Program Overview

Program Overview

The FinTech and Big Data Analytics Major is a Bachelor of Science in Business degree program offered by the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech. This program is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of finance, technology, and data analytics.

Program Curriculum

The program requires a total of 125 credit hours, including:

• Degree Core Requirements (21 credits)
  • ACIS 2116: Principles of Accounting 1,2 (3 credits)
  • BIT 3414: Operations and Supply Chain Management 2,# (3 credits)
  • FIN 3054: Legal and Ethical Environment of Business 2,6,# (3 credits)
  • FIN 3104: Introduction to Finance 2,# (3 credits)
  • MGT 2314: Introduction to International Business 2 (3 credits)
  • MGT 4394: Strategic Management 2,# (3 credits)
  • MKTG 3104: Marketing Management 2,# (3 credits)
• Major Requirements (63 credits)
  • ACIS 2115: Principles of Accounting 1,2 (3 credits)
  • ACIS 3115: Intermediate Financial Accounting 9,# (3 credits)
  • BIT 3424: Introduction to Business Analytics Modeling # (3 credits)
  • CS 1064: Introduction to Programming in Python (3 credits)
  • CS 1114: Introduction to Software Design # (3 credits)
  • CS 2114: Software Design and Data Structures # (3 credits)
  • CMDA/CS/STAT 3654: Introductory Data Analytics and Visualization 13,# (3 credits)
  • ENGL 3764: Technical Writing # (3 credits)
  • FIN 3114: Python/SQL for Data Analytics and Finance # (3 credits)
  • FIN 3134: Financial Analytics 7,# (3 credits)
  • FIN 3144: Investments: Debt, Equity and Derivatives 7,8,# (3 credits)
  • FIN 3154: Corporate Financial Analytics and Strategy 7,8,# (3 credits)
  • FIN 4214: Financial Modeling in Excel 10,# (3 credits)
  • FIN 4414: FinTech – Quantitative Finance Capstone 10,11,14,# (3 credits)
  • MATH 2114: Introduction to Linear Algebra (3 credits)
  • MATH 2204: Introduction to Multivariable Calculus 1,2,12 (3 credits)
  • MGT 3304: Management Theory and Leadership Practice 2,# (3 credits)
  • STAT 3005: Statistical Methods 1,2,12 (3 credits)
  • STAT 3006: Statistical Methods 1,2,12 (3 credits)
  • STAT 3104: Probability and Distributions # (3 credits)
• Pathways to General Education (41 credits)
  • Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse (3 credits)
  • Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities (6 credits)
  • Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences (6 credits)
  • Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences (6 credits)
  • Pathways Concept 5 - Quantitative and Computational Thinking (7 credits)
  • Pathways Concept 6 - Critique and Practice in Design and the Arts (3 credits)
  • Pathways Concept 7 - Critical Analysis of Identity and Equity in the United States (3 credits)

Graduation Requirements

To graduate, students must:

• Complete a total of 125 credit hours
• Achieve a grade of C- or higher in select business courses
• Have an overall GPA of 2.0 and an in-major GPA of 2.0
• Complete the FBDA-specific capstone course, FIN 4414, in the Fall semester of the fourth year

FBDA Electives

Students must choose one of the following electives:

• FIN 4144: International Financial Management # (3 credits)
• FIN 4224: Fixed Income Securities: Analysis and Management 10,# (3 credits)
• FIN 4264: Managing Risk with Derivatives 10,# (3 credits)
• FIN 4274: Equity Securities: Analysis and Management 10,# (3 credits)

Policy 91

Pamplin students in a business degree program must complete ten business courses with a grade of C- or higher by 72 attempted credit hours (or 90 attempted credit hours for students with more than 18 transfer credits). Failure to do so may result in the student's dismissal from the business degree program.

Roadmap

The program roadmap outlines the course sequence for each year:

• First Year: Fall and Spring semesters
• Second Year: Fall and Spring semesters
• Third Year: Fall and Spring semesters
• Fourth Year: Fall and Spring semesters

Foreign Language Requirement

Students who did not successfully complete at least two years of a single foreign, classical, or sign language during high school must successfully complete six credit hours of a single foreign, classical, or sign language at the college level. Courses taken to meet this requirement may not count towards the minimum credit hours required for graduation.