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for California State University, Fresno.
You are in the official 2008-2009 General Catalog
for California State University, Fresno.
B.S. in Business
Administration
Finance Option
International Business Option
Real Estate and Urban Land Economics
Option
General Business Minor
The Department
The Department of Finance and Business Law offers three options (areas of emphasis) within the Bachelor of Science in the Business Administration degree program.
The Finance Option stresses the financial structure of businesses through a common set of courses and specialized courses directed at various applications. It is designed to provide students with the basic skills required to plan, supervise, and control the financial activities of business organizations. These include understanding the trade-off between risk and return, the time value of money, and the magnifying effect of leverage. Students also gain the skills related to evaluating the financial needs of a business, obtaining the funds required by the firm, and using these funds in such a way that the company's goals are met.
Career opportunities in finance include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) corporate finance - financial analyst, financial planning, project finance; (2) portfolio management - security analyst, stock broker, investment banker, portfolio manager; and (3) banking and financial institutions - commercial and residential loan officers, trust officer, marketing officer.
The International Business Option introduces students to the fastest growing part of business today. The information and communications revolution - and declining travel costs - have made all businesses aware of global markets. The option stresses the role of global communications and the growth of entrepreneurial opportunities in worldwide markets, with special attention to California and the markets of the Pacific Rim.
The Real Estate and Urban Land Economics Option provides the background
for a wide range of career opportunities in addition to residential and
commercial real estate sales. These areas include development, lending,
banking, appraising, escrow, property management, and construction. Usually
students who enroll in the real estate option will complete all courses
necessary to take the California Brokers License Examination.
The faculty comprises more than 20 full-time and part-time individuals who have outstanding reputations in both business and education. All full-time members of the department have earned an appropriate doctoral degree and many of them have gained national reputations for their scholarship. The faculty is extremely active in research and textbook writing as well as in working with the business community. A wide range of approaches are used in teaching the many different courses offered by the department. These include computer simulations, team projects, community projects, laboratory research, group discussions, collaborative work groups, case studies, internships, and foreign studies programs. The broad background of the faculty members and their strong commitment to business education assures students of a challenging and rewarding course of study.
K. C. Chen, Chair
Tom Doyel
Lynn M. Forsythe
James M. Highsmith
Amir A. Jassim
Ida M. Jones
Deborah J. Kemp
Richard C. Lacy
Patricla A. LaRosa
J. David Reitzel
Manuchehr Shahrokhi
Kuo-cheng Tseng
Alan Rufus Waters
Rassoul Yazdipour
Finance and Business Law Courses