Located in Wilberforce, Ohio, the University takes pride in the high quality educational experience it provides its students, both inside and outside the classroom. The institution's three colleges, Arts and Sciences, Business and Industry, and Education, offer more than thirty degree programs, many of which include options and concentrations. Central State University students are highly recruited by major corporations, industry, government agencies, and graduate and professional schools. The field of finance is broad and dynamic.
Finance is the art and science of managing money.
Financial implications are central to virtually all organizational decisions, whether the organization is a business enterprise, a nonprofit organization, or a government. Financial executives are, therefore, instrumental to overall planning and control, and non-financial executives must possess enough finance knowledge and skills to incorporate the financial implications into their areas of expertise. Finance majors study the environment, theory, and techniques of decisions used by business firms to acquire and allocate funds, including the applied fields of investment and financial institutions. The primary objective of the finance curriculum is to equip students with a broad understanding in the concepts and principles of finance and to provide thorough training in the basic analytical tools essential for business decisions in the fields of finance. To attain the objective, the study of finance is complemented with the acquisition of basic knowledge in mathematics and statistics and with studies in economics, accounting, and business administration.