Financial Management
Today's business environment requires increasingly efficient management of a firm's assets. The Financial Management major prepares students to use established financial principles to meet organizations' financial goals. Students learn how to effectively manage a firm's assets by taking required finance and accounting courses, and electives to allow further study in such areas as firm asset management, investment management, and capital budgeting.
Financial Management focuses on the management of the financial resources of a firm. Students learn to efficiently manage assets of a firm by taking additional required finance and accounting courses. Elective courses permit further study in such areas as firm asset management, investment management and capital budgeting.
Examples of financial management positions include:
- Chief Financial Officer
- Firm Treasurers
- Bank loan officers, Credit Managers, Operation Managers
- Corporate credit managers
- Financial Analyst
- Participants in all phases of mergers & acquisition
Akron Advantage
All College of Business programs are accredited at the highest possible level by AACSB International, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. In addition, the College is one of only 171 schools that has earned separate accounting accreditation. The College has been consistently rated as one of the best business schools in the nation by the Princeton Review and ranked in the top 6 percent of all undergraduate programs by BusinessWeek magazine.
Our close ties to regional businesses provide many benefits for our students. Business executives share their expertise as mentors and guest lecturers in classes, and provide valuable advice on program and course content, helping to keep our curricula fresh, relevant and rigorous. Students gain valuable hands-on experience through group projects that assign them to solve problems for local businesses and by participating in co-op and internship programs at regional companies.
We are able to provide our students with training in cutting-edge technology as a result of our academic alliances with technology vendors such as Microsoft, and Oracle.
Our active student organizations enable our students to enrich their college experience by providing opportunities for them to apply knowledge and skills gained in the classroom, and by opening doors to new friendships, networking, professional growth, and even jobs. Many of our student organizations have excelled in regional and national competitions, often against highly regarded colleges and universities across the country.
Hands-on Research
Applications-based courses allow students to develop real world decision-making skills through the introduction of relevant business issues into the classroom and the use of expert guest speakers, case-based analysis and integration of current events.
Real-World Experience
Paid-for credit internship and cooperative work experience opportunities are available where students see how their education is applied in real-world settings. Guest speakers expose students to experiences of key members of the business community.
Recent Placements Include:
Financial Management
- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
- The Timken Company
- Diebold, Inc.
- Burt Manufacturing
- The J.M. Smucker Company
Finance Student Organizations
The College of Business offers major-specific student groups as well as a variety of general business groups:
- Financial Management Association
- Financial Management Association Honors Society
- Beta Gamma Sigma — an honorary fraternity
- Delta Sigma Pi — a professional fraternity
- Student Speaking Association (SSA)
- International Business Association
- Financial Planning Association (FPA)
Sample Curriculum
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