Corporate Financial Management Concentration
General information
| Department | Office | Phone |
|---|---|---|
| Accounting and Finance | BT 850 | (408) 924-3460 |
This concentration is fundamentally designed to prepare its graduates for careers
in corporate financial management in all forms of organizations: business and non-business,
public or private, foreign or domestic. The objective is to teach the fundamental
principles underlying organizations, to emphasize training which will improve student's
thought processes, to provide a familiarity with analytical tools of finance within
corporate management, and to develop in the student the ability to use the techniques
involved in analyzing and evaluating corporate managerial problems and making sound
decisions.
Requirements
| Course type | Units |
|---|---|
| General Education: | 48-51 units |
| Business Pool: | 12 units (6 of these 12 units fulfill Core GE Requirements) |
| Non-business support: | 14 units (3 of these 12 units fulfill Core GE Requirements, 6 fulfill SJSU Studies) |
| Lower-Division Business Core: | 4 - 7 units |
| Upper-Division Business Core: | 30 units (3 units fulfill SJSU Studies Requirements) |
| Corporate Financial Management Concentration: | 30 units |
A 2.0 (C average) is required in the major in order to earn the BS degree. The cumulative GPA for all business courses must be 2.0 or better to graduate.
Corporate Financial Management Concentration (33 units)
Required Courses:
Accounting: (15 units)
- BUS1 120A* Accounting Information Systems
- BUS1 121A* Intermediate Accounting I
- BUS1 121B* Intermediate Accounting II
- BUS1 122A* Management Accounting & Control Systems
- BUS1 123A* Tax Factors of Business & Investment Decisions
Accounting Electives: Select one of the following nine courses (3 units):
- BUS1 120B* Advanced AIS and IS Audit
- BUS1 122B* Advanced Management Accounting & Control Systems (BUS 122A is a prerequisite)
- BUS1 120C* Business Network Environment and Control
- BUS1 124* Forensic Accounting
- BUS1 125* Special Topics in Accounting
- BUS1 126* Advanced Accounting
- BUS1 127A*# Honors in Corporate Financial Management
- BUS1 127B*# Advanced Honors Practicum (only if 127A is used as Finance elective)
- BUS1 129B* Operational Auditing
Finance: (12 units)
- BUS1 171A* Financial Institutes and Markets
- BUS1 173A* Financial Management: Theory and Policy
- BUS1 173B* Problems in Financial Management
- BUS1 177* International Business Finance
Finance Electives: Select one of the following ten courses (3 units):
- BUS1 171B* Commercial Banking
- BUS1 172A* Investments Analysis
- BUS1 172B* Portfolio Management
- BUS1 172C* Futures and Options
- BUS1 173C* Small Business Finance
- BUS1 174* Risk Management and Insurance
- BUS1 175* Real Estate Finance
- BUS1 179B* Selected Topics in Business Finance
- BUS1 127A*# Honors Practicum in Corporate Financial Management
- BUS1 127B*# Advanced Honors Practicum in Corporate Financial Management
* Requires a grade of “C” or better.
# Additional criteria needed(See Accounting Department (BT 850) for details).
Business Pool
Freshmen admitted in fall 2010 or later must complete MATH 71 with a grade of C or better. Transfer students and Freshmen admitted prior to fall 2010 complete MATH 70, Finite Math with grade of C or better. As of fall 2009, all courses below require grades of C or better.
- MATH 71 Business Calculus
- English 1B Composition
- BUS1 20 Financial Accounting
- BUS2 90 Business Statistics
Non-Business Support Courses
- ECON 1A Macroeconomics
- ECON 1B Microeconomics
- PHIL 186 Prof. Business Ethics (Area S)
- Non-Business Global Perspectives (Area V)
(See approved list in BSAC)
Lower Division Business Core
- BUS3 10 Discovering Business (Highly recommended for Freshmen)
- BUS3 80 Legal Environment of Business
- BUS4 91L Business Computer Productivity Tools(1 unit)
Upper Division Business Core
- COMM 100W , ENG 100WB, or LLD 100WB(C or better) (Requires passing the WST)
- BUS2 130 Fundamentals of Marketing
- BUS3 140 Fundamentals of Operations Management
- BUS3 160 Fundamentals of Management and Organization Behavior
- BUS1 170 Fundamentals of Finance (Requires a “C” or better)
- BUS3 187 Global Dimensions of Business
- BUS4 188 Business Systems and Policy
- BUS3 189 Strategic Management(Requires graduating senior status)
- BUS2 190 Quantitative Business Analysis
General Education (48-51 Units)
Core GE
| Section | Course name | Units |
|---|---|---|
| A | Basic Skills | 9 |
| B4 | Math Concepts (Math 71) | 3 |
| B | Science (including lab) | 9 |
| C | Humanities & Arts | 9 |
| D | Social Science* | 9 |
| E | Human Understanding & Dev. | 3 |
| F1 | American History** | |
| F2&3 | US Constitution & CA Government** Physical Education (2 separate
& distinct activities) |
SJSU Studies (Requires passing the WST)
| Section | Course name | Units |
|---|---|---|
| S | Self & Society (Phil 186) | 3 |
| R | Earth & Environment | 3 |
| V | Culture & Civilization (See Non Business Global above) | 3 |
| Z | Written Communication II (100W) (Requires a C or better) | 3 |
* Econ 1B fulfills area D1 for Business majors
** Areas F1,F2 & F3 may also fulfill Areas D2 & D3 (See BSAC advisor for details)
Total Unit Requirement - 120 Units. CFM majors typically graduate with 123.0 semester
units minimum.
Interdisciplinary Electives or Minor (See a BSAC advisor for details)