Finance

All Forms of Human Endeavor Involve Finance to Some Degree

Within our economic system, finance is concerned with capital, which is money or property owned or used in business. Finance students study both the sources and the uses of capital. The finance curriculum revolves around the valuation process in a free market system. Once an individual or company can value various alternatives, the allocation of resources and the decision process in business becomes much simpler.

The requirements below are based on the 2026-2027 University Catalog. For additional information about degree requirements, course descriptions, and prerequisites, consult the University Catalog.

Courses in preparation for the major may not be taken for Credit/No Credit (Cr/NC), and students must earn a minimum grade of C in each course. Students must also meet additional academic progress requirements before being admitted to the upper-division major.

ACCTG 201: Financial Accounting
ACCTG 202: Managerial Accounting
ECON 101: Principles of Economics (Macro)
ECON 102: Principles of Economics (Micro)
FIN 240: Legal Environment of Business
MIS 180: Principles of Information Systems
RWS 290: Business Writing and Rhetoric
MATH 120: Calculus for Business Analysis (or an approved calculus course)
STAT 119: Elementary Statistics for Business (or ECON 201: Statistical Methods)

Students must maintain a minimum 2.0 major GPA, based on all upper-division courses attempted in the major.

ACCTG 326: Intermediate Financial Accounting
BA 300: Ethical Decision Making in Business (1-unit)
BA 305: Career and Professional Readiness (1-unit)
BA 310: Foundations of Business in a Global
Environment (1-unit)
BA 323: Fundamentals of Finance
BA 350: Management and Organizational Behavior
BA 360: Introduction to Operations and Supply Chain Managemen
BA 370: Marketing
FIN 321: Managerial Economics
FIN 325: Intermediate Finance (4-units)
FIN 327: Investments
FIN 423: Financial Analysis and Management (4-units)
FIN 300-599: Electives (9 units total)

Current Students: Degree requirements may vary by catalog year. For requirements specific to your program and catalog year, review your key academic planning resources, including yourdegree evaluation in my.SDSU, theDegree Roadmaps, and theUniversity Catalog.

To stay on track for graduation, students are encouraged to meet with an academic advisor in the Center for Student Success at least once per semester. The Center is located in Lamden Hall 419 and can be reached at [email protected].

Requirements by Catalog Year