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Department of Finance and Business Law
COURSES
Business Administration (BA)
BA 18. Business and the Legal Environment (4)
Prerequisite: sophomore standing. Introduction to legal system; relation
of ethics to law; administra tive, criminal, tort, and labor law; and legal
aspects of internation al trade. A more extensive study of the law of contracts
and agency. Case studies; discussion and analysis. FS
BA 88. Public Law Environment of Business (1)
Not open to students who completed BA 18 at California State University,
Fresno. Relationship of ethics to law. Administrative law and government
regulation framework, labor and employment law framework, and legal aspects
of international trade. F
BA 100. Business and Real Estate Economics (3)
Prerequisites: ECON 40, 50. Applications of economic principles in business
and real es tate management; measure of profit, analysis of demand, cost
analysis; price, wage, and public policies; case studies, analysis. S
BA 101. Business Ethics (3)
Traditional and contemporary ethical principles and their historic context
and relevance to business practice. Identifying the ethical beliefs and
values of self and others. Examining contemporary business problems from
an ethical perspective. Not open to students who have completed AETH 102A.
BA 104. Global Business (3)
Prerequisites: G.E. Foundation and Breadth Area D. Studies globalization
of business; role of trade, investment liberalization, and economic integration;
technology; multinational enterprises. Examines influence of cultural, social,
economic, political, geographic, philosophical, and environmental forces
on individual and institutional competitiveness at regional, national and
global levels; appropriate strategies. G.E. Multicultural/International
MI.* FS
* With advance approval, business majors may use this course to meet some option electives, but not to meet G.E. requirements.
BA 105W. Business Communication (3)
Prerequisites: satisfactory completion (C or better) of the ENGL 5B and
10 graduation requirement or approved equivalent, and junior standing. Business
communication theory; analysis of communication alternatives; effective
business writing and speaking; case studies. Meets the upper-division writing
skills requirement for graduation. FS
(Formerly IS 105W)
BA 120. Business and Society (3)
Examination of dynamic societal pressures affecting business. Review of
governmental, public and labor pressures on business in a changing environment;
business' impact upon various segments of society. Ethical principles and
their relationship to business.
BA 150. Law and Business Activity (3)
Prerequisite: BA 18. Examination of the law of bailments, shipments, sales,
commercial paper, and secured transactions. Nature of property; and the
relation of the legal, ethical, and regulatory envi ronment to commercial
transactions. Case studies; discussion and analysis. FS
BA 151. Law of Business Organizations (3)
Prerequisite: BA 18. Sole proprietorships, partnerships, limited partnerships,
and corporations; advantages and limitations; social responsibilities. Effect
of form on taxation and liability. Includes securities regulation, bankruptcy
and insurance. Case studies; discussion and analysis.
BA 152. Law for Entrepreneurs (3)
Prerequisite: BA 18 or permission of the instructor. Special legal problems
of entrepreneurs. Topics include hiring legal counsel, selecting a business
form, operating small corporations, obtaining capital, using employees to
foster organizational goals, and protecting intellectual property. Focus
will be on preventative law. S (Formerly
BA 189T)
BA 154. Real Estate Law (3)
Meets California statutory course requirement for real estate broker's license.
Prerequisite: BA 18. Legal aspects of acquisition and ownership of real
estate; conveyances, mortgages, evidences of title; planning and zoning.
S
BA 155. Government Regulation and Control of Business (3)
Prerequisite: BA 18. Government and social control of private enterprise,
including examination of capitalism, private property, administrative law
and process, antitrust law, and development of public policy through regulation
and deregulation. Case studies; discussion and analysis.
BA 160. Estate Planning (3)
The federal and state systems for regulating and taxing property transfers
during lifetime and upon death including the policy and theory underlying
the system and practical problems involved in applying estate and gift tax
laws.
BA 163. E-Legal: Technology Law (3)
Prerequisites: BA 18. Legal issues in managing technology; intellectual
property law, including patent, copyright, trade secret, and trademark;
consideration of world commerce, tort, privacy, contract, antitrust, and
regulation; security and privacy issues in e-commerce.
BA 174. Introduction to International Business (3)
Competing in global markets. Accommodating to differing cultural, legal,
and political systems. Role of start-up and medium-sized firms, importing,
exporting, international contracts, and investment, multi-country production
and distribution. Forecasting and compensating for changing government policies,
market conditions affecting profitability. FS
BA 175. Tools and Techniques of International Business (3)
Prerequisite: grade of C or better in BA 174 and FIN 120. Organizing international
operations, entering foreign markets using global communications, finding
business connections and potential imports or exports. Selling abroad, government
support services, pricing, shipping, documentation, taxes, duties, quotas,
trade licenses. International personnel strategies, accounting systems,
travel, international business control. F
BA 176. The International Business Environment (3)
Prerequisite: grade of C or better in BA 174. Evolution of international
business. Political regimes, economic success and failure, identifying prosperity,
picking winners. Dealing with changing cultures, variations within cultures.
Doing business in unstable regions. Implications of global downsizing. Trading
blocks and their effects. Forecasting and international business opportunities.
S
BA 177. Legal Environment of World Commerce (3)
Prerequisites: BA 18; junior standing; BA 150 recommended. Seminar on international
sales, documents, credits, dispute resolution; trade law, including GATT/WTO
customs, tariff laws; regula tory ethical environment of international marketplace,
intellectual property transfers, political risk, exploitation of labor and
environment. F
BA 178. International Finance (3)
Prerequisite: grade of C or better in FIN 120. Evolution of international
monetary system; balance of payment accounting; foreign exchange; forecasting
exchange rates; management of foreign exchange risk; political risk analysis;
foreign direct investment; international money and capital markets; Eurocurrency
markets; international banking; international monetary and banking organizations.
FS
BA 179. Legal and Ethical Environment of Sports Marketing (3)
Study and application of agency, franchise, government regulation, antitrust,
and contract and tort law principles as they affect the business of sports
marketing. Review of ethical aspects of the sports marketing business. (Formerly
BA 189T)
BA 189T. Topics in Business Administration
(1-3; max total 9 if no topic repeated)
Studies in business administration. FS
BA 190. Independent Study (1-3; max total 6)
See Academic Placement -- Independent
Study. Approved for RP grading. FS
BA 195. Internship (3; max total 6)
Prerequisite: permission of internship coordinator. Requires 150 hours
of work at a pre-qualified, academically-related work station (business,
government or nonprofit agency). Reflective journal, final report, and work
station evaluation. As a course substitution, prior department approval
required. Only one internship may count towards option requirements. CR/NC
grading only. FS
BA 200 Series Courses
Graduate courses are listed under Business Graduate
Program.
Finance (FIN)
FIN 30. Personal Financial Planning (3)
Personal financial analysis, planning, and management for lifelong decision
making. Topics include financial planning strategies; money and credit management;
home ownership; home, health, and auto insurance needs; savings and investment
strategies; and retirement and estate planning. G.E. Breadth E1. FS
FIN 120. Principles of Finance (4)
Prerequisites: ACCT 4A; DS 71; BA 105W or ENGL 160W (BA or ENGL course
may be taken concurrently). Introduction to corporate financial management,
investments, and financial institutions. Focus on financial policy, analysis,
and valuation in a global environment. Topics include capital markets, risk
and return, financial planning, capital budgeting, cost of capital, and
working capital management. (3 lecture, 2 lab hours) FS
FIN 121. Intermediate Financial Management (3)
Prerequisite: grade of C or better in FIN 120. Modern theories of corporate
finance; financial decision making under uncer tainty; efficient allocation
of financial resources; advanced financial planning and control strategies.
FS
FIN 122. Financial Institutions and Financial Markets (3)
Prerequisite: grade of C or better in FIN 120. Role of the Federal Reserve
in monetary policy; interaction of fiscal and monetary policy; analysis
of depository and nondepository financial institutions; regulatory issues
in financial markets; public policy toward financial institutions. FS
FIN 123. Business Forecasting (4)
Prerequisite: DS 123; grade of C or better in FIN 120. Business activity
analysis; methods of forecasting; general and specific forecasts; analysis
of trends in product groups, sectors, regions, and other areas of the world
economy; mathematical models and statistical decisions; analysis of case
problems, computer lab. (3 lecture, 2 lab hours) FS
FIN 128. Investments (3)
Prerequisite: grade of C or better in FIN 120. Basics of investing;
analysis of financial securities including debt and equity instruments,
mutual funds, and exchange-traded funds; theories and techniques of asset
allocation, active and passive portfolio management, and portfolio performance
evaluations; fundamental analysis; technical analysis. FS
FIN 129. Student Investment Fund (3)
Prerequisite: grade of C or better in FIN 128. Student-managed, privately
donated funds; design of investment strategies; analysis of investment vehicles;
fundamental and technical analyses; assessing market and portfolio risks;
portfolio performance evaluation. FS
FIN 131. Entrepreneurial Finance (3)
Prerequisite: grade of C or better in FIN 120. Using financial and entrepreneurial
perspectives to make better decisions at each stage of the entrepreneurial
process, from identification of opportunity to harvest. Issues: venture
capital markets, deal structuring, valuations, later stage financing, going
public and other harvesting methods. FS
FIN 133. Futures Markets (3)
Prerequisite: grade of C or better in FIN 120. Use of futures contracts
as speculative investments and as hedging devices to reduce risk in securities
portfolios and in domestic and international business operations. Topics:
financial futures, commodity futures, futures markets, fundamental and technical
analyses, hedging strategies. (Formerly FIN 189T section)
FIN 138. Derivatives (3)
Prerequisite: grade of C or better in FIN 120 and 128. Introduction
to the use and pricing of derivative assets such as options, futures, swaps,
and option-like features embedded in corporate/treasury securities; mathematical
concepts underlying derivative markets and contracts and basic pricing models;
derivative strategies for hedging and arbitrage. FS
FIN 139. Financial Management (3)
Prerequisite: senior level standing. Finance majors must have completed
(or take concurrently) all other required courses in the Finance Option.
Nonfinance majors need permission of the instructor. Integration of analysis
and policy for business organizations; decisions under uncertainty; analyzing
and solving cases. FS
FIN 143. Risk and Insurance (3)
Fundamentals of insurance and risk management. Covers the basic areas of
property, liability, auto, life, health, and social insurance. Other areas
including marketing, underwriting, claims, investments, and loss control.
FIN 144. Life Insurance (3)
Nature and use, types and forms of life and health insurance, and annuities.
Covers organization, management, and regulation; employee benefit plans,
social security.
FIN 146. Risk Management (3)
Property, liability, and personnel pure-loss exposures. Risk management
programs effectively treat ing the costs of pure risk, including loss control
and loss financing techniques. Analysis of various types of commercial property
and liability insurance contracts.
FIN 147. Retirement Planning (3)
Fundamentals of retirement planning; qualified and nonqualified plans. Covers
material required in preparing for the Certified Financial Planning designation.
Topics include retirement needs and objectives, government regulations,
various business and individual retirement plans, plan funding and investing,
plan installation, administration, termination, and social security.
FIN 150. Financial Planning (3)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. The concept of a total coordinated
system of personal financial planning; evaluate existing programs, design
improved plans and coordinate execution to achieve stated objectives. Includes
data gathering, the psychology of financial counseling, and the counselor's
fiduciary responsibilities. Case studies.
FIN 154. E-Finance (3)
Prerequisite: grade of C or better in FIN 120 or MKTG 90. Application of
technology and the Internet to finance industry and financial education;
impact on retail and institutional finance; issues in e-payment mediums,
security, privacy, and taxation; e-banking, e-trading, e-capital sources
for individuals and businesses.
FIN 180. Real Estate Principles (3)
Meets California statutory course requirement for real estate salesperson's
and broker's license. Theory and practice of urban land use. Location and
legal dimensions, planning, and market pro cesses; financial and investment
decisions in real estate; computer analysis and case studies. S
FIN 181. Real Estate Appraisal (3)
Prerequisite: grade of C or better in FIN 120 and 180. Theory and determinants
of real property value. Methods used in urban and rural property appraisals.
Statistical techniques and the apprais al process; special purpose appraisals.
Fieldwork required. F
FIN 182. Real Estate Practices (3)
Meets California statutory course requirement for real estate broker's license.
Re lationship between public and private organizations active in real estate;
company formation; selling and marketing techniques; financing; advertising;
aspects of taxation; escrow procedure; property insurance; com puter analysis
and case studies. F
FIN 183. Real Estate Finance (3)
Prerequisite: grade of C or better in FIN 120 and 180. Characteristics and
underwriting standards of institutions furnishing funds for real estate
investment and development. Alternative financial instruments and their
effect on property economics and value. S
FIN 185. Housing Market Analysis (3)
Prerequisite: junior standing. Analysis of local and regional housing markets
and submarkets; availability of market data; primary versus secondary data;
design of data collecting instruments; inter viewing techniques and interviewer
bias; data analysis and presentation of findings; field studies required.
FIN 189T. Topics in Finance
(1-3; max total 9 if no topic repeated)
Studies in business including agricultural economics, business economics,
legal environment of business, international business, finance, financial
services, risk and insurance, and real estate.
FIN 190. Independent Study (1-3; max total 6)
See Academic Placement -- Independent
Study. Approved for RP grading. FS
FIN 195. Internship (3; max total 6)
Prerequisite: permission of internship coordinator. Requires 150 hours
of work at a pre-qualified, academically-related work station (business,
government or nonprofit agency). Reflective journal, final report, and work
station evaluation. As a course substitution, prior department approbal
required. Only one internship may count towards option requirements. CR/NC
grading only. FS
FIN 200 Series Courses
Graduate courses are listed under Business Graduate
Program.
Finance and Business Law Degrees