Prerequisite Guides

Understand your course pre-requisites

This sequence chart will help you determine which course sequence you need to follow. Use the chart and the table below to complete your Requirements Checklists and Course Planning Worksheets.

Students may also confer with their academic advisor, an LSB Peer Advisor, or Connie Rice in the Undergraduate Business Programs Office.

Course #	Course Title	Prerequisite
ACTG 5	Personal Financial Planning	BUSN students only (4 units)
ACTG 11	Introduction to Financial Accounting	Must be second year student and BUSN 70 or BUSN 170. Restricted to students who need this course to meet program requirements. Seniors who have not completed BUSN 70 may take this class with department permission on a space-available basis.
ACTG 12	Introduction to Managerial Accounting	ACTG 11. Restricted to students who need this course to meet program requirements. Other students may seek department permission to enroll in sections that have open spaces by attending the first class session. (4 units)
ACTG 20	Recording Financial Transactions	ACTG 11 and must have 70 completed units or department's permission is required prior to enrollment. Course may not be taken before spring quarter of the sophomore year. For Fall and Winter enrollment, students must be concurrently enrolled
ACTG 130	Intermediate Financial Accounting I	ACTG 12 and ACTG 20 and must have 96 completed units or department's permission prior to enrollment. (ACTG 20 may be taken concurrently if necessary.) (5 units)
ACTG 131	Intermediate Financial Accounting II	ACTG 130 (5 units)
ACTG 132	Advanced Financial Accounting	ACTG 131 (5 units)
ACTG 134	Accounting Information Systems	ACTG 11 and ACTG 12 and junior or senior standing.
ACTG 135	Auditing	ACTG 131. (ACTG 131 may be taken concurrently.) (5 units)
ACTG 136	Cost Accounting	ACTG130..(5 units)
ACTG 138	Tax Planning & Business Decisions	ACTG 130 and ACTG 131 ( ACTG 131 may be taken concurrently ). (5 units)
ACTG 140	Government & Non-Profit Accounting	ACTG 131 (3 units)
ACTG 142	Commercial Law	ACTG 131. Restricted to Junior and Senior declared accounting majors.(5 units)
ACTG 143	International Financial Reporting Standards	ACTG 132 and Senior standing. (ACTG 132 may be taken concurrently)
ACTG 144	Accounting Ethics	ACTG 11 and ACTG 12, and either PHIL 6 or MGMT6. (5 units)
ACTG 145	Accounting Ethics and Professional Responsibility 2A	Concurrent enrollment in ACTG 144 or previous completion of ACTG 144, or consent of the instructor.
ACTG 148	Taxation of Business Entities	ACTG 131 and ACTG 138. (5 units)
ACTG 150	Financial Fraud Detection & Investigation	ACTG 131 ( 5 units)
ACTG 151	Financial Statement Analysis	ACTG 11 and FNCE 121 or FNCE 121S.( 5 units)
ACTG 152	International Accounting & Financial Reporting	ACTG 130, MGMT 80. ( 5 units)
ACTG 161	Junior Contemporary Business Seminar Series I	ACTG 12 and ACTG 20 (ACTG 20 may be taken concurrently if necessary).
ACTG 162	Junior Contemporary Business Seminar Series II	ACTG 12 and ACTG 20. (ACTG 20 may be taken concurrently if necessary).( 2 units)
ACTG 171	Senior Contemporary Business Seminar Series I	Open only to senior declared accounting majors.( 2 units)
ACTG 172	Senior Contemporary Business Seminar Series II	Open only to senior declared accounting majors. ( 2 units)
ACTG 191	Peer Educator in Accounting	Declared accounting major and permission of Instructor and Chair required prior to enrollment.
ACTG 194	Accounting Case Analysis	Enrollment is by permission of the Department chair (1-2 units)
ACTG 197	Special Topics in Accounting	ACTG 131
ACTG 198	Accounting Internship	Declared accounting major and permission of instructor and chair required prior to enrollment. (2-5 units)
ACTG 199	Directed Reading/Directed Research	Declared accounting major and permission of instructor and chair required prior to enrollment. ( 2-5 units)
BUSN 70	Contemporary Business Issues	Fall ONLY - Course restricted to incoming freshman business students. After freshman orientation, course will open up to students who need this course to meet program requirements. Other students may seek department permission to enroll in sections that
BUSN 71	Foundations of Leadership	Restricted to freshmen and sophomore business students
BUSN 72	Business Leadership Skills	BUSN 71. Restricted to freshmen and sophomore business students.
BUSN 85	Business Law	BUSN 70 and completion of 45 units, or permission of instructor
BUSN 132	Co-creative Leadership and Sustainability Program	Restricted to Leavey School Business and School of Engineering students.
BUSN 144	Entrepreneurship: Bringing New Ideas to the Marketplace	Students must have completed 60 units.
BUSN 170	Contemporary Business for Non-majors	Must have completed at least 87.5 units. You may not take this course if you have completed BUSN 70.
BUSN 173	Leadership Experience	Restricted to LSB Juniors and Seniors.
BUSN 179	Effective Communication in Business	CTW 1 & 2 and OMIS 40. Must have completed at least 60 units.
BUSN 179S	Effective Communication in Business	CTW 1 & 2 and OMIS 40. Must have completed at least 60 units. Leavey Scholars
BUSN 180	Effective Presentations in Business	88 units. LSB Major or Minor. BUSN 179 preferred. (Non LSB Students with permission of instructor).
BUSN 188	Field Studies: Neighborhood Prosperity Initiative	BUSN 188 is a continuation of a winter quarter course. Only students enrolled in BUSN 188 in the winter quarter are eligible to enroll in spring.
BUSN 189	Ethics and Practice of Offers in Compromise	ACTG 11, Junior or Senior standing, permission of instructor
BUSN 196	Leadership Practicum	Requires approval of the Assistant Dean of the Leavey School of Business.
BUSN 197	Business/Engineering Project Collaboration	Must be a Leavey School of Business Student and a Junior or Senior to enroll.
BUSN 197B	Business/Engineering Project Collaboration	Must be a Leavey School of Business Student and a Junior or Senior to enroll. Prerequisite Busn 197A.
BUSN 198	Internship/Practicum	Requires approval of assistant dean or dean. May be included as fulfilling a requirement for a major only with permission of that department chair.
ECON 1	Principles of Microeconomics	None
ECON 2	Principles of Macroeconomics	ECON 1
ECON 3	International Economics, Development, and Growth	ECON 2
ECON 3H	International Economics, Development, and Growth	ECON 2
ECON 41	Data analysis and econometrics	ECON 1 and 2; MATH 12 or 31; MATH 8 or OMIS 40 or equivalent; Economics majors only, or by permission of instructor. Must enroll simultaneously in ECON 42.
ECON 42	Data analysis applications	ECON 1 and 2; MATH 12 or 31; MATH 8 or OMIS 40 or equivalent; Economics majors only or by permission of instructor. Must enroll simultaneously in ECON 41
ECON 61	Introduction to Stata	MATH 8 or OMIS 40 or Permission of Instructor
ECON 111	Economics of the Environment	ECON 1
ECON 113	Intermediate Microeconomics I	ECON 3 and MATH 11 or MATH 30
ECON 114	Intermediate Microeconomics II	ECON 3, and MATH 11 or MATH 30
ECON 115	Intermediate Macroeconomics	ECON 3 and MATH 11 or MATH 30
ECON 120	Economics of the Public Sector	ECON 3
ECON 122	Money & Banking	ECON 3
ECON 126	Economics & Law	ECON 3
ECON 127	Public Finance: Taxation	ECON 3
ECON 129	Economic Development	ECON 3
ECON 129BF	Economic Development	ECON 3
ECON 130	Latin American Economic Development	ECON 3
ECON 134	African Economic Development	ECON 3
ECON 135	Gender Issues in the Developing World	ECON 3 and ECON 113.
ECON 136	20th-century Economic History	ECON 3 and 115
ECON 137	World Economic History	ECON 3
ECON 138	History of Economic Thought	ECON 3
ECON 139	American Economic History	ECON 3
ECON 150	Labor Economics	ECON 113 and OMIS 41 or MATH 8
ECON 155	Economics of Immigration	ECON 3 and OMIS 41 or MATH 8
ECON 156	Real Estate Economics	ECON 3; and OMIS 41 or MATH8
ECON 160	Economics of Poverty and Inequality	ECON 3
ECON 164	Vocation and Gender: Seeking Meaning in Work and Life	Junior or Senior Standin. ECON 1, 2 and 3 are not required, but some prior economics course(s) are recommended.
ECON 165	Economics and Justice	ECON 3 and ECON 113.
ECON 170	Mathematical Economics I: Static Optimization	Math 11,12 and Econ 113 or 114 or permission of instructor
ECON 171	Mathematical Economics II: Dynamic Optimization	Math 11,12 and Econ 113 or 114 or permission of instructor
ECON 172	Game Theory	Math 11, 12 and Econ 113 or 114 or permission of instructor.
ECON 173	Econometrics	ECON 3, and MATH 12 or 31, and OMIS 41or MATH 8
ECON 174	Time Series Analysis	Econ 173, or permission of instructor
ECON 181	International Trade	ECON 3 and ECON 113
ECON 182	International Finance & Open Economy Macroeconomics	ECON 115
ECON 185	The Economics of Innovation and Intellectual Property	ECON 114
ECON 186	Economics of Digitization	Econ 114
ECON 190	Economics Seminar	Admission by invitation only.
FNCE 115	Quantitative Methods for Finance	ACTG 11 and 12 and OMIS 40
FNCE 121	Financial Management	ACTG 11, OMIS 40 and proficiency with spreadsheets. Restricted to students who need this course to meet program requirements
FNCE 121S	Financial Management	Enrollment in the Leavey Scholars Program, ACTG 11, OMIS 40, and proficiency with spreadsheets.
FNCE 124	Investments & Investment Institutions	FNCE 121 or 121S.
FNCE 125	Corporate Financial Policy	FNCE 121 or 121S and 124.
FNCE 126	Money & Capital Markets	FNCE 121 or 121S, 124 and 125.
FNCE 128	Real Estate Finance	FNCE 121 or 121S and 124.
FNCE 130	Ethics in Finance	FNCE 121 or 121S and 124.
FNCE 132	Financial Derivatives	FNCE 121 or 121S, and FNCE 124.
FNCE 141	New Venture Finance	FNCE 121 or 121S and 124.
FNCE 143	Entrepreneurial Finance	FNCE 121 and 124
FNCE 148	Principles of Risk Management & Insurance	FNCE 121or 121S and 124.
FNCE 149	Financial Institutions and Services	FNCE 121 or 121S, and FNCE 124.
FNCE 151	International Financial Management	FNCE 121 or 121S and 124
FNCE 163	Investment Practice	FNCE 121 or 121, and 124 and instructor approval. Student must enroll in three consecutive quarters in order to receive upper division credits toward a FNCE degree.
FNCE 170	Business Valuation	FNCE 121 or 121S and 124.
FNCE 172	Corporate Treasury Management	FNCE 121 or 121S, and FNCE 124.
FNCE 174	Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Governance	FNCE 121, 124 & 125
FNCE 180	Open Book Management	FNCE 121 or 121, 124 and 125.
FNCE 198	Internship	Finance major, junior or senior year standing, successful completion of FNCE 121 or FNCE 121S, and permission of instructor and chair required one week prior to registration.
FNCE 199	Independent Study	Declared finance major, junior or senior standing, and written proposal must be approved by instructor and chair one week prior to registration.
MGMT 6	Business Ethics	Normally restricted to students who need this course to meet Business School requirements. Other students may seek department permission to enroll in sections that have open spaces by attending the first class session.
MGMT 6H	Business Ethics	Enrollment restricted to students in the University Honors or Leavey Scholars programs.
MGMT 8	Constructing a Nonprofit Organization	MGMT 6 or MGMT 6H or PHIL 6 or PHIL 112. This course is open to Freshmen, Sophomore and Junior students only. Note: To participate in this experiential learning course, the student must have private transportation to travel to a construction
MGMT 80	Global and Cultural Environment of Business	BUSN 70 or BUSN 170 and ECON 3. Normally restricted to students who need this course to meet Business School requirements. Other students may seek department permission to enroll in sections that have open spaces by attending the first class
MGMT 160	Management of Organizations	Students must have completed 60 units. Restricted to students who need this course to meet program requirements. Other students may seek department permission to enroll in sections that have open spaces by attending the first class session
MGMT 160S	Management of Organizations - LSP	Open only to students in the Leavey Scholars program. Must have completed 60 units.
MGMT 161	Management in Organizations	MGMT 160 or 160S.
MGMT 162	Strategic Analysis-The Business Capstone	FNCE 121 or 121S, MGMT 160 or 160S, MKTG 181 or 181S, MGMT 80, and ECON 41 plus ECON 42 or OMIS 41 and senior standing.
MGMT 162S	Strategic Analysis - Business Capstone	Enrollment restricted to students in the Leavey Scholars Program. ECON 41 and 42 or OMIS 41; FNCE 121 or 121S; MGMT 80, 160 or 160S; MKTG 181 or 181S, senior standing, and a minimum 3.5 cumulative GPA.
MGMT 164	Introduction to Entrepreneurship	ACTG 11, MKTG 181. BUSN 70 is currently a prerequisite for ACTG 11, but this requirement will be waived for students in the minor by permission of the Accounting Department Chair and Accounting 11 Coordinator.
MGMT 165	Building a New Business	MGMT 164
MGMT 166	Human Resource Management	MGMT 160 or 160S; or permission of instructor.
MGMT 170	International Management	MGMT 80 (MGMT 160 or 160S recommended).
MGMT 171	Managerial Communication	MGMT 160 or 160,; or permission of instructor.
MGMT 172	Soc. Entrep	Students must have completed 87.5 units.
MGMT 174	Social Psychology of Leadership	Student must have completed 87.5 units. Note: This course is required for those completing the Leadership Studies Certificate Program.
MGMT 175	Managing Family Businesses	MGMT 160 or 160S.
MGMT 177	Managing with the Internet	60 completed units.
MGMT 179	Project Management	MGMT 160 or 160S or permission of the instructor
MGMT 197	Special Topics in Management	MGMT 160 or 160S.
MGMT 198	Internship/Practicum	MGMT160 or 160S, and two other courses from the following list: 166, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 177. The student must have completed 60 units and have approval of the undergraduate committee one week prior to registration.
MGMT 198E	Internship in Entrepreneurship	MGMT 164 or BUSN 144 and must have a declared entrepreneurship minor. MGMT 165 may be taken concurrently.
MGMT 199	Directed Reading/Directed Research	MGMT 160 or 160S, and written proposal must be approved by instructor and chair one week prior to registration.
MKTG 165	Multi-Channel Retail Marketing	MKTG 181 or 181S.
MKTG 168	Advanced Retail Seminar	MKTG 165, 181 or 181S, BUSN 198 and declared Retail Studies Minor.
MKTG 169	Advanced Retail Seminar	MKTG 165, 181 or 181S, BUSN 198 and declared Retail Studies Minor. MKTG 168 must be taken prior to 169.
MKTG 175	Internet Marketing	MKTG 181 or 181S.
MKTG 176	Services Marketing and Management	MKTG 181 or 181S.
MKTG 177	Social Media Marketing	MKTG 181 or MKTG 181(s)
MKTG 178	Marketing Across Cultures	MKTG 181 or 181S and MGMT 80.
MKTG 181	Principles of Marketing	Must have 60 units or greater, or permission of instructor. Restricted to students who need this course to meet program requirements. Other students may seek department permission to enroll in sections that have open spaces by attending the class
MKTG 181S	Principles of Marketing	Open to Leavey Scholars Program students only.
MKTG 182	Market Analysis	OMIS 41 and MKTG 181 or 181S.
MKTG 183	Customer Behavior	OMIS 41 and MKTG 181 or 181S.
MKTG 185	Sales Management	Prerequisite: MKTG 181 or 181S.
MKTG 186	Integrated Marketing Communications	MKTG 181 or 181S.
MKTG 187	Innovation & New Product Marketing	MKTG 181 or 181S.
MKTG 188	Business-to-Business Marketing	MKTG 181 or 181S.
MKTG 189	Sustainability Marketing	MKTG 181 or 181S
MKTG 197	Special Topics in Marketing	MKTG 181 or 181S and declared marketing major.
MKTG 198	Internship	Declared marketing major, MKTG 181, 182, 183 and permission of faculty coordinator.
MKTG 199	Independent Study	Written proposal must be approved by instructor and chair at least two weeks prior to registration.
OMIS 17	Introduction to Business Computing	Working knowledge of one word-processing software program. Restricted to students who need this course to meet program requirements. Other students may seek department permission to enroll in sections that have open spaces by attending the first class session.
OMIS 34	Science, Information Technology, Business and Society	Restricted to students who need this course to meet program requirements. Other students may seek department permission to enroll in sections that have open spaces by attending the first class session.
OMIS 40	Statistics and Data Analysis I	Math 11 or Math 30; and OMIS 17. Restricted to students who need this course to meet program requirements. Other students may seek department permission to enroll in sections that have open spaces by attending the first class session.
OMIS 41	Statistics and Data Analysis II	OMIS 17 and OMIS 40. Restricted to students who need this course to meet program requirements. Other students may seek department permission to enroll in sections that have open spaces by attending the first class session.
OMIS 105	Database Management Systems	OMIS 30 or OMIS 31.
OMIS 106	Systems Analysis and Design	OMIS 30 or 31.
OMIS 107	Systems Programming	OMIS 30 or OMIS 31.
OMIS 108	Operations Management	OMIS 41 or ECON 41 and 42. Restricted to students who need this course to meet program requirements. Other students may seek department permission to enroll in sections that have open spaces by attending the first class session.
OMIS 108E	Sustainable Operations Management	OMIS 41. Restricted to students who need this course to meet program requirements. Other students may seek department permission to enroll in sections that have open spaces by attending the first class session.in sections that have open space.
OMIS 108S	Operations Management	OMIS 41or ECON 41 and 42 and enrollment in the Leavey Scholars program.
OMIS 109	Computer Decision Models	OMIS 41 or ECON 41 and 42.
OMIS 110	Computer Simulation Modeling	OMIS 41 or ECON 41 and 42 and OMIS 30 or OMIS 31.
OMIS 111	Computer Communications Systems	OMIS 30, or OMIS 31, or OMIS 34.
OMIS 112	Artificial Intelligence for Business	OMIS 30 or OMIS 31.
OMIS 113	Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence	OMIS 30 or OMIS 31 and OMIS 105
OMIS 117	Software Development Project	OMIS 30 or OMIS 31.
OMIS 120	Web Programming	OMIS 30 and OMIS 105.
OMIS 135	Enterprise Resource Planning Systems	OMIS 105 or COEN 178.
OMIS 137	Object-Oriented Programming	OMIS 30 or OMIS 31, or equivalent.
OMIS 145	Competitive Quality	ECON 1 and OMIS 108 or OMIS 108S.
OMIS 150	Financial Information Systems	OMIS 30 or OMIS31 or MATH 10 or CSCI 10 and OMIS 105.
OMIS 170	Physical Database Design	OMIS 105.
OMIS 173	E-Commerce Technologies	OMIS 30 or OMIS 31.
OMIS 198	Internship	Upper-division standing and approval of the Undergraduate Committee one week prior to registration Written proposal must be approved by instructor and chair one week prior to registration.
OMIS 199	Directed Reading/Directed Research	Note: A student cannot use a collection of directed reading/directed research courses to satisfy the upper-division course requirement for any of the OMIS department’s major or minor programs. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing and approval of the undergraduate committee one week prior to registration. Written proposal must be approved by instructor and chair one week prior to registration.