Finance
Bachelor of Science

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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 majors 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.

Finance Curriculum

You must have a 2.0 average or better in the courses listed below in order to graduate. Students must also complete 9 units of upper division General Education (Explorations) and a total of 120 units for the degree. You must have a 2.0 average or better in the courses listed below in order to graduate. Other requirements for the degree can be found in the SDSU Catalog and in your degree evaluation. Official requirements are based upon catalog copy and issued by the Office of the Registrar: https://registrar.sdsu.edu/.

Lower Division (27 Units)

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 Communications
MATH 120 or MATH 150: Calculus for Business Analysis
STAT 119 or ECON 201: Elementary Statistics for Business or Statistical Methods

Business Core (14 Units)

BA 300: Ethical Decision Making in Business (1-unit)
BA 310: Foundations of Business in a Global
Environment (1-unit)
BA 323: Fundamentals of Finance
Minimum grade of C required for Finance majors;
BA 350: Management & Organizational Behavior
BA 360: Introduction to Operations & Supply Chain
Prereq. STAT 119 or ECON 201; recommended: MATH 120;
BA 370: Marketing

Finance Major (23 Units)

ACCTG 326: Intermediate Financial Accounting
Prereq. ACCTG 202
FIN 321: Managerial Economics
FIN 325: Intermediate Finance (4-units)
Prereq. BA 323 with a minimum of a C
FIN 327: Investments
Prereq. BA 323
FIN 329: International Business Finance
Prereq. BA 323
FIN 334: Principles of Risk Management and Insurance
FIN 335: Financial Modeling. Prereq. BA 323
FIN 423: Financial Analysis & Management (4-units)
Prereq. FIN 321, 325; ACCTG 326