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for California State University, Fresno.
You are in the official 1999-2000 General Catalog
for California State University, Fresno.
COURSES
Business Administration (B A)
18. Business and the Legal Environment (4)
Prerequisite: sophomore standing. Introduction to legal system; relation
of ethics to law; administra tive, criminal, tort, and labor law; and legal
aspects of internation al trade. A more extensive study of the law of contracts
and agency. Case studies; discussion and analysis.
50. Introduction to the Craig School of Business (1)
Introduction to business careers, career development, educational options,
and opportunities provided by the Craig School of Business. Emphasis on
Craig School of Business requirements, resources, and expectations. Presentation
of topics by faculty, staff, alumni, and business executives. CR/NC grading
only.
88. Public Law Environment of Business (1)
Not open to students who completed B A 18 at California State University,
Fresno. Relationship of ethics to law. Administrative law and government
regulation framework, labor and employment law framework, and legal aspects
of international trade.
100. Business and Real Estate Economics (3)
Prerequisites: ECON 40, 50. Applications of economic principles in business
and real es tate management; measure of profit, analysis of demand, cost
analysis; price, wage, and public policies; case studies, analysis.
101. Business Ethics (3)
Traditional and contemporary ethical principles and their historic context
and relevance to business practice. Identifying the ethical beliefs and
values of self and others. Examining contemporary business problems from
an ethical perspective. Not open to students who have completed A ETH 102A.
104. Global Business (3)
Studies globalization of business; role of trade, investment liberalization,
and economic integration; technology; multinational enterprises. Examines
influence of cultural, social, economic, political, geographic, philosophical,
and environmental forces on individual and institutional competitiveness
at regional, national and global levels; appropriate strategies.
120. Business and Society (3)
Examination of dynamic societal pressures affecting business. Review of
governmental, public and labor pressures on business in a changing environment;
business' impact upon various segments of society. Ethical principles and
their relationship to business.
150. Law and Business Activity (3)
Prerequisite: B A 18. Examination of the law of bailments, shipments, sales,
commercial paper, and secured transactions. Nature of property; and the
relation of the legal, ethical, and regulatory envi ronment to commercial
transactions. Case studies; discussion and analysis.
151. Law of Business Organizations (3)
Prerequisite: B A 18. Sole proprietorships, partnerships, limited partnerships,
and corporations; advantages and limitations; social responsibilities. Effect
of form on taxation and liability. Includes securities regulation, bankruptcy
and insurance. Case studies; discussion and analysis.
154. Real Estate Law (3)
Meets California statutory course requirement for real estate broker's license.
Prerequisite: B A 18. Legal aspects of acquisition and ownership of real
estate; conveyances, mortgages, evidences of title; planning and zoning.
155. Government Regulation and Control of Business (3)
Prerequisite: B A 18. Government and social control of private enterprise,
including examination of capitalism, private property, administrative law
and process, antitrust law, and development of public policy through regulation
and deregulation. Case studies; discussion and analysis.
156. Labor Law (3)
Prerequisites: ECON 40, 50; B A 18, MGT 104, 106 recommended. Law of industrial
relations; histori cal and current principles for legal settlement of labor-management
disputes; statutes, court decisions, administrative rulings; case studies;
individual presentations.
160. Estate Planning (3)
The federal and state systems for regulating and taxing property transfers
during lifetime and upon death including the policy and theory underlying
the system and practical problems involved in applying estate and gift tax
laws.
174. Introduction to International Business (3)
Prerequisite: for business majors, FIN 120; for others, permission of instructor.
Competing in global markets. Accommodating to differing cultural, legal,
and political systems. Role of start-up and medium-sized firms, importing,
exporting, international contracts, and investment, multi-country production
and distribution. Forecasting and compensating for changing government policies,
market conditions affecting profitability.
175. Tools and Techniques of International Business (3)
Prerequisite: B A 174 or permission of instructor, and FIN 120. Organizing
international operations, entering foreign markets using global communications,
finding business connections and potential imports or exports. Selling abroad,
government support services, pricing, shipping, documentation, taxes, duties,
quotas, trade licenses. International personnel strategies, accounting systems,
travel, international business control.
176. The International Business Environment (3)
Prerequisite: B A 174 or permission of instructor. Evolution of international
business. Political regimes, economic success and failure, identifying prosperity,
picking winners. Dealing with changing cultures, variations within cultures.
Doing business in unstable regions. Implications of global downsizing. Trading
blocks and their effects. Forecasting and international business opportunities.
177. Legal Environment of World Commerce (3)
Prerequisites: B A 18; junior standing; B A 150 recommended. Seminar on
international sales, documents, credits, dispute resolution; trade law,
including GATT/WTO customs, tariff laws; regula tory ethical environment
of international marketplace, intellectual property transfers, political
risk, exploitation of labor and environment. (Formerly B A 189T section)
178. International Finance (3)
Prerequisite: FIN 120. Evolution of international monetary system; balance
of payment accounting; foreign exchange; forecasting exchange rates; management
of foreign exchange risk; political risk analysis; foreign direct investment;
international money and capital markets; Eurocurrency markets; international
banking; international monetary and banking organizations.
189T. Topics in Business Administration
(1-3; max total 9 if no topic repeated)
Studies in business administration.
190. Independent Study (1-3; max total 6)
See Academic Placement -- Independent
Study. Approved for SP grading.
193. Supervised Work Experience (1)
Open only to business majors. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Work-study:
learning through on-the-job experience in a business. Written reports. CR/NC
grading only.
195. Internship (3; max total 6)
Prerequisite: permission of internship coordinator. Requires 150 hours
of work at a pre-qualified, academically-related work station (business,
government or nonprofit agency). Reflective journal, final report, and work
station evaluation. As a course substitution, prior department approval
required. Only one internship may count towards option requirements. CR/NC
grading only.
200 Series Courses
Graduate courses are listed under Business Graduate
Program.
Finance (FIN)
30. Personal Financial Planning (3)
Personal financial analysis, planning, and management for lifelong decision
making. Topics include financial planning strategies; money and credit management;
home ownership; home, health, and auto insurance needs; savings and investment
strategies; and retirement and estate planning.
120. Principles of Finance (4)
Prerequisites: ACCT 4A; IS 105W or ENGL 160W (IS or ENGL course may
be taken concurrently). Introduction to corporate financial management,
investments, and financial institutions. Focus on financial policy, analysis,
and valuation in a global environment. Topics include capital markets, risk
and return, financial planning, capital budgeting, cost of capital, and
working capital management. (3 lecture, 2 lab hours) (Computer lab fee,
$15)
121. Intermediate Financial Management (3)
Prerequisite: FIN 120. Modern theories of corporate finance; financial decision
making under uncer tainty; efficient allocation of financial resources;
advanced financial planning and control strategies.
122. Financial Institutions and Financial Markets (3)
Prerequisite: FIN 120. Role of the Federal Reserve in monetary policy; interaction
of fiscal and monetary policy; analysis of depository and nondepository
financial institutions; regulatory issues in financial markets; public policy
toward financial institutions.
123. Business Forecasting (4)
Prerequisite: FIN 120; DS 123. Business activity analysis; methods of forecasting;
general and specific forecasts; analysis of trends in product groups, sectors,
regions, and other areas of the world economy; mathematical models and statistical
decisions; analysis of case problems, computer lab. (3 lecture, 2 lab hours)
(Computer lab fee, $15) (Formerly FIN 136)
128. Security Analysis (3)
Prerequisite: FIN 120. Analysis of securities markets; debt and equity instruments;
options and futures; fundamental analysis; technical analysis.
131. Entrepreneurial Finance (3)
Prerequisite: FIN 120. Using financial and entrepreneurial perspectives
to make better decisions at each stage of the entrepreneurial process, from
identification of opportunity to harvest. Issues: venture capital markets,
deal structuring, valuations, later stage financing, going public and other
harvesting methods.
133. Futures Markets (3)
Prerequisite: FIN 120. Use of futures contracts as speculative investments
and as hedging devices to reduce risk in securities portfolios and in domestic
and international business operations. Topics: financial futures, commodity
futures, futures markets, fundamental and technical analyses, hedging strategies.
(Formerly FIN 189T section)
137. Credit Management (3)
Prerequisite: FIN 120, 122. Structure of consumer and commercial credit
markets; credit manage ment policies and strategies; risk management for
interest and exchange rate variability; financial asset and liability management
policies; technical and legal problems of credit management.
138. Portfolio Management and Theory (3)
Prerequisite: FIN 120, 128. Methods of determining the most desirable group
of securities to build in an investment portfolio; portfolio performance
evaluation; managing and hedging risk; program trading and portfolio insurance.
139. Financial Management (3)
Prerequisite: senior level standing. Finance majors must have completed
(or take concurrently) all other required courses in the Finance Option.
Nonfinance majors need permission of the instructor. Integration of analysis
and policy for business organizations; decisions under uncertainty; analyzing
and solving cases.
143. Risk and Insurance (3)
Fundamentals of insurance and risk management. Covers the basic areas of
property, liability, auto, life, health, and social insurance. Other areas
including marketing, underwriting, claims, investments, and loss control.
144. Life Insurance (3)
Nature and use, types and forms of life and health insurance, and annuities.
Covers organization, management, and regulation; employee benefit plans,
social security.
146. Risk Management (3)
Property, liability, and personnel pure-loss exposures. Risk management
programs effectively treat ing the costs of pure risk, including loss control
and loss financing techniques. Analysis of various types of commercial property
and liability insurance contracts.
150. Financial Counseling (3)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. The concept of a total coordinated
system of personal financial planning; evaluate existing programs, design
improved plans and coordinate execution to achieve stated objectives. Includes
data gathering, the psychology of financial counseling, and the counselor's
fiduciary responsibilities. Case studies.
180. Real Estate Principles (3)
Meets California statutory course requirement for real estate salesperson's
and broker's license. Theory and practice of urban land use. Location and
legal dimensions, planning, and market pro cesses; financial and investment
decisions in real estate; computer analysis and case studies.
181. Real Estate Appraisal (3)
Prerequisite: FIN 120; FIN 180 or permission of instructor. Theory and determinants
of real property value. Methods used in urban and rural property appraisals.
Statistical techniques and the apprais al process; special purpose appraisals.
Fieldwork required.
182. Real Estate Practices (3)
Meets California statutory course requirement for real estate broker's license.
Re lationship between public and private organizations active in real estate;
company formation; selling and marketing techniques; financing; advertising;
aspects of taxation; escrow procedure; property insurance; com puter analysis
and case studies.
183. Real Estate Finance (3)
Prerequisite: FIN 120; FIN 180 or permission of instructor. Characteristics
and underwriting standards of institutions furnishing funds for real estate
investment and development. Alternative financial instruments and their
effect on property economics and value.
185. Housing Market Analysis (3)
Prerequisite: junior standing. Analysis of local and regional housing markets
and submarkets; avail ability of market data; primary versus secondary data;
design of data collecting instruments; inter viewing techniques and interviewer
bias; data analysis and presentation of findings; field studies required.
189T. Topics in Finance
(1-3; max total 9 if no topic repeated)
Studies in business including agricultural economics, business economics,
legal environment of business, international business, finance, financial
services, risk and insurance, and real estate.
190. Independent Study (1-3; max total 6)
See Academic Placement -- Independent
Study. Approved for SP grading.
193. Supervised Work Experience (1)
Open only to business majors. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Work-study:
learning through on-the-job experience in a business. Written reports. CR/NC
grading only.
195. Internship (3; max total 6)
Prerequisite: permission of internship coordinator. Requires 150 hours
of work at a pre-qualified, academically-related work station (business,
government or nonprofit agency). Reflective journal, final report, and work
station evaluation. As a course substitution, prior department approbal
required. Only one internship may count towards option requirements. CR/NC
grading only.
200 Series Courses
Graduate courses are listed under Business Graduate
Program.
Finance and Business Law Degrees