Banking and Financial Services

Program Type: Face-to-Face, Fully Online
Program Level: Degrees, Certificates, Online
Department: Business and Entrepreneurship
Institute: Business & Entrepreneurship
College: SAC

What is the Banking and Financial Services program?

This program studies the rapidly changing global financial services industry. You’ll develop an understanding of the banking and financial services sector while exploring the many career opportunities in these fields.

What will I learn?

You’ll learn the fundamentals of banking and financial services, including bank operations, the Federal Reserve System, money and financial markets, analyzing financial statements, consumer lending, selling bank and financial products, banking laws and regulations, investments and securities, financial business ethics, and business and accounting principles.

What can I do with this course of study?

You’ll be prepared to begin (or progress in) your career in banking and financial services in positions such as tellers, customer service representatives, lending assistants, loan servicing operations, financial operations clerks and financial statement analysts.

What is special about the program?

This program allows you to get started on a career in banking and financial services while you earn your degree. Start with the 18-hour certificate that prepares you for a career in entry-level roles such as a financial or bank clerk, then work in the field as you complete your associate degree at SAC. Internships are available so you get real-world experience as you learn. This program is available fully online, so you can take courses wherever there’s an Internet connection. If you’re already a professional working in the field, this program can give you the foundation to advance in your career.

Degrees and Certificates

Contact Us

Bradley Beshea, MBA
Program Coordinator
Oppenheimer Academic Center (OC) 337
(210) 486-1664
bbeshea@alamo.edu

Dr. Val Calvert
Department Chair
(210) 486-0190
vcalvert@alamo.edu

Rosalinda Lerma
Academic Unit Assistant
OC 325 C
(210) 486- 0198
rlerma@alamo.edu