic quality that you’d find in an on-campus finance degree program, with first-rate faculty and up-to-date coursework that reflect the most current trends in the finance industry.

Our finance degree coursework covers subjects such as:

  • Financial markets
  • Commercial banking
  • Real estate
  • Corporate finance
  • Risk assessment
  • Insurance
  • International finance

Excelsior College is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Learn more about the MSCHE accreditation programs and specialized accreditations on our accreditation page.

Excelsior College BS in Business Program Educational Objectives

As an Excelsior College baccalaureate-level business graduate you will be able to:

  1. Apply general and discipline specific concepts and methodologies to identify, analyze and solve business problems.
  2. Demonstrate an individual desire and commitment to remain current with and adaptive to changing business conditions through continuous learning and self-improvement.
  3. Demonstrate independent thinking, function effectively in team-oriented settings, and maintain a high level of performance in a professional business environment.
  4. Communicate effectively in a professional business environment.
  5. Perform ethically and professionally in business and society.
  6. Attain increasing levels of responsibility and leadership in one’s chosen career field.
Excelsior College BS in Business Program Outcomes

We expect that as an Excelsior College baccalaureate business graduate you will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate comprehension of the principles of accounting, marketing, finance, management and economics.
  2. Demonstrate comprehension of the legal and social environment of business.
  3. Demonstrate comprehension of the global environment of business.
  4. Apply ethical considerations to the obligations and responsibilities of business.
  5. Apply business tools to real-world situations.
  6. Employ information literacy techniques.
  7. Communicate effectively, orally and in writing.
  8. Apply business concepts and functions in an integrated manner.

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Excelsior College BS in Business Degree Credit Requirements

120 credits required. 60 in the arts and sciences, 45 in the business component (to include a minimum of 21 at the upper level of which 9 must be in the concentration), and 15 in the additional credit component (to include the 1-credit Information Literacy requirement).

Courses classified as upper level must be junior-senior level (300 - 400) and can be classified as a business core, concentration, and/or business elective course

See the credit requirements in chart form.

Special Accreditation for Excelsior College's BS in Business Degree

Excelsior College has received specialized accreditation for its business programs through the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE), 11374 Strang Line Rd., Lenexa, KS 66215; 913-631-3009; www.iacbe.org. The IACBE is a specialized accrediting agency recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). The business programs in the following degrees are accredited by the IACBE: Bachelor of Science in Accounting (NYS CPA track) and Bachelor of Science in Business.

Other Excelsior Business Degrees That Might Interest You

BS in Business / MBA with concentration in Finance Dual Degree Track
Master of Business Administration with concentration in Finance
Master of Business Administration
Bachelor of Science in Business with concentration in Accounting
Master of Business Administration with concentration in Accounting
 

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IACBE Specialized Accreditation

Excelsior College has received specialized accreditation for its business programs through the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE), 11374 Strang Line Rd., Lenexa, KS 66215; 913-631-3009; www.iacbe.org. The IACBE is a specialized accrediting agency recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). The business programs in the following degrees are accredited by the IACBE: Bachelor of Science in Accounting (NYS CPA track) and Bachelor of Science in Business.