Finance (BBA) & Information Technology Management (MS) BBA+MS
Lubar undergraduate finance majors can build upon their studies by coupling an accelerated, STEM-designated MS degree in Information Technology Management (ITM) with their BBA Finance degree — and complete both in about five years.
Information technology pervades every aspect of business – from customer-facing apps to back-end systems that support organizations. Combining your BBA in Finance with an MS in ITM will provide you with a unique set of technical skills to leverage your expertise in finance in an increasingly digital world.
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Program Format
Following is a sample outline of how your BBA-Finance plus Accelerated Master’s in IT Management schedule might look.
Connect with your Undergraduate Advisor in your freshman or sophomore year to begin planning your course of study!
First Year
First Year – Fall | First Year – Spring |
BUS ADM 100 Introduction to Business | BUS ADM 201 Introduction to Financial Accounting |
ECON 103 Principles of Microeconomics | COMM 103 or 105 Communication Requirement |
ENGLISH 101 Introduction to College Writing | ECON 104 Principles of Macro Economics |
HUMANITIES General Education Requirement | ENGLISH 102 College Writing and Research |
MATH 208 Quantitative Models for Business | NATURAL SCIENCE General Education Requirement |
Second Year
Second Year – Fall | SecondYear – Spring |
BUS ADM 202 Managerial Accounting | BUS ADM 230 Intro. to IT Management |
BUS ADM 210 Statistical Modeling in Business Analytics | BUS ADM 350 Principles of Finance |
ENGLISH 205 Business Writing | BUS ADM 370 Intro. to Supply Chain Management |
HUMANITIES General Education Requirement | ARTS General Education Requirement |
SOCIAL SCIENCE General Education Requirement | NATURAL SCIENCE LAB General Education Requirement |
Third Year
Third Year – Fall | Third Year – Spring |
BUS ADM 300 Career & Professional Development | BUS ADM 335 Visual System Development |
BUS ADM 330 Organizations | BUS ADM 360 Principles of Marketing |
BUS ADM 391 Business Law | FINANCE ELECTIVE Finance Major Elective |
BUS ADM 450 Intermediate Finance | FINANCE ELECTIVE Finance Major Elective |
BUS ADM 451 Investment Finance | GENERAL ELECTIVE General Elective |
BUS ADM 455 Financial Institutions | IBC International Business Component |
Fourth Year
Fourth Year – Fall | Fourth Year – Spring |
BUS ADM 600 Management Analysis | BUS ADM 748 Managing Information Technology Projects |
BUS ADM 747 Service-Oriented Analysis & Design | BUS ADM 749 Data & Information Management |
BUS ADM 810 Development of Web-Based Solutions | ITM ELECTIVE MS in Information Technology Management Elective |
FINANCE ELECTIVE Finance Major Elective | ITM ELECTIVE MS in Information Technology Management Elective |
FINANCE ELECTIVE Finance Major Elective |
Fifth Year
Fifth Year – Fall | Fifth Year – Spring* |
BUS ADM 744 Information Technology Strategy & Management | ITM ELECTIVE MS in Information Technology Management Elective* |
ITM ELECTIVE MS in Information Technology Management Elective | ITM ELECTIVE MS in Information Technology Management Elective* |
*Students may complete these credits in the previous Fall term as full time students.
Degree requirements, finance electives, and course descriptions for the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree can be found in the Undergraduate Catalog.
Degree requirements, ITM electives, and course descriptions for the Master of Science in ITM can be found on the Graduate School website.