Finance Courses
ADVISE: (MATH 30 or MATH 43 or MATH 45)
The fields of risk, risk management, and insurance, including the legal elements of risk and contracts. Designed for any business student who is interested in learning about risk management, legal contracts, and financial risk, as well as those interested in the insurance industry.
ADVISE: Readiness for college-level English or ESL 188
The nature and significance of money and banking in both a historical and contemporary sense with an emphasis on the commercial banking processes, the Federal Reserve, financial institutions other than commercial banks, and international banking.
ADVISE: BSMA 68
Personal financial planning is critical. This class will help you develop financial plans in your personal life to buy a house and invest, and understand the importance of starting to save for retirement right away. It will introduce you to important Finance topics such as insurance, taxes. The class is also a useful introduction to Finance for those pursuing academic goals in business.
Not intended for students who have taken FIN 136M.
PREREQ: Elementary algebra or higher
Personal financial planning is critical. Learn to develop financial plans for your personal life such as buying a house, investing, evaluating insurance, paying taxes, and starting to save for retirement right away. Includes rigorous application of linear, algebraic, exponential, and logarithmic functions with applications to personal finance and is useful preparation for university-level classes in Finance.
For a less mathematically rigorous approach to Personal Finance see FIN 136 (which does not fulfill CSU Area B4).
ADVISE: BSMA 68 and (ESL 186 or placement in ESL 188 or readiness for college-level English)
The principles and practices in the investment field and successful investment policies for the individual investor are studied, serving as a good practical application as well as good preparation for higher-level classes. This will include establishing an investment program, sources of investment information, tools utilized in security and market analysis, and an analysis of securities markets and institutions.