I live in Torrance, CA and I have a BS in Accounting. I want to get a
BS in Finance. I need a college that offers weekend courses and night
courses and/or online courses to acheive a BS in Finance. Except for
online, the campus would need to be convenient to the 90503 zip code.
I don't want a BA with a concentration in Fiannce, but rather I want a
full BS in Finance. Please provide me with my local options and
online options. Regarding the online colleges, DO NOT provide me the
generic thousands of on-line universities. I need a recognized
college that had a campus and was well established before they
launched their online version.Dear Gordon,
I began to search by looking through the colleges and universities
within a 100 mile distance from your area. Unfortunately, although
some of them do offer a degree in finance (not all as a B.Sc, though),
none mentions flexible/evening study on their website. A similar
search for the whole state of California (scanning only campuses that
offer distance learning programmes, though), was not more successful.
I am writing the list of the universities in your area that have a
finance degree - perhaps a discussion with a students' counsellor
would help them design a programme specifically for you:
* Azusa Pacific University (Azusa, CA)
* California Lutheran University (Thousand Oaks, CA)
* California State Polytechnic University: Pomona (Pomona, CA)
* California State University: Fullerton
* California State University: Long Beach
* California State University: San Bernardino
* La Sierra University, Riverside, CA
* The Master's College (Santa Clarita, CA)
* Vanguard University of Southern California (Costa Mesa, CA)
This has led me to look for distance learning programmes from
traditional institutions. Only two such institutions offer a B.S/BSc
degree in finance. The first is rather well known (and selective)
institution, the London School of Economics (LSE). They offer, through
their external programme, the following courses/degrees:
* BSc in Banking and Finance
* BSc in Economics and Finance
* They also offer a postgraduate diploma in finance
You can read more about it here:
LSE External Study
The other is not so well known, but is a traditional learning
institute, not only a distance learning provider, The University of
Southern New Hampshire. It offers a B.S. degree in Economics/Finance:
Finance/Economics BSc
http://www.snhu.edu/1035.asp
There are no further programmes that would fit your exact request.
However, like the commentators, I would recommend to reconsider the
course choice, unless it is required by your employer. Usually, if one
takes another degree for professional development, it is better to
take a more advance degree, and not to repeat another bachelor degree,
unless the course is in a totally different discipline (which is not
your case). There are MBAs with a concentration in finance, as well as
MSc and MA degrees in finance, and some are offered through DL.
I hope this answers your question. Please contact me if you need any
clarification on this answer before you rate it. Search strategy:
I have used two sites that encompass database information about degree
opposturtunities -
(1) College Board - http://www.collegeboard.com/ - includes
information on all traditional U.S. colleges.
(2) DegreeInfo - http://search.degreeinfo.com/ - John Bear's site has
a great search engine for all legit (i.e., no degree mills and bogus
schools) distance learning opportunities.
December 01st 2008 Posted to
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