Fintech Minor and Undergraduate Courses

Kennesaw State University is a proud partner of the Georgia Fintech Academy, an online talent development platform created through collaboration with the University System of Georgia and Georgia's Fintech industry leaders. Courses and programs developed through the Fintech Academy allow learners to access the specialized educational experiences necessary to enter the Fintech sector regardless of geographic location.

Fintech Minor

Open to Kennesaw State students of all majors, the fintech minor focuses on digital payments, a variety of non-cash transactions that include credit and debit cards, PayPal, ApplePay, and other mobile wallet platforms. Faculty in the Michael J. Coles College of Business and the College of Computing and Software Engineering have developed courses for the program, each focusing on the digital payments area of financial technology. These courses join five others on data analytics, information security, and financial services.

Required Courses (12 Credit Hours)

FTA 3810 Payments Processing
FTA 3850 Digital Payments Security
FTA 3890 Experiential Learning
FTA 4001 Foundations of Fintech

Elective Courses (3 Credit Hours)
Choose any one of the following courses:

FTA 3860 Emerging Payments Technology
FTA 4002 Financial Technologies
FTA 4003 Commercial Banking and Fintech
FTA 4005 Introduction to Financial Data Analytics
FTA 4100 Introduction to Information Security for Fintech

Fintech Core Courses

For students with a budding interest in Fintech, a good way to explore your interest further is by taking an introductory course as an elective. Sampling courses as electives allows students an opportunity to explore a given subject area as a potential career choice before pursuing that path.

The following courses have been developed by Kennesaw State University and Georgia State University as part of the Georgia Fintech Academy and are available to take online through USG eMajor. KSU students are able to register for these classes without any transient admission requirements.

  • Semester
    CRN
    Course Number
    Course Title
  • Spring 2024
    10101 (8 weeks)
    FTA 3860/01
    Emerging Payments Technology
  • Spring 2024
    10102 (8 weeks)
    FTA 3890/01
    Experiential Learning
  • Summer 2024
     
    FTA 3810/01 
    Payments Processing
  • Summer 2024
     
    FTA 3850/01 
    Digital Payments Security
  • Course Number
    Course Title
  • FTA 4001
    Foundations of Fintech
  • FTA 4002
    Financial Technologies
  • FTA 4003
    Commercial Banking and Fintech
  • FTA 4005
    Introduction to Financial Data Analytics
  • FTA 4100
    Introduction to Information Security for Fintech

 

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