Business Administration, Finance Option, B.S.

Admission Under Impaction

Refer to the following website for additional impaction criteria: www.csulb.edu/depts/enrollment/graduation/native-major-criteria/.

Requirements

In order to graduate with an undergraduate business degree from CSULB, a student must complete a minimum of 120 units. A majority of the upper division business courses, including economics and statistics, must be
completed at this university. For details, refer to the CBA Policy on Course Transfers/Substitutions.

All undergraduate students officially admitted to the College of Business Administration (all options) are required to complete all remaining lower division major requirements in a timely fashion. The lower division major courses must
be completed within two academic semesters (excluding summer and winter session) to continue with the major.

All CBA majors must maintain major GPAs of 2.0 or higher. A student whose GPA in the major falls below 2.0 will be advised that they are at risk of being dismissed from the major and granted one semester to raise their major GPA(s) to 2.0. Students who do not successfully raise their major GPA(s) must meet with an advisor to declare another major or submit an appeal to the CBA Center for Student Success explaining why they need one additional semester. Students whose major GPAs remain below 2.0 after this additional semester must declare a new major.

Lower Division:

Take all of the following:

ACCT 201 - Elementary Financial Accounting (3 units)
* “C” or better required
ACCT 202 - Managerial Accounting (3 units)
* “C” or better required
BLAW 220 - Introduction to Law and Business Transactions (3 units)
* “C” or better required
ECON 100 - Principles of Macroeconomics (3 units)
* “C” or better required
ECON 101 - Principles of Microeconomics (3 units)
* “C” or better required
MATH 115 - Calculus for Business (3 units)
* “C” or better required
STAT 118 - Introductory Business Statistics (3 units)
* “C” or better required

Critical Thinking Course Requirements:

Any critical thinking course (GE category A3); I S 100 is recommended.

Complete one of the following:

All business and pre-business majors shall demonstrate computer literacy and competency.

Passing score (70%) on the Computer Proficiency Examination (CPE).
I S 233 - Office Productivity Software (3 units) with Credit (Cr).
Transfer equivalent course with a “C” or better grade.

Upper Division:

Take all of the following:

CBA 300 - International Business (3 units)
CBA 400 - Business Ethics (3 units)
FIN 300 - Business Finance (3 units)
Note: Finance major option and pre-major students must earn a “C” or better in FIN 300.
I S 300 - Management Information Systems (3 units)
I S 301 - Business Communications (3 units)
I S 310 - Business Statistics I (3 units)
HRM 360 - Organizational Behavior (3 units)
MGMT 300 - Principles of Management and Operations (3 units)
MKTG 300 - Principles of Marketing (3 units)

Capstone

The following Capstone course must be taken at CSULB as a senior and after the upper-division prerequisite core courses have been completed:

MGMT 425 - Business Strategy and Policy (3 units)

Completion of option requirements.

Elective courses to total 120 units.

Students are encouraged to select electives for expansion of knowledge and intellectual interests as well as for preparation for business employment.

Option in Finance (120 units)

The Finance option provides an understanding of the role of finance in the corporate and international environment and an understanding of investments at both the corporate and personal level. This option provides an understanding of the role of finance in a business context, including the development of a comprehension of business ethics.

Students must earn a “C” or better in FIN 300 to be admitted into the Finance option.

Core Requirements

Take the following courses:

FIN 350 - Investment Principles (3 units)
Note: Finance majors and pre-major students must earn a “C” or better in FIN 300 , a prerequisite for this class.
FIN 400 - Intermediate Financial Management (3 units)
Note: Finance majors and pre-major students must earn a “C” or better in FIN 300 , a prerequisite for this class.

Select 4 additional courses, with at least 3 courses at the 400-level, from the following courses:

FIN 310 - Personal Finance (3 units)
FIN 330 - Insurance Principles (3 units)
FIN 340 - Real Estate Principles (3 units)
FIN 360 - Capital Markets (3 units)
FIN 450 - Portfolio Analysis (3 units)
FIN 460 - Management in Financial Institutions (3 units)
FIN 470 - Seminar in Financial Management (3 units)
FIN 480 - Derivatives (3 units)
FIN 485 - Fixed Income Securities (3 units)
FIN 490 - International Finance (3 units)
FIN 495 - Selected Topics in Finance (3 units)
FIN 497 - Directed Studies in Finance (1-3 units)
FIN 499A - Applied Portfolio Management (3 units)
FIN 499B - Applied Portfolio Management (3 units)
Note: Finance majors and pre-major students must earn a “C” or better in FIN 300 , a prerequisite for FIN 460 and FIN 490.