May 18, 2024  
2016-2017 CSU East Bay Catalog 
    
2016-2017 CSU East Bay Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


Course Numbering Key

The numbering of courses is intended to describe the level at which they are offered. Any student, however, may enroll for any course if he or she has completed the listed prerequisites, except for certain graduate courses.

Course Number Description
0800-0999 Remedial courses (not for baccalaureate degree credit)
1000-1999 Freshman level courses
2000-2999 Sophomore level courses
3000-3999 Junior level courses
4000-4999 Senior level courses
5000-5999 Postbaccalaureate and professional level courses
6000-6999 Graduate level courses
7000-7699 Upper division level Continuing Education courses1
7700-7999 Graduate level Continuing Education courses1
8000-8999 Doctoral level courses

1. See the quarterly schedule of the Continuing Education website for classes offered each quarter.

Class Hours per Week

The number of class hours a course meets per week equals the number of units listed for the course, unless otherwise indicated in the course description. (A “class hour” is 50 minutes.) Supervision courses (e.g., independent study, project, thesis) have no prescribed correspondence between class hours per week and units.

 

Environmental Studies

  
  • ENVT 3898 - Cooperative Education


    Units: 1-4
    Supervised work experience in which student completes academic assignments integrated with off-campus paid or volunteer activities. Prerequisites: At least 2.0 GPA; departmental approval of activity. A maximum of 4 units will be accepted toward the Environmental Studies major; a maximum of 4 units will be accepted toward the Geography minor. Repeatability: May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 8 units. Grading: CR/NC grading only.
  
  • ENVT 3999 - Issues in Environmental Studies


    Units: 4
    Readings, discussion, and research on contemporary and/or significant issues in environmental studies. Repeatability: May be repeated for credit when content varies, for a maximum of 8 units.
  
  • ENVT 4100 - Environmental Impact Analysis


    Units: 4
    The language and changing dynamics of the environmental review process. Contents and standards of environmental impact reports and their role in the planning process.
  
  • ENVT 4300 - Environmental Field Studies


    Units: 5
    Weekly visits to various sites throughout the Greater Bay Area to observe environmental processes. Natural areas, industrial facilities, environmentally related agencies. Prerequisites: Senior standing in Environmental Studies. Strongly Recommended: Strongly Recommended: ENVT 4100 .
  
  • ENVT 4320 - Energy and Society


    Units: 4
    (See GEOG 4320  for course description.)
  
  • ENVT 4800 - Senior Seminar in Environmental Studies


    Units: 3
    Problem-oriented around selected topics of environmental concern, and requiring projects or reports. Prerequisites: ENVT 2000 ; restricted to seniors completing the major or minor in Environmental Studies. Strongly Recommended: Strongly Recommended: ENVT 4300 .
  
  • ENVT 4900 - Independent Study


    Units: 1-4
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor, for a maximum of 12 units.
  
  • ENVT 4910 - Internship in Environmental Studies


    Units: 2-4
    Assignments in public and private agencies on projects related to citizen action, environmental planning, or in research. Supervision and evaluation by agency personnel and the course instructor. Students exchange ideas and experiences in weekly group sessions which are conducted by the instructor. Prerequisites: ENVT 2000  and consent of instructor. Repeatability: May be repeated once for credit, for a maximum of 8 units. Ten to twenty hours weekly.

Ethnic Studies

  
  • ES 1001 - Introduction to Ethnic Studies


    Units: 4
    An examination of dominant historical and philosophical research trends in Ethnic Studies. Multi- and inter-disciplinary approaches to the study of the African American, Asian American, Mexican/Latino American, and Native American experience.
  
  • ES 1005 - Viewing Diversity


    Units: 4
    Basic social science approaches to the study of local, national, and global constructions and representations of cultural diversity.
  
  • ES 1201 - Ethnicity in American History I


    Units: 4
    Topical and comparative approach to the contributions of diverse peoples and cultures to the development of the United States from European contact to 1877.
  
  • ES 1202 - Ethnicity in American History II


    Units: 4
    Topical and comparative approach to the contributions of diverse peoples and cultures to the development of the United States from 1877 to the present.
  
  • ES 3000 - Ethnic Writers


    Units: 4
    A critical examination of the novels of twentieth century minority American writers. Advanced principles of composition and style. Fulfills the University Writing Skills Requirement for students who began work on the present degree before Fall quarter 1985. Prerequisites: ENGL 1001  or equivalent.
  
  • ES 3010 - Decolonize Your Diet: Food Justice in Communities of Color


    Units: 4
    Explores issues related to food justice in communities of color in the US. Topics may include recovering knowledge about ancestral foods, community gardens in urban environments, or healing from Western diseases, such as diabetes and heart disease.
  
  • ES 3030 - Immigrant and Refugee Women


    Units: 4
    Changes and continuities in the lives of immigrant and refugee women, especially with reference to the conditions leading to their departure from their countries of origin and adaptation and resettlement in the United States. Cross-listed: WOST 3030 .
  
  • ES 3140 - Racism and Sports


    Units: 4
    Biographical approach to the study of racism in sports. The lives of significant African American sports figures as a backdrop for an examination of broader social, economic, and political issues. Credit Restrictions: Not open to those with credit for KIN 3735.
  
  • ES 3230 - Oral Traditions


    Units: 4
    Critical examination of oral traditions, collective memory, folklore, and testimonial literature of America’s multicultural experience. Emphasis on community dynamics, immigration, pop-culture, folklore, and family history.
  
  • ES 3333 - Ethics and Minority Politics


    Units: 4
    (See POSC 3333  for course description.)
  
  • ES 3420 - Minority Women in America


    Units: 4
    (See WOST 3420  for course description.)
  
  • ES 3430 - Interracial Sex and Marriage


    Units: 4
    Interracial sex and marriage in the U.S. through literature and film. Themes/images will be placed within a larger historical context of shifting attitudes about race and gender.
  
  • ES 3434 - Mixed Race Identities


    Units: 4
    Examination of mixed race peoples-their legal and social status, U.S. Census designations, and identities from the one-drop rule to President Obama and beyond. The social science complement to ES 3430 , Interracial Sex and Marriage.
  
  • ES 3650 - Sikh American Experience


    Units: 4
    Examination of salient issues in the lives of contemporary Sikh American communities, a rapidly growing, highly educated, and financially successful- yet rarely studied and little known-racialized and religious community in the United States.
  
  • ES 3700 - Special Topics in Ethnic Studies


    Units: 4
    Topics of current interest in Ethnic Studies. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Repeatability: May be repeated once for credit for a maximum of 8 units.
  
  • ES 3889 - Engaging Communities of Color


    Units: 4
    Supervised internships designed to enable students to apply ethnic studies analytical perspectives that center race, class, gender and sexual identities. Students will be directed toward organizations reflecting their personal interests in social justice, the environment, health, art, youth, etc.
  
  • ES 3999 - Issues in Ethnic Studies


    Units: 4
    Readings, discussion, and research on contemporary and/or significant issues in ethnic studies. Repeatability: May be repeated for credit when content varies, for a maximum of 8 units.
  
  • ES 4020 - Senior Seminar


    Units: 2
    A cross-discipline and interdisciplinary approach to theory and method. Emphasis on methodological and theoretical models that have shaped and informed the field of Ethnic Studies. Course will integrate a field learning component. Prerequisites: Senior status.
  
  • ES 4030 - Senior Thesis


    Units: 2
    A cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary approach to theory and method. Emphasis on organization and writing of a major research paper. Prerequisites: ES 4020 .
  
  • ES 4040 - Senior Seminar


    Units: 4
    Provides students with a culminating educational experience that emphasizes professional development and preparation for graduate-level research and writing. Students will produce a 10-page thesis, and participate in poster sessions, and mock academic conferences held in face-to-face and online formats. Prerequisites: Approval of major department and/or instructor.
  
  • ES 4900 - Independent Study


    Units: 4
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor, for a maximum of 12 units.

Ethnic Studies: African American Studies

  
  • ES 1022 - African Americans and Popular Culture


    Units: 4
    Focus on the performing arts as a medium for understanding ethnicity and American popular culture. Topics include African Americans in relation to artistic voice, access, marginality, and exclusion.
  
  • ES 2175 - Hip Hop Nation


    Units: 4
    Interdisciplinary examination of the development of hip-hop as aesthetic, cultural, and political practice. The course utilizes multidisciplinary perspectives and examines the socio-auditory evolution of hip-hop from local neighborhoods to a generational worldview.
  
  • ES 2300 - The Black Cinematic Tradition


    Units: 4
    A critical examination of historically significant black films, from 1915 to the present. Comparative and interdisciplinary in approach. The impact of the minstrel theatre tradition on early black films, the role of independent film producers and directors in creating alternative and more multidimensional images of blacks, and the more recent crossover tradition in American films. Representative films from each decade.
  
  • ES 3103 - The African Diaspora


    Units: 4
    An interdisciplinary approach to the African Diaspora in the Americas. Introduction to major works that focus on the cultural, historical, and intellectual experiences of Africans in the Diaspora.
  
  • ES 3105 - African American Identity


    Units: 4
    A study of the unique psychology which evolved as a result of the Black experience in America and how it is related to the basic processes of human behavior.
  
  • ES 3110 - Racism in America I


    Units: 4
    An examination of racist attitudes, behavior, and policies of America and Americans.
  
  • ES 3120 - The Civil Rights Movement


    Units: 4
    The historical, socioeconomic and political development of the major civil rights movements in the United States.
  
  • ES 3130 - Slavery in the Americas


    Units: 4
    The African slave trade and slavery. Emphasis on the relations among the institutions of slavery, racism and capitalism.
  
  • ES 3146 - Jazz on Film


    Units: 4
    Critical perspectives on cinematic representations of jazz music and musicians. Emphasis on deconstructing history of racialized images of African American jazz innovators.
  
  • ES 3147 - The Fictional Africa


    Units: 4
    A critical comparative examination of Africa and people of African descent as depicted in literature, film, and other popular media.
  
  • ES 3165 - African American Sexuality


    Units: 4
    The historical impact of African sexual attitudes and practices on both the European and the slave. The subsequent social and structural development in this society of contemporary African American sexual attitudes and behaviors. Within this context, a critical analysis of longheld African American sexual stereotypes and related problems.
  
  • ES 3190 - Internationalist Worldview of Malcolm X


    Units: 4
    Development of the critical thinking skills and background with which to better understand the life, ideas, and beliefs of the late African American activist, Malcolm X, largely through the use of primary documents.
  
  • ES 3303 - Contemporary African American Women Writers


    Units: 4
    Interpretation and discussion of literary works by contemporary African American women writers. Emphasis on the shifting trends in content, form, and structure.
  
  • ES 3691 - Black Literature I


    Units: 4
    (See ENGL 3691  for course description.)
  
  • ES 3720 - James Baldwin


    Units: 4
    Critical assessment of James Baldwin’s contribution to American discourses on race, gender, and sexuality through interpretation of his novels, short stories, essays, and plays. Emphasis on Baldwin’s synthesis of race and gay consciousness and the political dimensions of homosexuality.
  
  • ES 3721 - African-American Philosophical Perspectives


    Units: 4
    (See PHIL 3721  for course description.)
  
  • ES 3898 - Cooperative Education


    Units: 1-4
    Supervised work experience in which student completes academic assignments integrated with off-campus paid or volunteer activities. Prerequisites: At least a 2.0 GPA; departmental approval of activity. A maximum of 4 units will be accepted toward the Ethnic Studies major; a maximum of 4 units will be accepted toward the minor. Repeatability: May be repeated for a maximum 8 units. Grading: CR/NC only.

Ethnic Studies: American Indian Studies

  
  • ES 2320 - American Indian Oral Literature


    Units: 4
    An examination of American Indian oral tradition in historical and contemporary contexts. Approaches oral and written literatures as subjective and objective ways of knowing the world. Emphasis is placed on experiencing traditional learning methods of American Indian oral-based cultures.
  
  • ES 2400 - Introduction to American Indian Studies


    Units: 4
    Introduction to academic discipline of American Indian Studies. Includes several overlapping themes: North American history, education, religion, etc., and provides the interdisciplinary basis for understanding historical and contemporary problems of American Indian peoples. Credit Restrictions: Not open to students with credit for ES 1300.
  
  • ES 3305 - Contemporary American Indian Life


    Units: 4
    Social and economic conditions of contemporary American Indian Life. Stereotypes, discrimination, poverty, and their effects on individuals. Contemporary social movements.
  
  • ES 3310 - God is Red: American Indian World View


    Units: 4
    A comparative study of American Indian belief systems, world views, and religions, analyzing their roles and importance in Indian life.
  
  • ES 3330 - American Indian Revitalization Movements


    Units: 4
    Study of American Indian movements aimed at liberation and revitalization from the effects of European conquest. Social and political problems of political domination. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
  
  • ES 3800 - Peoples of Central America


    Units: 4
    The developmental relationship between United States’ communities of Central America origin and contemporary Central America. Focus on historical, socioeconomic, and cultural factors, as well as nationalistic movements, economic dependence, migration patterns (to the United States) and social change.
  
  • ES 3898 - Cooperative Education


    Units: 1-4
    Supervised work experience in which student completes academic assignments integrated with off-campus paid or volunteer activities. Prerequisites: At least a 2.0 GPA; departmental approval of activity. A maximum of 4 units will be accepted toward the Ethnic Studies major; a maximum of 4 units will be accepted toward the minor. Repeatability: May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 8 units. Grading: CR/NC only.

Ethnic Studies: Asian American Studies

  
  • ES 2500 - Introduction to Asian American Studies


    Units: 4
    Introduction to the Asian American experience from an interdisciplinary perspective including popularized version of Asian Americans as the “model minority;” theoretical, statistical, historical, and personal approaches. Critical analysis and discussion of the position Asian Americans hold in society. Credit Restrictions: Not open to students with credit for ES 1500.
  
  • ES 3500 - The Afghan Diaspora


    Units: 4
    Interdisciplinary approach to the Afghan Diaspora in the United States. An examination of the cultural, historical, communicative, and socioeconomic experiences of Afghans in the Diaspora.
  
  • ES 3555 - Asian American Family Patterns


    Units: 4
    The family is conceptualized as an adaptable institution. How changes in larger society-immigration, race relations, gender roles-affect the Asian family in the United States. Topics include “bachelor” communities, picture brides, and interracial relationships. Credit Restrictions: Not open to students with credit for SOC 3417. Cross-listed: SOC 3555 .
  
  • ES 3556 - Concentration Camps, U.S.A.


    Units: 4
    The personal, social, legal, and economic impact of U.S. Government evacuation and internment of U.S. citizens of Japanese ancestry during World War II. Comparison with contemporary detainments of U.S. residents during times of national crisis.
  
  • ES 3557 - Asian American Film Festival


    Units: 4
    Asian American films including those screened at current or previous Center for Asian American Media annual film festivals. Attendance will be required at a film festival. Repeatability: May be repeated once for credit when content varies, for a maximum of 8 units.
  
  • ES 3600 - Presumed Guilty: Asian Americans and the Post-9/11 Racialized State


    Units: 4
    Examination of the daily racialized realities of life for Asian Americans in the post-9/11 United States, with specific emphasis on the newly-articulated relationship between the state and various Asian American communities, especially Arab, Muslim, and South Asian Americans.
  
  • ES 3610 - South Asian American Experience


    Units: 4
    Examination of salient issues in the lives of contemporary South Asian American communities.
  
  • ES 3898 - Cooperative Education


    Units: 1-4
    Supervised work experience in which student completes academic assignments integrated with off-campus paid or volunteer activities. Prerequisites: At least a 2.0 GPA; departmental approval of activity. A maximum of 4 units will be accepted toward the Ethnic Studies major; a maximum of 4 units will be accepted toward the minor. Repeatability: May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 8 units. Grading: CR/NC only.

Ethnic Studies: Genders and Sexualities in Communities of Color

  
  • ES 2700 - Introduction to Genders and Sexualities in Communities of Color


    Units: 4
    Critical study of the social construction of gender and sexuality in African American, Latino/a, Asian American, and Native American communities and contexts. Credit Restrictions: Not open to students with credit for ES 1700.
  
  • ES 3710 - Racialized Masculinities


    Units: 4
    Historical, cultural, structural, and personal meanings of masculinity for men and women of color. Ontological and epistemological explorations of race, class, gender, and sexuality.
  
  • ES 3730 - Women of Color, Genders and Sexualities


    Units: 4
    Critical examination of the multiple meanings of gender and sexuality to women of color in the US. May include discussion of lesbian and bisexual of color identities, reproductive politics, and safe-sex practices.
  
  • ES 3898 - Cooperative Education


    Units: 1-4
    Supervised work experience in which student completes academic assignments integrated with off-campus paid or volunteer activities. Prerequisites: At least a 2.0 GPA; departmental approval of activity. A maximum of 4 units will be accepted toward the Ethnic Studies major; a maximum of 4 units will be accepted toward the minor. Repeatability: May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 8 units. Grading: CR/NC only.
  
  • ES 4300 - Queer of Color Subjects and Critical Theory


    Units: 4
    Examination of cultural and theoretical work constituting queer of color identities. Emphasis on queer theory and its precursors, including Freud and Foucault, in relation to people of color.

Ethnic Studies: Latino/a Studies

  
  • ES 2200 - Introduction to Latino/a and Latin American Studies


    Units: 4
    Historical, multidisciplinary overview of Latino/a studies. Focus on the socio-political and cultural experience of U.S. Latinos/as. Critical review of extant literature in the field, with particular emphasis on immigrant trends and identity and borderland issues. Credit Restrictions: Not open to students with credit for ES 1200.
  
  • ES 3210 - Latinas in the United States


    Units: 4
    Examines historically, culturally, and theoretically the condition of Latinas in the United States.
  
  • ES 3255 - The Chicano Movement


    Units: 4
    Historical and social aspects of the Chicano Movement. Examines the artistic, political, and literary contributions of the Chicano Movement and its impact on American society.
  
  • ES 3265 - Latino/a Sexualities


    Units: 4
    Interdisciplinary examination of Latino/a sexualities, including discussion of historical dimensions, popular culture representations, parent-child communication, sex work, HIV education, social construction of Latino/a heterosexualities, and GLBTQ Latinos/as.
  
  • ES 3805 - Latin American Immigration


    Units: 4
    An examination of Mexican, Puerto Rican and Latin American immigration to the United States from a comparative political-economic perspective.
  
  • ES 3898 - Cooperative Education


    Units: 1-4
    Supervised work experience in which student completes academic assignments integrated with off-campus paid or volunteer activities. Prerequisites: At least a 2.0 GPA; departmental approval of activity. A maximum of 4 units will be accepted toward the Ethnic Studies major; a maximum of 4 units will be accepted toward the minor. Repeatability: May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 8 units. Grading: CR/NC only.
  
  • ES 4290 - Latino Politics and Public Policy


    Units: 4
    Contemporary social issues and public policy questions in the Mexican American/Latino community. Areas include race relations, immigration, feminization of poverty, education, housing, unemployment, juvenile delinquency, and criminal justice.
  
  • LAST 3260 - Latin American Women and Globalization


    Units: 4
    Interdisciplinary examination of the effects of global capitalism on Latin American women. Focus on migration patterns, border economies, “maquiladora” factories, femicide, sex trade, neo-liberal economic policies, and autonomous women’s organizations.
  
  • LAST 3999 - Issues in LAST


    Units: 4
    Issues in Latina/o Studies

Finance

  
  • FIN 2300 - Personal Finance


    Units: 4
    Principles and practices of money management, consumer credit, savings, investments, taxation, and consumer protection. Prerequisites: ELM exemption or an ELM score above 540 or ELM2 score of 50 or higher or completion of MATH 950 .
  
  • FIN 3300 - Financial Management


    Units: 4
    Theory and practices that underlie the financial manager’s decision-making process. Capital investment analysis, capital structure, dividend policy, risk and return, and market valuation of the firm. Prerequisites: ACCT 2251 ; ECON 2301  and ECON 2302 ; STAT 2010  or STAT 1000 .
  
  • FIN 3360 - Management of Risk and Insurance


    Units: 4
    Techniques of risk management and uses of insurance contracts for individual and business insurance planning. The operation and regulation of the insurance industry and contract provisions for property, liability, life, annuity, health, and disability insurance. Prerequisites: Junior standing.
  
  • FIN 3400 - Principles of Real Estate


    Units: 4
    Fundamental tools of real estate decision-making and the management of real estate development, finance, investment valuation and operations. Strongly Recommended: ACCT 2701 .
  
  • FIN 3410 - Real Estate Practice


    Units: 4
    Daily responsibilities of real estate sales and brokerage practices, the selling and buying processes of real property from listing to closing escrow, the purpose and importance of title.  Ethical responsibilities of owning and operating a real estate business. Prerequisites: FIN 3400 . Grading: A-F grading only.
  
  • FIN 3420 - Real Estate Law


    Units: 4
    Legal facets of real property acquisition, ownership and disposition.  Importance of titles, deeds, easement creation, zoning laws, leases and contracts, community property, types of tenancies. Introduction to mortgage and construction laws, brokerage laws and land-use regulation. Prerequisites: FIN 3400 . Grading: A-F grading only.
  
  • FIN 3898 - Cooperative Education


    Units: 1-4
    Supervised work experience in which student completes academic assignments integrated with off-campus paid or volunteer activities. Prerequisites: At least 2.0 GPA; departmental approval of activity. Repeatability: May be repeated for credit, for a maximum of 8 units. Units not applicable to options or minor. Grading: CR/NC grading only.
  
  • FIN 3999 - Issues in Finance


    Units: 4
    Readings, discussion, and research on contemporary and/or significant issues in finance. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Repeatability: May be repeated for credit when content varies, for a maximum of 8 units.
  
  • FIN 4300 - Corporate Finance


    Units: 4
    In-depth study of theories and practices of corporate financial management. Emphasis on corporate financial decision-making, including capital budgeting, capital structure, dividend policy, risk management, and international financial management. Prerequisites: FIN 3300 .
  
  • FIN 4305 - Entrepreneurial Finance


    Units: 4
    An analysis of the unique features of entrepreneurial finance.  Emphasis will be on examining the characteristics, structure and valuation of ventures.  Various aspects of the venture capital industry are addressed. Prerequisites: FIN 3300 . Grading: A-F grading only.
  
  • FIN 4310 - Investment Analysis


    Units: 4
    Introduction to security analysis and portfolio management. Prerequisites: FIN 3300 .
  
  • FIN 4315 - Derivatives Markets


    Units: 4
    Financial derivatives markets. Option markets, valuation, and strategies; futures markets and strategies; risk management and hedging; swaps and financial engineering. Prerequisites: FIN 3300 , MATH 1810 ; senior or graduating senior, and consent of instructor.
  
  • FIN 4320 - Problems in Corporate Finance


    Units: 4
    Studies of specific problems in corporate financial policy formulation and decision-making using financial data bases and models. Prerequisites: FIN 3300 .
  
  • FIN 4328 - Risk Management in Financial Institutions


    Units: 4
    An in-depth analysis of the unique features of financial institutions.  Emphasis on examining the nature of risk exposures and strategies to manage risk.  Various aspects of financial instruments, regulations, and crises are addressed. Prerequisites: FIN 3300 . Grading: A-F grading only.
  
  • FIN 4330 - Financial Modeling


    Units: 4
    Using spreadsheets to solve a range of financial problems in investments, small business and corporate finance.  Hands-on application of financial concepts in order to develop skills useful in a variety of jobs in finance, accounting, insurance, real estate and management. Prerequisites: FIN 3300 . Grading: A-F grading only.
  
  • FIN 4370 - Seminar in Financial Theory


    Units: 4
    Selected topics dealing with recent developments in financial theory and management practice. Prerequisites: FIN 3300 ; senior or graduating senior, and consent of instructor. Repeatability: May be repeated once for credit with the approval of the department, for a maximum of 8 units.
  
  • FIN 4375 - International Business Finance


    Units: 4
    Financial aspects of international business including international financial markets, foreign exchange management, foreign investment, multinational capital budgeting, working capital management, financing of international business including import-export financing and international banking. Prerequisites: FIN 3300 . Credit Restrictions: Not open to those with credit for FIN 6375 .
  
  • FIN 4410 - Real Estate Finance and Investment


    Units: 4
    Study of equity, mortgage, lease, sale and lease-back, and innovative methods of financing, including related tax effects. Prerequisites: FIN 3300  and either FIN 3400  or graduating senior.
  
  • FIN 4415 - Real Estate Valuation


    Units: 4
    Applications of investment analysis and appraisal theory to real estate management. Prerequisites: FIN 4410 .
  
  • FIN 4420 - Sustainable Real Estate Development


    Units: 4
    Course Content: Detailed analysis of sustainability applying to real estate development. Includes resources and costs of rehabilitation and construction of green building technology. Topics include: building sustainable infrastructure and financial impacts including developer’s costs and returns on “green” projects. Prerequisites: FIN 3400 , FIN 4410  or FIN 4415   with a grade of a C or better.
  
  • FIN 4470 - Real Estate Markets and Housing Policies


    Units: 4
    Topics in real estate markets, regulations, housing policies, and structured mortgage products. Prerequisites: FIN 3400 .
  
  • FIN 4900 - Independent Study


    Units: 1-4
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor, for a maximum of 12 units.

Finance: Graduate

  
  • FIN 6215 - Corporate Financial Management


    Units: 4
    Theory and practice of financial decision making. Topics include corporate governance, corporate performance analysis, capital investment decisions, valuation and cost of capital, long-term financial policy, short-term financial policy, dividend policy decisions, mergers and acquisitions. Prerequisites: *See Errata chapter in this catalog concerning prerequisite update. Grading: A-F grading only.
  
  • FIN 6305 - New Venture Financing


    Units: 4
    Concepts and practices of financing and financial management of a new venture or expansion of an existing growth business. Valuation, financial planning, corporate structuring, exit strategies, private placement, initial public offerings venture capital, and other current issues. Prerequisites: *See Errata chapter in this catalog concerning prerequisite update.
  
  • FIN 6310 - Seminar in Security Analysis and Portfolio Management


    Units: 4
    Theory and practice of security investment. Investment environment and instruments, capital asset pricing theory, technical and fundamental analysis of common stock portfolio analysis, bond analysis and management, mutual funds and investment companies, and financial derivatives. Prerequisites: *See Errata chapter in this catalog concerning prerequisite update.
 

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