Finance (FIN)

To assist the consumer in management of personal financial affairs. Topics are consumerism, insurance, savings instruments, banking, and personal expenditures and budgeting, personal taxes, house buying, introduction to investments, and estate planning.

Fundamental concepts and principles of risk; techniques used to manage pure risks, and the role of insurance and the insurance mechanism in handling the exposures of individuals and businesses.

Business finance from viewpoint of business manager; use of financial statements, tools, and concepts for measuring and planning for profitability and liquidity.

Pre-req: ACC 215 with a minimum grade of D and (MGT 218 with a minimum grade of D or MTH 225 with a minimum grade of D or STA 225 with a minimum grade of D or MGT 318 with a minimum grade of D or IST 130 with a minimum grade of D or EDF 417 with a minimum grade of D or PSY 223 with a minimum grade of D or SOC 345 with a minimum grade of D).

Legal facets of life, health, and annuity contracts; risk selection; programming; mathematics of life insurance; taxation; regulation of companies.

Pre-req: FIN 321 with a minimum grade of D.

Risk management and insurance tools applied to the needs of the corporate enterprise; direct/indirect property exposures; third-party claims; workers compensation, fidelity; crime; boiler/machinery; valuation and insurance surveys.

Pre-req: FIN 321 with a minimum grade of D.

Application of financial principles to corporate business problems. Computer analysis will be utilized where appropriate.

Pre-req: FIN 323 with a minimum grade of D.

Management of working capital, evaluation of financial data, capital budgeting, the capitalism process, and the study of third party reimbursement systems.

Pre-req: FIN 323 with a minimum grade of D.

Bank structure; asset and liability management; management of reserves; liquidity management; credit analysis and loan administration; costs and pricing of bank services; analysis of bank performance and capital adequacy; evolution of the "financial supermarket."

Pre-req: FIN 323 with a minimum grade of D.

A study of financial market operations, security analysis and portfolio selection. Models of capital market equilibrium, trade-off between risk and return, and how to evaluate portfolio performance are also discussed.

Pre-req: FIN 323 with a minimum grade of D.

Entrepreneurial finance examines the principles of small business finance which include projecting financial needs and surveying potential sources of financing. Other areas covered include financial forecasting, and sources of capital.

Coverage and limitations of social insurance; social security; worker's compensation; unemployment insurance; medicare, medicaid, integration with private insurance and employee benefits; theory of group programs; pension plans.

Pre-req: FIN 321 with a minimum grade of D.

Identification, analysis, and handling of the risk exposures faced by businesses and risk managers; loss prevention and control; risk retention; self-insurance and corporate insurance programs.

Pre-req: FIN 321 with a minimum grade of D.

Analytical procedures for valuing various financial securities and techniques for the creation and maintenance of portfolios.

Pre-req: FIN 370 with a minimum grade of D.

To introduce options and futures, their market microstructure, their theoretical foundation pertaining to pricing and hedging with such contracts, and their uses.

Pre-req: FIN 370 with a minimum grade of D.

This course prepares students for the Series 7 exam that entitles the holder to sell all types of securities products with the exception of commondities and futures.

International financing techniques and the role of finance in multinational organizations.

Pre-req: FIN 323 with a minimum grade of D.

Financial planning, working capital management, capital budgeting, dividend policy and comprehensive problems. Capstone Experience.

Pre-req: FIN 343 with a minimum grade of D and FIN 440 with a minimum grade of D.

Strategies for gaining competitive advantage in the global business environment. Topics include international trade and investment, economic growth, and operations of multinational corporations. Capstone Experience for International Business major.

Pre-req: ECN 421 with a minimum grade of D and FIN 343 (may be taken concurrently) with a minimum grade of D.

Study of an advanced topic not normally covered in other courses. Finance majors only, with permission of department chair.

A supervised internship in which the student works for a business firm/agency to gain practical experience in the student's major. The program of work and study will be defined in advance and the students performance will be evaluated.