Finance
Welcome
The Finance program provides you with an understanding of the relationships between business finance and our economic systems in the context of analysis and decision making. A career in finance offers a fast-paced competitive environment that is financially rewarding.
Steven A. Dennis, Ph.D.
Department Chair for Finance
sdenni14@kent.edu
330-672-1205
Why Finance?
The Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance is designed to provide students with an academic background appropriate for entry into a financial career, including financial management, investments, banking/financial institutions, risk/insurance and related areas. The courses are designed to provide students with an understanding of the relationship between business finance and the economic system in the context of managerial analysis and decision making.
The Finance major at Kent State University is a University Affiliated Program with the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA™) Society. Finance majors receive scholarships for study materials and CFA program tests. From the CFA website: “Academic institutions that embed a significant portion of the CFA Program Candidate Body of Knowledge (CBOK)—including the Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct—into their curriculum may be eligible to participate in the University Affiliation Program. An Affiliated University signals to their students and to employers that their curriculum is closely tied to the practice of investment management and is helpful to students preparing for the CFA® Program exams.”
The finance field offers you a wide range of financial knowledge involving forecasting, budgeting, planning and controlling. You develop valued skills in small class settings and are able select courses suited to your interests, chosen from a wide range of topics. Career opportunities include, but are not limited to, financial analyst, portfolio manager, investment banker, bank management product development and more.
Graduate
Finance INTERNSHIPS
As a Finance major, you may use an internship as a credit for the major. If you are a junior in good standing and meet the minimum cumulative and major GPA requirements, you may be eligible to receive credit. Talk to your advisor or visit the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship Career Services office for more information.
Faculty/Staff Directory
Master of Science in Financial Engineering (MSFE) Alumni
The Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship is introducing the MSFE alumni page to benefit the 220 graduates of the former MSFE program. The MSFE program began in 2002 and ended in 2012 due to the Great Recession and changes in attitude toward financial engineering in response to the economic downturn.
A goal of the college is to keep the legacy of the MSFE program alive by fostering a vibrant and connected MSFE alumni group.
Student Involvement
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION
The Financial Management Association exists to extend knowledge of finance beyond what can be easily taught in a classroom. The Financial Management Association provides you with information on how to increase your skills in finance, provides you with internship leads and direction on how to begin a successful finance career and helps you to develop vital networking skills that are essential in today’s business world.
Golden Flash Asset Management Group
The Golden Flash Asset Management Group finished first in the Fixed Income Portfolio category at the 2019 G.A.M.E. Forum in New York City.
Advisory Board
Each academic department has an Advisory Board that helps guide and develop the curriculum and programs. For more information, contact Department Chair Dr. Steve Dennis.
VIEW THE ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
Contact Us
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FINANCE OFFICE
Phone: 330-672-2426
Fax: 330-672-9806
404 Business Administration Building
finance@kent.edu
MAILING ADDRESS
Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship
P.O. Box 5190
Kent State University
Kent, OH 44242 -
STEVE DENNIS, PH.D.
330-672-1205
Department Chair
sdenni14@kent.edu