BUS 106: INTRODUCTION TO FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
University of California, Riverside
4 Units, Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): BUS 020; ECON 003 or ECON 003H; STAT 008 or ECON 101; or equivalent; or consent of instructor. An introduction to financial management and financial institutions. Includes time value of money, stock and bond valuation, risk and return, portfolio theory, capital budgeting, capital structure, dividend policy, and financial databases. Cross-listed with ECON 134. Credit is awarded for one of the following BUS 106, ECON 134, or BUS 133.
Average GPA: 3.01
Grade distribution records: 9,950 students across 39 terms.
Grade distribution
| Grade | Students | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 485 | 4.9% |
| A | 1,613 | 16.2% |
| A- | 1,419 | 14.3% |
| B+ | 1,462 | 14.7% |
| B | 1,438 | 14.5% |
| B- | 1,067 | 10.7% |
| C+ | 707 | 7.1% |
| C | 677 | 6.8% |
| C- | 340 | 3.4% |
| D+ | 143 | 1.4% |
| D | 171 | 1.7% |
| D- | 101 | 1.0% |
| F | 231 | 2.3% |
| NP | 7 | 0.1% |
| S | 10 | 0.1% |
| W | 69 | 0.7% |
Based on 9,950 student grade records across 39 terms and 5 professors.
Instructors
- Y. Chung 3,464 students, Average GPA 2.95
- Greg Richey 1,275 students, Average GPA 3.11
- Corey Johnson 866 students, Average GPA 2.79
- Richard Smith 552 students, Average GPA 3.27
- Damian Dunbar 362 students, Average GPA 3.80