Finance and Business Law, CSB

Options:
1. Finance
2. International Business
3. Legal Environment of Business
4. Real Estate and Urban Land Economics

Legal Environment of Business Option provides an excellent background for business people who will spend a considerable amount of their time resolving business-related, legal and regulatory problems. Those obtaining a legal environment option will be able to adjust and adapt to a variety of career paths. These include working in law office management and in a number of business departments, including public affairs, government relations, trust, and finance.

BA 150, 151, 155 (9 units)
Select two courses from the following: BA 101, 154, 156, 160, 163, 177; HRM 157 (6 units)
Select three upper-division courses within the Craig School of Business. These courses must be approved in advance by the department chair. (9 units)
Total (24 units)

Bachelor of Science Degree Requirements
Business Administration Major

All students in the Craig School of Business who are working toward the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration must complete, in addition to the university's General Education requirements, a ten-course group of pre-business courses, seven courses of upper-division core, and 23 to 32 units in an area of specialization or option. The pre-business classes include material considered essential for further study in business. The upper-division core classes provide a broad background and a breadth of knowledge and understanding. The option courses enable the student to specialize in a specific area of business and to prepare for effective performance in future employment.

Pre-Business requirements* (16 units)
ACCT 4A, 4B; BA 18; CSB 50; DS 71, 73; ECON 40 or AGEC 1, ECON 50

Upper-division core requirements (24 units)
DS 123; FIN 120; IS 130; MGT 110 or 104-106, 124, 187; MKTG 100 or 100S

Option requirements (24-25 units)
The Department of Finance and Business Law offers four options**. (See options in the column to the left.)

General Education requirements (51 units)

Upper-division writing skills requirement (3-4 units)
Business majors must select either IS 105W or ENGL 160W
(See Writing Requirements)
Note: the Upper-Division Writing Exam is not an option for business administration majors.

Total (120-121 units)

* This total indicates that 9 units for DS 71, ECON 50, and ENGL 1 are being used to satisfy the General Education requirement of 51 units.

** The four options available to students are outlined in the copy that follows. The completion of General Education requirements, pre-business requirements, upper-division business core, upper-division writing skills requirement, and the 24-25 units as required by the options, total the 120-121 units required for the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.