B.A. in Finance & Accounting
Valuing strategy
Career field
These skills enable you to address the greatest financial reporting, finance and corporate governance challenges in organizations. On graduating from B.A. in Finance and Accounting, you will be able to work in:
- Companies, social and public organizations
- International consulting firms in financial reporting services
- Independent consulting
Is this right for you?
If you are restless and analytical, like to make sense of numbers, data, and information to discover and communicate business opportunities, using technology and collaborating with people, BA in Finance and Accounting is for you.
The objective of the B.A. in Finance & Accounting program is to prepare professionals capable of controlling management, evaluating the creation of value and identifying opportunities for growth and improvement of the organization, an expert in financial information, with solid preparation in finance, with the faculty to evaluate and comment about the quality and reliability of the financial-tax information generate by organizations, in accordance with international regulations in the financial, tax and auditing fields. A graduate of this program will be able to work in planning, implementation and improvement of different systems that maximize the profits of a company, participate in the projection of activities through financial figures; optimization of financing sources and investment opportunities, risk management and coverage.
Competencies
- Contribute to business decision making by generating, analyzing and interpreting financial and administrative information, in accordance with national and international legislation and the principles of the Professional Code of Ethics.
- Measure the value creation of strategic and operating decisions, using financial and non-financial criteria.
- Design the structure of the financial reporting process using technology and artificial intelligence applications.
- Appraise goods, services, projects, assets and companies objectively and reasonably (fair value), using state-of-the-art methodologies and complying with the Professional Code of Ethics.
- Contribute to value generation by fulfilling the organization’s corporate responsibility regarding taxation, accounting, operating risk management and corporate governance, in accordance with the applicable regulations and best practices.
Entry profile
Tecnológico de Monterrey is looking for a new generation of students that have finished their high school studies and are talented, enthusiastic individuals, who are committed to the development of their environment and the wellbeing of society; people who have the potential to study an undergraduate program and become leaders with an entrepreneurial spirit, humanistic sense and competitive on an international stage.
Entry requirements: High school or equivalent.
The three stages of the model
Choose your path
Exploration
- You will open your competency file and add to it throughout your degree program.
- You will learn the foundations of the area of Business.
- You will participate in fundamental and exploration challenges from the area of Business, interacting with peers from different degree programs.
- You will study general education courses, selecting them from a collection.
- You will participate in a challenge that integrates all the competencies to be developed in this phase.
Focus
- You will acquire the core competencies of your degree, in other words, those that distinguish it.
- You will participate in more focused challenges to reinforce what you have learned and broaden your basic knowledge.
- You will have the elements to decide whether to deepen your knowledge or diversify and, subsequently, build your specialization plan.
- The Tec Weeks, challenges and overall university experiences will enrich your file.
Specialization
- You have decided between diversifying or focusing deeply in your major, which you will achieve by choosing a concentration or a stay, to name a few of your options. The TEC Semester is a flexible time to start
- You will develop the competencies related to your specialization, increasingly connected to your passions, interests and plans.
- By passing a concentration, you will develop your competencies, and, on graduating, will be a candidate for obtaining a Diploma in that concentration, after meeting the established requirements.
How can you specialize?
Concentrations
Specialize in one of the different concentrations available at the campus of your choice, according to the profile you would like to develop.
Internships
Internships allow you to participate in the development of specific projects with companies, organizations, or research groups, in a context of total immersion related to a specialty field. They can be carried out locally, nationally or internationally.
International experiences
Experience life outside Mexico to broaden your horizons and delve into the topics of your interest.
Courses or blocks
Choose the education units that best adapt to your objectives, enabling you to specialize in your specific interests.
Concentrations
Disciplinary
Delve into your field of study
- Business Analytics: from Data to Decisions
- Corporate Finance and Investment Banking
- Driving Global Business Across Frontiers
- Innovation and Digital Transformation
- Management and Innovation in Financial Institutions
- Open Innovation and Technology Transfer
- Strategic Management of Omnichannel Retail
Transversal
Delve into other fields of study
- Conscious Business
- Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence Tools
- Design, Innovation and Technological Entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneurial Families, Sustainability and Transcendence
- Entrepreneurship in Action
- Government and Public Transformation
- Mexican Culture
- Quality of Life and Well-Being
- Social Innovation
*These concentraciones are not the definitive offer and their availability varies by campus.
General education course
Area exploration courses
Introductory block (CHALLENGE)
Area exploration block (CHALLENGE)
Exploration topic (CHALLENGE)
Track integrating block (CHALLENGE)
Disciplinary course
Disciplinary block (CHALLENGE)
Integrating disciplinary block (CHALLENGE)
TEC Semester
Multidisciplinary professional elective (CHALLENGE)
Final integrating block (CHALLENGE)
| LCPF |
| Sexto Semestral |
| Professional Elective I |
| Professional Elective II |
| Professional ElectiveIII |
| Professional Elective IV |
| Professional Elective V |
| Professional ElectiveVI |
| Séptimo Semestral |
| Professional Critical Judgment |
| Assurance and Public Interest |
| Tax Cycle and Companies |
| Consolidation of Financial Information |
| Octavo Semestral |
| Financial Management and Controllership |
| Elective Multidisciplinary Professional |
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BGB - Bachelor in Global Business
BBA - B.A. in Strategy and Business Transformation
LAF - B.A. in Financial Management
LDE - B.A. in Entrepreneurship
LDO - B.A. in Human Resource Management
LEM - B.A. in Marketing