Business Administration Division

Contract Major: Finance

Program Requirements

A student will be considered for admission to the Business Administration Division after completion of 48 units of work with no grade below a C- in any of the required courses below, and an overall grade point average of 2.5 in all classes taken.

The standard lower division course requirements must be part of the 48 units needed for admission to the program, and a grade of C- or better is required in each course: (**NOTE: a grade of B or better is required in BA 321 for full admission to the program.).

Requests for admission will normally occur during the fifth semester and can be made during the semester in which the students are completing their required courses.  Final decisions will be made only after grades are received.  Only students accepted into the division will be permitted to enroll in BA 442, 447, 452, 497 and 598.  Students must complete at least 45 units at Seaver College following the signing of the  contract.

The Finance Contract Major requires 70-72 units.

Course ID	Course Name	Units	Term*
Lower Division Courses (25 units)
AC 224	Financial Accounting	4	F,SP
AC 225	Managerial Accounting	3	F,SP
BA 210	Introduction to Microeconomics	3	F,SP
ECON 211	Introduction to Macroeconomics (GE)	3	F,SP
MATH 140	Calculus for Business and Economics (GE)	3	F,SP
MATH 141	Probability and Linear Algebra	3	F,SP
BA 216	Statistical Analysis for Business Decisions	4	F,SP
BA 212	Business Computing Applications	2	F,SP
Upper Division Courses (39 units)
BA 352 or BA 366	Management Theory and Practice Organizational Behavior	3 3	F,SP
BA 358	Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business	3	F,SP
BA 321	Financial Management	4	F,SP
BA 355	Principles of Marketing	3	F,SP
BA 442	Financial Markets and Institutions	4	F only
BA 447	International Finance	3	F,SP
BA 448	Investments	4	SP only
BA 452	Quantitative Analysis	3	F,SP
BA 497	Business Policy, Strategy and Ethics (RM)	4	F,SP
BA 598	Service Leadership Project (PS)	4	F,SP
ECON 320	Intermediate Microeconomic Theory	4	F,SP
Additional 2 Courses (6-8 Units) from the Following:
BA 440	Real Estate Investment	4	F only
BA 449	Portfolio Management     (prerequisite BA 448 or consent)	3	F only
BA 450	Applied Portfolio Management    (prerequisite BA 449)	3	SP only
BA 456	Financial Derivatives	3	F only
ECON 412	Money and Banking	4	F only
ECON 429	International Trade and Finance    (prerequisite ECON 320)	4	SP only

This Web page is not an official binding document. All contract majors must be approved by Business Administration Division faculty in accordance with the Seaver College catalog. Please visit the catalog: http://seaver.pepperdine.edu/academics/catalog/

Questions? Please contact the Business Administration Division Office.

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