What is Financial Services?
Financial services focuses on all aspects of personal financial management including insurance, investments, real estate, taxes, estate planning, retirement planning, education funding, and debt management .
The Degree Program
The Raj Soin College of Business offers an undergraduate program leading to the Bachelor of Science in Business degree with a major in financial services. The program is registered with the IBCFP (International Board of Standards and Practices for Certified Financial Planners) and graduates are eligible to sit for the Certified Financial Planner examination.
Students majoring in financial services will benefit from:
- A faculty with extensive experience in business and financial services.
- A faculty actively involved in scholarly activities and consulting.
- An internship and cooperative education program designed to provide qualified finance majors with professional training and experience not available in the classroom.
- The use of a sophisticated computer system with an extensive range of financial software packages.
- An excellent working relationship with local business and financial services firms.
- An active finance club which sponsors tours and brings professional speakers to campus.
Careers in Financial Services
Graduates from the financial services program have been successful in finding challenging and rewarding positions. Banks, savings and loans, credit unions, brokerage and investment firms, mutual fund companies, insurance companies, real estate firms, and personal financial planning firms actively recruit financial services graduates. Some of the popular careers available to graduates include financial planner, insurance agent, loan officer, real estate agent, retail bank manager, securities analyst, stock broker, and trust officer.
Career Opportunities
appraiser
bank examiner
bank manager
bank officer
branch manager
broker
claim adjuster
claim examiner
collateral placement officer
commercial broker
commercial loan officer
consumer bank officer
consumer credit counselor
controller
credit card operations manager
credit investigator
credit manager
credit officer
credit services sales agent
credit union manager
economist
farm and land broker
field representative
finance company manager
financial aid officer
financial analyst
foreign banknote teller-trader
financial aid officer |
financial analyst
foreign banknote teller-trader
finance company manager
financial aid officer
financial analyst
foreign banknote teller-trader
group specialist
head stock-transfer clerk
industrial broker
insurance agent
international banking officer
letter of credit negotiator
loan officer
loan processing clerk
money manager
money position officer
mortgage banker
mortgage banking association
manager
mortgage broker
mortgage financing specialist
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new accounts representative
operations analyst
operations manager
operations officer
pension analyst
portfolio assistant
portfolio manager
probate trust officer
property manager
real estate agent
real estate analyst
real estate appraiser
real estate counselor research analyst researcher
residential broker
retail banker
risk manager
safety deposit supervisor savings and loan association manager
securities research analyst social services claim advocator
treasurer
treasury representative
trust administrator
trust company manager trust manager
trust officer
underwriter
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Who Hires WSU Grads:
Bank One
Financial Adviors
National City Bank
Charles Schawb
Deloitte
A.G. Edwards
PMI
Paine Webber
Merrill Lynch
Liberty Savings Bank
McDonald Securties
Dayton Power & Light
Fifth Third Bank
Smith Barney
CH Dean
Dover Partners Inc.
Firstar Bank
Morgan Stanley
U.S. Department of Defense
John Hancock
American Express
State Teachers' Retirement System
U.S. Bank
Prudential Securities
James Investments
Robbins and Myers
National City Mortgage |
