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Course Number: 2310
Credit Hours: 3 Title: Intro to Consumer Finance Course Description: An introductory survey of the financial concepts relevant to the basics of life long financial planning from credit scores, taxes, insurance, loan amortization to retirement planning. |
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Course Number: 3306
Credit Hours: 3 Title: Personal Finance Course Description: Introduction to financial problems of the consumer. Emphasis is placed on problems concerning financial planning, investments in real estate, personal property, insurance, and securities. |
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Course Number: 3310
Credit Hours: 3 Title: Principles of Finance Course Description: An introductory survey of the principal issues, decision areas, and analytical procedures relevant to the financial management of private business firms including capital budgeting, cost of capital, short and long-term financing, dividend policy and valuation. |
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Course Number: 3320
Credit Hours: 3 Title: Intermediate Financial Mgmt Course Description: Analytical techniques used in financial decision making, including ratio analysis, funds analysis, capital structure, dividend policy, financial forecasting, and valuation models. |
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Course Number: 3330
Credit Hours: 3 Title: Money and Banking Course Description: Students will learn about the role of money in the payments system and as a store of wealth, how financial instruments are used to transfer resources from savers to borrowers and to transfer risk, how these financial instruments are traded in financial markets, how interest rates are determined in the bond market, the key services provided by banks and other depository institutions, government regulation of the financial system, and the role of central banks, such as the U.S. Federal Reserve system, in monitoring and stabilizing the economy. |
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Course Number: 3350
Credit Hours: 3 Title: Cases in Financial Mgmt Course Description: A study of various issues facing financial managers using the case method of instruction. Topics include working capital management, capital budgeting, cost of capital, valuation, and long-term financing decisions. |
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Course Number: 3370
Credit Hours: 3 Title: International Finance Course Description: A study of the international monetary system in its theoretical and institutional setting. Examines how business firms conduct international trade considering exchange rates, international monetary policies, derivatives and purchasing power parity. |
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Course Number: 4300
Credit Hours: 3 Title: Financial Statement Analysis Course Description: Learn the basics of finance statement analysis. Develop financial statement analysis skills and abilities. Perform financial statement analysis. |
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Course Number: 4310
Credit Hours: 3 Title: Investments Course Description: An appraisal of investment alternatives in financial markets. Markets, securities, methods of analysis, investment programming. |
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Course Number: 4320
Credit Hours: 3 Title: Financial Markets and Instit Course Description: A study of the supply and demand for funds in financial markets; analysis of sectoral supply and demand in various sub-markets; the role of financial intermediaries; interest rate forecasting. |
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Course Number: 4330
Credit Hours: 3 Title: Commercial Banking Course Description: An overview of the regulation, operation, and management of the commercial bank; asset and liability management policy; loan policy, investment policy, capital adequacy, liquidity management. |
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Course Number: 4340
Credit Hours: 3 Title: Credit Analysis Course Description: This course provides a background in commercial lending concepts and prepares students to earn the Credit Essentials Certificate issued by the Risk Management Association (RMA) at the end of the course. The curriculum consists of nine chapters divided into three units. The course focuses on banks’ commercial loan customers and developing the tools needed to determine the viability of lending to that customer and, if viable, the optimal loan structure for that customer. The course will also delve into tips for identifying problem loans. |
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Course Number: 4350
Credit Hours: 3 Title: Mortgage Lending Course Description: Methods of real estate financing, sources of funds from financial institutions and governmental agencies. Financial instruments available to the investor, mortgege, risk analysis, and loan principles. |
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Course Number: 4360
Credit Hours: 3 Title: Security Analysis and Portfolio Management Course Description: Analysis of investment alternatives in a portfolio context, recent theoretical developments in portfolio management, construction of portfolios to achieve specific investment objectives, investment portfolio monitoring and performance evaluation. |
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Course Number: 4380
Credit Hours: 3 Title: Financial Modeling for Decision Making Course Description: An introduction to financial modeling for decision making. Students will apply financial concepts and theories learned in the introductory finance course to solve real world problems by using Excel software, licensed financial databases, and free Internet data. Students will also have the opportunity to acquire advanced spreadsheet skills that are useful in a wide variety of business applications. |
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Course Number: 4391
Credit Hours: 3 Title: Special Topics in Finance Course Description: Investigation into special areas in finance under the direction of a faculty member. May be repeated for a maximum of 9 hours if topics vary. |