Bachelor in Finance

A pass mark in your High School Certificate
A good standard of English (IELTS 5.0 or a recognized equivalent).

With the Bachelor of Science (B.S.) program of the American STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK / Empire State University with a major in Finance and with studies entirely at New York College in Greece, students will be able to:

• Have financial knowledge of the basic principles of Management Science, Economics, Computer and Information Systems, Organizational Behavior, Commercial Law and Business Ethics.
• Apply their knowledge analytically and evaluatively (critically) to real-life situations in the globalized field of financial transactions.
• Understand the operation and design of financial systems and tools, in relation to the assessment of the risk exposure of the business.

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK/ ESU, U.S.A.
The STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK is the largest university in the United States with 64 campuses and 400,000 students. Empire State University is one of the 64 colleges and universities of the STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK with approximately 20,000 students. New York College has a franchise agreement in accordance with the laws of the Greek Ministry of Education and the degree you will receive at the end of your studies is awarded by the University itself.

WHY TO CHOOSE THIS PROGRAM

• Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree from the American STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK / Empire State University.
• The world-renowned STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK is the largest university in the United States, with 64 campuses and 400,000 students in academic (undergraduate or graduate) programs.
• Given that the American economy has emerged in the post-war period as the global engine or even regulator of financial transactions on the planet--through Wall Street, the dollar as a vehicle currency in international trade, and so on--it is practically useful for students who want to pursue a career in international finance, to obtain a degree from an American university.
• Program duration: 4 years, i.e. a complete university program, which means that graduates can continue their postgraduate studies in the US immediately after graduation, without the need for a post-graduate bridging program.
• Development of advanced technical skills in Finance for the design, implementation and monitoring of investment projects, especially numerical and analytical skills for quantitative analysis of statistical data, interpretation of financial phenomena and prediction of values of financial variables.

Careers
The Finance major is designed to equip students for careers in the investment, finance, banking and corporate financial services industries. The Finance major also has a strong risk management emphasis (ie the use of derivative securities such as options, futures and swaps to reduce risk exposure) which leads to risk management opportunities in the corporate sector.

Our Finance graduates are much in demand both within the Finance profession and also in other areas of business. There are a number of professional Finance bodies which offer further training to our graduates and this leads to careers in Audit, Business, Management, the Public Sector and Taxation.

Finance graduates have also a good record of moving up the hierarchy and achieving high positions within an organization, which is not necessarily in the Department of Finance