BUS 215 - Personal Finance

    Recent Professors
    Katherine R. Knox, Cynthia R. Innocent Snyder, Roslyn A. Roberts, Mike K. Fischer, James G. Jackson, Sapphira W. Davis, Muneet K. Bains, Arjun A. Khosla and 3 more
    Recent Semesters
    Spring 2027, Fall 2026, Summer 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025
    Class Size
    Not published
    Difficulty
    5.8Demandingout of 10
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisite
    Completion of Elementary Algebra or appropriate placement
    Spring 2027 Sections
    View Spring 2027 sections of BUS 215
    Transfers To
    CSUCSU GE Area B4
    Description
    Formerly known as BUS 101 Practical approach to personal finance principles. Offers a basic understanding of spending, saving, budgeting, borrowing, lending and investing money; credit and debit cards, credit reports/scores, identity theft, insurance, compound interest, retirement, estate planning, and investments. The social, psychological, and economic issues related to financial planning will be explored in addition to the calculation and analysis of the financial impacts of their decisions. This course will emphasize the principles to develop economic decision-making skills. Students will create a personal financial plan, including goals, budgets and a savings plan. (CSU, UC)
    Usually Held
    Tue Thu 10:10am–11:25am, Tue Thu 2:20pm–3:35pm, Mon 11:00am–12:20pm, Tue 12:30pm–1:50pm