Two finance classes are being offered this summer which have not recently been offered during summer session. Corporate Finance (for non-business majors) BUAD 215x and Entrepreneurial Finance FBE 437 (for anyone) are being taught this summer by Dr. Bristow. He won the Golden Apple Teaching Award two years ago and receives high teaching ratings and is himself a business leader. Dr. Bristow incorporates current events from the Wall Street Journal into his lectures making what’s happening in the economy and business world understandable to everyone.
BUAD 215x: Foundations of Business Finance (4 units) helps students how to value stocks and bonds as investments, understand the risk and profit potential in investing, understand how to select projects and make financing decisions and understand the basic foundations for modern finance. Taking this class is great at helping you get a job. Many employers will like that you understand business and finance. M/W 9:00 to 11:30 in ACC 201
FBE 437: Financial Management for Developing Firms (4 units) helps students learn how to finance entrepreneurial firms from startup through IPO and on to growing through middle market size. This class is relevant for students who plan to start their own firms at some point in their lives or who may be joining an emerging growth firm or family business. You will develop a firm’s financing strategy in this class. M/W noon to 2:30 in ACC 236
USC Marshall Bio: Dr. Bristow is an expert on corporate finance and entrepreneurship. He has over 30 years experience including ten years between his MBA and his Ph.D. with Eli Lilly & Company. He has published papers in economics, engineering, and law journals, and advises on matters involving financing. Professor Bristow is a corporate director of Landec Corporation (Nasdaq: LNDC) a materials science company and consults with other high tech firms. His education includes: PhD Financial Economics, UCLA; MBA, Indiana University; BS Chemical Engineering, Purdue University.
