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BUSI 60
FUNDAMENTALS OF FINANCE · 5 units · used in 1 transfer pathway
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Where this page’s information comes from
- Foothill catalogcourse record · 2026-2027
- FHDA class listingsWinter 2027 sections
- Cherrypickercourse matching and pathway links — our analysis
About this course
This course provides an introduction to the fundamentals of financial analysis and applications to business challenges in valuation, risk analysis, corporate investment decisions, and basic security analysis and investment management. The four major sections of the course are: (A) an introduction to the financial system, financial statement analysis; (B) interest rates and valuing cash flows: time value of money; interest rates; valuation of stocks, bonds; (C) valuation of the firm: investment decision rules, fundamentals of capital budgeting, stock valuation (NPV); and (D) introduction to risk and return: risk and return; systemic risk; portfolio theory, CAPM, WACC.
Sections this term
Winter 2027 · updated Oct 18, 11:09 PM UTCBUSI 60FUNDAMENTALS OF FINANCEOpen1 section · 40 seats reported · 1 instructor
- CRN 30942 · 01WOpen · 40
Enrollment availability changes frequently. Confirm status in the official FHDA registration system before enrolling.
Prerequisites
The Foothill catalog lists no prerequisite for this course.
Advisory: “Advisory: Intermediate Algebra or equivalent.”
Transfer pathways that use BUSI 60
ASSIST maps BUSI 60 to a requirement in 1 published pathway from Foothill College.
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