Finance Webster University Athens

Overview

The Finance degree from  Webster University Athens is designed for those interested in careers in investing, corporate finance and financial institutions. The Webster's Bachelor of Science (BS) in Finance program blends economics, accounting and other business disciplines to provide a foundation for sound financial decisions. Important areas include raising capital, making investments, understanding financial markets, and mastering financial tools and methodologies.

Key facts

• As a finance student, you’ll be able to tailor your advanced courses to your particular interests and career goals. All finance majors also complete Webster’s core capstone course. In all of the programs in the Department of Business, students will also have actual hands-on experience using SAP which is the enterprise resources planning (ERP) systems software that runs many business organizations in the world.
• In addition, our students have completed internships at a variety of companies such as US Bank, Mastercard, Regions Financial Corporation, Wells Fargo, and Edward Jones. Students have the opportunity to meet with some of these companies and many more at an annual Internship Fair in the spring.
• Learning Outcomes:

• Students can apply time value of money techniques to security valuation.
• Students can evaluate the financial strength of a corporation and analyze capital budgeting decisions.
• Students can understand the risk-return relationship and can estimate appropriate rates of return.
• Students can describe the intermediation services provided by financial institutions.