Finance

Department Chair: Pia Gupta

Department Office: College of Business (COB) Room 445
Telephone: (562) 985‑4569
Website: www.csulb.edu/college-of-business/finance

Faculty: Peter Ammermann, Cindy Chen, Mengming Dong, Michael Gibbs, Laura Gonzalez, Pia Gupta, S. V. Le, Yulong Ma, Chanwit Phengpis, Wikrom Prombutr, Hojong Shin, Jasmine Yur-Austin, Lu Zhu

Administrative Support Coordinator: Christine Du

For MBA with Specialization in Finance or Master of Science in Finance (MSF), see Business Administration, Graduate Programs or college website.

Website: www.csulb.edu/cob-graduate-programs 

Career Possibilities

Appraiser • Assessor • Bank Manager • Chief Financial Officer • Credit Manager • Financial Analyst • Financial Planner • Investment Banker • Portfolio Manager • Property Manager • Real Estate Agent • Securities Analyst • Securities Broker • Underwriter

(Some of these, and other careers, require additional education or experience. For more information, see www.careers.csulb.edu.)

• College: College of Business   
• Courses: FIN  

Programs

• Business Administration, Finance Option, B.S.

• Finance Minor

Courses

• FIN 300 - Business Finance
• FIN 310 - Personal Finance
• FIN 330 - Insurance Principles
• FIN 340 - Real Estate Principles
• FIN 350 - Investment Principles
• FIN 360 - Capital Markets
• FIN 400 - Intermediate Financial Management
• FIN 450 - Portfolio Analysis
• FIN 460 - Management in Financial Institutions
• FIN 470 - Seminar in Financial Management
• FIN 480 - Derivatives
• FIN 485 - Fixed Income Securities
• FIN 490 - International Finance
• FIN 495 - Selected Topics in Finance
• FIN 497 - Directed Studies in Finance
• FIN 499A - Applied Portfolio Management
• FIN 499B - Applied Portfolio Management
• FIN 501 - Financial Management Concepts
• FIN 600 - Seminar in Business Finance
• FIN 610 - Seminar in Financial Analysis and Reporting
• FIN 620 - Capital Budgeting
• FIN 630 - Seminar in Financial Forecasting
• FIN 640 - Seminar in Quantitative Analysis
• FIN 650 - Seminar in Investments
• FIN 660 - Seminar in Financial Institutions and Ethics
• FIN 670 - Seminar in Equity Securities and Valuation
• FIN 675 - Entrepreneurial Finance
• FIN 680 - Seminar in Derivatives
• FIN 685 - Fixed-Income Securities
• FIN 690 - Seminar in Economics and International Finance
• FIN 691 - Seminar in Integrated Financial Management
• FIN 695 - Selected Topics in Finance
• FIN 697 - Directed Studies in Finance
• FIN 699A - Applied Portfolio Management
• FIN 699B - Applied Portfolio Management