Business Administration/Financial Analysis Option (2024)

This 4-Year Degree Road Map applies to the following catalog year(s):

2024 Business Administration, B.S./Financial Analysis Option

Refer to the Catalog Archives for General Education requirements.

YEAR 1: 1st Semester

Course	Units
MATH 103 (meets GE Basic Skills: B4 Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning)	3
MATH 103L (if required)	0-1
GE Basic Skills: A1 Oral Communication	3
GE Basic Skills: A2 Written Communication	3
GE C1 Arts	3
GE F Comparative Cultural Studies	3
Total	15-16

YEAR 1: 2nd Semester

Course	Units
ENGL 205	3
IS 212 (meets GE E Lifelong Learning and IC)	3
SOM 120 or MATH 140BUS	3-4
GE Basic Skills: A3 Critical Thinking	3
Elective	2-3
Total	15

YEAR 2: 1st Semester

Course	Units
ACCT 220	3
ECON 160 (meets GE D1 Social Sciences)	3
GE B1 Physical Science or GE B2 Life Science	2
GE B3 Science Laboratory Activity	1
GE C3 American History Institutions and Ideals	3
Elective	3
Total	15

YEAR 2: 2nd Semester

Course	Units
ACCT 230	3
BLAW 280	3
ECON 161 (meets GE D1 Social Sciences)	3
GE B1 Physical Science or GE B2 Life Science (select from GE subarea not previously completed)	3
GE D3 and D4 Constitution of the United States and State and Local Government	3
Total	15

YEAR 3: 1st Semester

Course	Units
BUS 302L or Elective*	1
BUS 312	3
FIN 303 (meets GE B5 Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning)	3
MGT 360	3
Communication Course: BLAW 308, BLAW 368, COMS 323, ENGL 305, ENGL 306, ENGL 407, PHIL 305	3
Elective	2
Total	15

YEAR 3: 2nd Semester

Course	Units
FIN 352	3
FIN 355	3
MKT 304	3
SOM 306	3
Finance Elective**	3
Total	15

YEAR 4: 1st Semester

Course	Units
FIN 359	3
Finance Electives**	6
Upper Division GE Section C2 Humanities	3
Elective	3
Total	15

YEAR 4: 2nd Semester

Course	Units
BUS 497A or BUS 497B	3
Finance Elective**	3
Upper Division GE Section F Comparative Cultural Studies
Electives	6
Total	15

OVERALL TOTAL UNITS

120

One course for the degree must have an Ethnic Studies/ES designation.

*BUS 302L has been discontinued and is no longer required as of Fall 2025.

**Does not include FIN 102, FIN 338, FIN 433 or FIN 439. May include 3 units from ACCT 440, ACCT 450, ECON 310 or ECON 409. ACCT 440, ACCT 450 and ECON 409 have additional prerequisites beyond the required courses shown above.