CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LOS ANGELES
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
Catalog Date: Spring 2014 and later Major Catalog Date: _____________________
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A Minor in Finance is available for students majoring in fields other than Finance. A total of 20 units is required, of which at least 12 units must be taken in residence at California State University, L.A. A minimum C (2.0) grade point average is required in all course work taken to complete the minor program.
Course Abbreviation, Number, Title, Units
REQUIRED COURSES (12 units)
FIN 303 Business Finance
FIN 325 Essential Skills for Finance Professionals
FIN 332 Investments
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ELECTIVES (8 units): Select two courses from the following, with adviser approval: FIN 305, 331, 335, 403, 431, 434, 437, 440, 450.
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TOTAL UNITS REQUIRED FOR MINOR: 20
Recommended Electives (based on career objective):
Trader/Analyst/Fund Manager/Treasury Corporate Finance Financial Advisory
FIN 437 and FIN 450/447 FIN 403 and FIN 437/434/431 FIN 437 and FIN 450/447/335
Commercial Banking Mortgage Banking Private Banking
FIN 403 and FIN 439/450 FIN 439 and FIN 493/403 FIN 403 and FIN 331/450/335
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CORPORATE FINANCE TRACK ADVISORY/PRIVATE BANKING

Why Minor in Finance?
You take most of the finance courses of a major without having to take the 16 business core courses.
So you are marketable for many of the finance positions that majors are .
Many employers such as investment banks, securities firms, money management firms (e.g. mutual and pension funds), and firms that conduct stock and market analysis like people with diverse backgrounds that have finance training. Your diversity is a strength .
Art, History, English, Acting, etc. all bring writing, communication, and/or creative thinking skills, which are valued in analyzing the markets--.e.g. out of the box thinking, interpretation of non-financial info .
Most of our coursework simply requires that you be good at arithmetic and are able to read graphs.
No calculus .
What sort of jobs are there for me?
Choose the proper finance courses —in general the department recommends Fin 437 as one of your electives —and you could take a position as broker, financial advisor, junior financial analyst, an investment banker, commercial banker, or enter a training program to become a trader or portfolio manager.
If you choose Fin 403, you will be trained to make capital investment decisions for firms, or could find yourself in public finance . In general, we recommend taking Fin 403 as supplement to Fin 437. Fin
437 will maximize your marketability in finance.
Are there any other prerequisites?
You will need Acct 210 (Introductory Financial Accounting) to take Fin 303, and Econ 209 (Applied
Statistics) to take Fin 325, or the equivalent. If you have had a statistics course in another discipline, we can waive Econ 209.
Sample Course Sequences:
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Investments
Acct 210 Fin 303
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Econ 209
Corporate
Fin 332
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Fin 325
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Fin 437
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Fin 450/447
Acct 210 Fin 303
Econ 209
Fin 332 Fin 325 Fin 403
Fin 437/434/431
If you have had Acct 210/Econ 209 or the equivalent, these courses need not be taken.
FIN 325 and FIN 332 can be taken simultaneously.