Apr 19, 2025

DRAFT 2025-2026 Academic Catalog

Business Administration, Corporate Accounting and Finance Concentration, BS

This concentration integrates accounting and finance disciplines to prepare students for careers in corporate financial management. Offered by the Department of Accounting and Finance , the curriculum develops an understanding of how to obtain capital, distribute funds, manage cash flow, evaluate competing projects, and run a firm from a financial perspective. This concentration teaches how to record, analyze and interpret financial information. The curriculum enhances the attractiveness of its graduates to corporate finance groups as entry-level hires, and for the long-term, positions them for roles as controller, treasurer, and chief financial officer. CAF graduates are able to move between accounting and finance careers, increasing their marketability in a field with great opportunities.

Program Learning Outcomes

Program Roadmaps

The 4-Year Roadmap is available online. Roadmaps should be used in consultation with the catalog and your advisor to identify additional requirements for completing the major (for example, course grade minimums).

Major-Specific Graduation Requirements

All courses in the Concentration Requirements for Corporate Accounting Finance must be completed with a grade of “C or better”.The following Preparation for the Major and Required for the Major courses must be completed with a grade of “C or better”: ENGL 2 , MATH 70 , BUS1 20 , BUS2 90 , BUS1 170 .

1. Complete the Baccalaureate Degree Requirements

Students must satisfy the specific degree requirements for their undergraduate major and fulfill the following University degree requirements:

Academic (program total units with an average 2.0 GPA - “C” or better)
General Education (GE) (34 Lower Division + 9 Upper Division)
American Institutions (AI) (0-6 units) (may be satisfied in GE Areas 3A, 3B, 4, UD 3, or UD 4)
Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR) 3 units (see Writing in the Disciplines)
Physical Education (PE) (0-2 units)
Units in Residence (30 units, including 24 upper division and 12 in major)
Upper Division Units (40 units, including 12 upper div in major for BA, 18 upper div in major for BS)
Undergraduate Policies & Procedures

Apply for Graduation
Information about the Commencement Ceremony and Conferral of the Degree

Summary of Degree Units

Core Lower Division General Education: 19 (9 units may be satisfied by major coursework)

American Institutions/ US123 Requirements: 6 (Note: may be satisfied by GE coursework)

Upper Division General Education: 3 (6 units may be satisfied by major coursework)

Physical Education: 2

Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR): 0 (3 units satisfied in Major Preparation by Writing in Disciplines)

Major Preparation: 15

Major Requirements: 43

Concentration Requirements: 27

University Electives: 5

Total: 120

2. Major Preparation (15 units)

ECON 1A - Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics 3 unit(s)
ECON 1B - Principles of Economics: Microeconomics 3 unit(s) (GE Area 4 / Formerly Area D)
ENGL 2 - Critical Thinking and Writing 3 unit(s) (GE Area 1B / Formerly Area A3) (or equivalent)
MATH 70 - Mathematics for Business 3 unit(s) (GE Area Area 2 / Formerly Area B4) (Students who complete any of the following with a C or better may substitute it for MATH 70 : MATH 30 , 30X , 31 , 31X , 32 , 32X , 70X , 71 , or 71X .)

Writing in the Disciplines (3 units)

Complete one course from:

COMM 100W - Writing Workshop: Writing for Influence 3 unit(s) (WID)
ENGL 100WB - Written Communication: Business 3 unit(s) (WID)
LLD 100WB - Writing Workshop for Business Students 3 unit(s) (WID)

3. Major Requirements (70 units)

Core Courses (43 units)

Lower Division Courses (13 units)

BUS1 20 - Financial Accounting 3 unit(s)
BUS3 80 - Legal Environment of Business 3 unit(s)
BUS2 90 - Business Statistics 3 unit(s) (Transfer students with STAT 95 (C or better) may use this in lieu of BUS2 90 .)
BUS4 91L - Computer Tools for Business 1 unit(s)
BUS3 12 - Business First Year Experience 3 unit(s) (
BUS3 10
can be substituted for Transfer Students)

Business Fundamentals (15 units)

BUS2 130 - Introduction to Marketing 3 unit(s)
BUS5 140 - Fundamentals of Operations Management 3 unit(s)
BUS3 160 - Fundamentals of Management and Organizational Behavior 3 unit(s)
BUS1 170 - Fundamentals of Finance 3 unit(s)
BUS2 190 - Fundamentals of Business Analytics 3 unit(s)

Business Integration and Perspective Courses (15 units)

BUS5 187 - Global Dimensions of Business 3 unit(s)
BUS4 188 - Business Systems and Policy 3 unit(s)
BUS3 189 - Strategic Management 3 unit(s)
PHIL 186 - Professional and Business Ethics 3 unit(s) (GE UD Area 4 / Formerly Area S)
One non-business global perspectives course in GE UD Area 3 (Formerly Area V) 3 unit(s)

Concentration Requirements (27 units)

Additionally, to qualify for a baccalaureate degree in business administration with a Corporate Finance Management concentration, all courses in the concentration must be completed with a grade of “C” or better. A cumulative 2.0 GPA is required in all business classes.

Required Accounting Courses (12 units)

BUS1 120A - Accounting Information Systems 3 unit(s)
BUS1 121A - Intermediate Accounting I 3 unit(s)
BUS1 121B - Intermediate Accounting II 3 unit(s)
BUS1 122A - Management Accounting and Control Systems 3 unit(s)

Required Finance Courses (9 units)

BUS1 171A - Financial Institutions and Markets 3 unit(s)
BUS1 173A - Financial Management: Theory and Policy 3 unit(s)
BUS1 173B - Problems in Financial Management 3 unit(s)

Concentration Electives (6 units)

Complete two courses from:

BUS1 120B - Advanced AIS and IS Risk Assessment 3 unit(s)
BUS1 123A - Taxation of Businesses and Investments 3 unit(s)
BUS1 124 - Forensic Accounting 3 unit(s)
BUS1 125 - Special Topics in Accounting 3 unit(s)
BUS1 126 - Advanced Accounting 3 unit(s)
BUS1 127A - Honors Practicum in Corporate Financial Management 3 unit(s) OR
BUS1 127B - Advanced Honors Practicum
3 unit(s)
BUS1 128 - Accounting for Nonprofit Organizations 3 unit(s)
BUS1 129B - Operational Auditing 3 unit(s)
BUS1 171B - Commercial Banking 3 unit(s)
BUS1 172A - Investment Analysis 3 unit(s)
BUS1 172B - Portfolio Management 3 unit(s)
BUS1 172C - Futures and Options 3 unit(s)
BUS1 173C - Entrepreneurial Finance 3 unit(s)
BUS1 175 - Real Estate Finance 3 unit(s)
BUS1 176 - Business Valuation 3 unit(s)
BUS1 177 - International Business Finance 3 unit(s)
BUS1 179B - Selected Topics in Business Finance 3 unit(s)

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