Finance Concentration
General information
| Department | Accounting and Finance |
|---|---|
| Office | BT850 |
| Phone | (408) 924-3460 |
Three areas of financial decision-making: corporate finance, investments, and financial institutions are emphasized. Corporate finance courses are designed to prepare the student for financial analysis and planning as essential functions of a business enterprise. The investments area emphasizes the decision-making processes required to analyze the valuation of securities such as stocks or bonds and the principles of managing an investment portfolio. Financial institutions are studied from both an external viewpoint that emphasizes the functioning of money and capital markets, and the internal perspective of a manager of a financial institution such as a commercial bank, savings and loan, mutual fund, or life insurance company. The objective is to prepare students for a career making responsible investment and financing decisions.
Requirements
| Course type | Units |
|---|---|
| General Education: | 48-51 units |
| Business Pool: | 12 units12 units(6 of these units fulfill core GE requirements) |
| Non-Business Support: | 14 units(3 units fulfill core requirements, 3 units fulfill Advanced GE) |
| Lower Division Business Core: | 7-10 units |
| Upper Division Business Core: | 28 units |
| Finance Concentration: | 18 units |
| Electives or Minor: | Units needed to reach 120 and fulfill all requirements |
Finance Concentration Requirements (18 Units)
Required Courses
| Course ID | Course Name |
|---|---|
| BUS 171A | Financial Institutions and Markets |
| BUS 172A | Investment Analysis |
| BUS 173A | Financial Management: Theory and Policy |
*A minimum grade of "C" is required in these courses.
Choose three of the following
| Course ID | Course Name |
|---|---|
| BUS 127A* | Honors Practicum in Corporate Financial Management |
| BUS 127B* | Advanced Honors Practicum |
| BUS 171B | Commercial Banking |
| BUS 172B | Portfolio Management |
| BUS 172C | Futures and Options |
| BUS 173B | Problems in Financial Management |
| BUS 173C | Small Business Finance |
| BUS 174 | Risk Management and Insurance |
| BUS 175 | Real Estate Finance |
| BUS 177 | International Business Finance |
| BUS 179B | Selected Topics in Business Finance |
*BUS 127A - Honors Practicum in Corporate Financial Management (3 units) and BUS 127B Advanced Honors Practicum Corporate sponsored project. Students will be admitted based on the following: minimum GPA of 3.0 for four prerequisite courses which include BUS 121A, 121B, 122A, and 173A; average GPA of 3.2 or above; review of their resume and successful interview and selection by the faculty advisor.
Grade Requirements
To qualify for a Baccalaureate Degree in Business Administration with a Finance Concentration, each of the following courses must be completed with a "C" or better: BUS 171A, BUS 172A, BUS 173A
NOTE: Students are required to attend a Department orientation workshop. Notification will be by mail and/or announcement made in class.
A 2.0 (C average) is required in the major in order to earn the BS degree. The cumulative GPA for all business courses must be 2.0 or better in order to graduate.
Business Pool
These courses require a "C-" or better and must be completed and cleared by BSAC in BC 008 (924-3435) prior to taking upper-division Business courses.
| Course ID | Course Name |
|---|---|
| MATH 70 | Finite Math |
| ENGL 1B | Composition 2 |
| BUS 20 | Financial Accounting |
| BUS 90 | Business Statistics |
Non-Business Support
| Course ID | Course Name |
|---|---|
| ECON 1A | Macroeconomics |
| PHIL 186 | (@) Professional Business Ethics |
| ECON 1B | Microeconomics |
| Non-Business Global Perspectives (#) (Click here to see the approved list of courses) |
Note: Non-Business Global Perspective may be satisfied through Advanced GE (#).
Lower Division Business Core
| Course ID | Course Name |
|---|---|
| BUS 10 | Discovering Business (Freshmen Only) |
| BUS 21 | Managerial Accounting |
| BUS 80 | Legal Environment of Business |
| BUS 91L | Business Computer Productivity Tools (1 unit) |
*Spring 1988 or later: must have a solid "C" in Econ 1A, Econ 1B, BUS 21, BUS 90.
Upper Division Business Core
| Course ID | Course Name |
|---|---|
| COMM 100W, ENGL 100WB, or LLD 100WB | Writing Workshop (Requires passing of the WST) |
| BUS 130 | Fundamentals of Marketing |
| BUS 140 | Fundamentals of Operations Management (Formerly BUS 167) |
| BUS 160 | Fundamentals of Management and Organization Behavior |
| BUS 170* | Fundamentals of Finance |
| BUS 187 | Global Dimensions of Business (Formerly BUS 163) |
| BUS 188 | Business Systems & Policy |
| BUS 189 | Strategic Management (Formerly BUS 169; Graduating Seniors Only) |
| BUS 190 | Quantitative Business Analysis |
*Business 170 with a "C" or better is prerequisite to all Finance concentration courses.
General Education (48-51 Units)
Core GE
| Section | Course name | Units |
|---|---|---|
| A | Basic Skills | 9 |
| B | Science (including lab) | 6 |
| B4 | Math Concepts (Math 70) | 3 |
| C | Humanities and Arts | 9 |
| D | Social Science(Econ 1B-D1)* | 9 |
| E | Development | 0-3 |
| F1 | American History | 0-3 |
| F2, F3 | US Constitution CA Government | 0-3 |
* Areas F1-F3 may also fulfill part of Area D
Advanced GE
| Section | Course name | Units |
|---|---|---|
| S | Self, Society, and Equality in the U.S. (Phil 186) | 3 |
| R | Earth and Environment | 3 |
| V | Culture, Civilization, and Global Understanding | 3 |
| Z | Written Comm. II (100W) | 3 |