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2025-2026 General Catalog

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2025-2026 General Catalog

Business Administration with a Concentration in Finance, BS, Sample Four-Year Plan

First Year: 28 Units

Fall Semester (13 Units)

MATH 131 - Introduction to Finite Mathematics Unit(s): 3 OR
MATH 161 Differential and Integral Calculus I
ECON 204 - Introduction to Macroeconomics Unit(s): 4
Lower Division GE Area 1A: English Composition
Credits / Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area 3B: Humanities
Credits / Units: 3

Spring Semester (15 Units)

BUS 211 - Business Statistics Unit(s): 4 OR
ECON 217 Statistics for Economics and Business
OR
MATH 165 Elementary Applied Statistics
ECON 205 - Introduction to Microeconomics Unit(s): 4
Lower Division GE Area 1B: Critical Thinking
Credits / Units: 4
Lower Division GE Area 1C: Oral Communication
Credits / Units: 3

Second Year: 31 Units

Fall Semester (14 Units)

BUS 230A - Financial Accounting Unit(s): 4
Lower Division GE Area 3A: Arts
Credits / Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area 5A: Physical Sciences
+
Lower Division GE Area 5C: Lab
Credits / Units: 4
American Institutions: U.S. Constitution
Credits / Units: 3

Spring Semester (17 Units)

BUS 230B - Managerial Accounting Unit(s): 4
BUS 225 - Legal Environment of Business Unit(s): 4
Lower Division GE Area 5B: Life Sciences
Credits / Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area 6: Ethnic Studies
Credits / Units: 3
American Institutions: U.S. History
Credits / Units: 3

Third Year: 31 Units

Fall Semester (16 units)

BUS 344 - Organizational Behavior Unit(s): 4
BUS 360 - Introduction to Marketing Unit(s): 4
BUS 370 - Introduction to Managerial Finance Unit(s): 4
University Elective Credits / Units: 4

Spring Semester (15 Units)

BUS 319 - Introduction to MIS Unit(s): 4
BUS 320 - Business Data Analysis and Interpretation Unit(s): 4
BUS 472 - Investments Unit(s): 4
Upper Division GE Area 2: Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning
OR
Upper Division GE Area 5: Physical and Biological Sciences
Credits / Units: 3

Fourth Year: 30 Units

Fall Semester (15 Units)

BUS 316 - Operations and Supply Chain Management Unit(s): 4
BUS 474 - Computer Applications in Finance Unit(s): 4
Finance Concentration Group A Elective Credits / Units: 4
Upper Division GE Area 3: Arts and Humanities
Credits / Units: 3

Spring Semester (15 Units)

BUS 491 - Seminar in Management Strategy and Policy Unit(s): 4
OR
BUS 491WIC Seminar in Management Strategy and Policy
Finance Concentration Group A Elective Credits / Units: 4
Finance Concentration Group A or B Elective Credits / Units: 4
Upper Division GE Area 4: Social and Behavioral Sciences
Credits / Units: 3

Units Total: 120