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Department: Finance + Business Economics

  • Finance and Business Economics

    Finance and Business Economics

    Faculty and students in the Finance and Business Economics Department examine economic decision-making and the role of markets in the allocation of real and financial resources. Using perspectives from both finance and economics, our faculty illuminates issues in corporate finance, investments, speculative and financial markets, real estate, insurance, banking, industrial organization, taxation, and in the making of related public policies. We place equal emphasis on primary theory and its application to the real problems that practitioners face when doing business.

DEGREES + COURSES

  • The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance provides specialized skill sets for students wishing to work in finance industry. The degree signals to potential employers that the graduate is ready to perform complex tasks involving finance, economics and state-of-the-art computer modelling.

FACULTY

FULL-TIME FACULTY

PhD STUDENTS

STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS

CURRENT COURSES

Below is a selection of current courses taught by the department. For a complete listing of current courses please see the USC SCHEDULE OF CLASSES.

  • BUAD-200
    Economic Foundations for Business
    Examines fundamental concepts of both microeconomics and macroeconomics as they pertain to business and financial decisions. Not available for degree credit to business majors.
  • BUAD-306
    Business Finance
    Financial problems of business enterprise; function of financial manager; sources of funds; instruments, institutions, and practices of finance; problems of financial management using case studies. Recommended Preparation: foundational courses in microeconomics, financial accounting, and business statistics. Duplicates credit in BUAD 215x and BUAD 308.
  • BUAD-308
    Advanced Business Finance
    Rigorous coverage of principles and practices of financial management; valuation of cash flows; capital budgeting; risk and return; cost of capital; corporate financial policy. Recommended Preparation: foundational courses in microeconomics, financial accounting, and business statistics. Duplicates credit in BUAD 215x and BUAD 306.

Contact Us

USC Marshall School of Business
Finance and Business Economics Department
HOH Hall - 231, MC-1422
701 Exposition Boulevard, Ste. 231
Los Angeles, CA 90089-1422 

Phone: 213-740-6515 
Fax: 213-740-6650 
EMAIL 

Office Hours Hoffman Hall (HOH), Room 231 
8:30am - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday