Course Description
Foundations of Finance, BUS 132
Covers the mathematical and economic foundations of finance. Topics include intertemporal production and consumption, fisher separation, risk and return, two-fund separation, standard asset-pricing models, arbitrage, derivatives concepts and parity relationships, and international finance parity relationships. Credit is awarded for one of the following BUS 132 or BUS 133.
Key Information
Credit: 4 quarter units /
2.67 semester units credit
UC Riverside, Business Administration
Course Credit:
Upon successful completion, all online courses offered through cross-enrollment provide UC unit credit. Some courses are approved for GE, major preparation and/or, major credit or can be used as a substitute for a course at your campus.If "unit credit" is listed by your campus, consult your department, academic adviser or Student Affairs division to inquire about the petition process for more than unit credit for the course.
UC Berkeley:
Unit Credit
UC Davis:
Unit Credit
UC Irvine:
Unit Credit
UC Los Angeles:
Unit Credit
UC Merced:
Unit Credit (see your Academic Advisor)
UC Riverside:
Unit Credit
UC San Diego:
General Education: TMC 1 course toward upper division disciplinary breadth if noncontiguous to major
UC San Francisco:
Unit Credit
UC Santa Barbara:
Unit Credit
UC Santa Cruz:
Unit Credit
Prerequisites
BUS 020; ECON 101 or STAT 008; ECON 102 or ECON 103 or ECON 104A or ECON 105A.
Course Creator

Greg Richey
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