39 courses with the subject FINC, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
FINC 100Financial Literacy2
Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 0 This course examines basic financial terms and concepts and is designed to provide students with some of the skills and knowledge that they need to manage their finances and be informed consumers. Topics covered include savings, credit and debt; budgeting; student loans; credit cards; insurance; buying a car; your first house, etc.
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A course in basic financial management, including the study of the nature of financial management, financial analysis, working capital management, and long-term investment decisions.
FINC 315(3-3-0) Entrepreneurial Finance: This course will help students to develop the understanding
and skills necessary to become more effective stewards of their small business finances. This course integrates all aspects of planning using finances in a person's small business. It incorporates the preparation of a financial plan for a small business that involves the preparation of balance sheets, income statements, sources of financial resources and the various forms of business ownership. Various techniques and tools will be reviewed, as will the understanding of income tax laws and their impact on small business. This course is cross listed with ENTR 315. FINC 320 (3-3-0) Financial Management: A continuation of FINC 311 emphasizing the use of analytical tools dealing with capital budgeting, capital structure, dividend policy, cost of capital with consideration of long-term financing, expansion, and problems of small businesses in connection with decision-making techniques.
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of problems of money management, with special attention to credit borrowing, saving and funds allocation among stocks, bonds, insurance, property, and mutual investment companies.
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course focuses on the financial assessment, acquisition, allocation, and control of financial aspects of health care organizations. Topics include application of financial management principles to the unique decision-making in healthcare industry, budgeting processes, cost allocation, fees structure, and management control process.
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A focus on the identification, analysis, and measurement of potential losses and on the alternative methods of managing them, with risk management being treated broadly and insurance treated in depth as a method of risk transfer.
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A survey of the theories of international trade, balance of payment, exchange rate determination, international portfolio investment (including currency swaps, options and futures) international financial management (global cost, budgeting, and capital flows) and related monetary issues. This course is cross listed with ECON 351.
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A survey of portfolio models and theories; factors affecting corporate and other securities as portfolio choices; the organization of capital markets and the analysis and evaluation of securities.
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course provides an introduction to fixed income markets in the world. These markets include dealings in government, corporate debt instruments, mortgages, OTC (over-the counter) and exchange traded securities. The course topics include: the description and analysis of fixed income instruments; term 802
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course provides an overview of the securities industry and the different types of securities available for inclusion in a portfolio. Consistent with some objective a more detailed approach is then applied to evaluation of the different classes of securities.
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Develops financial understanding and skills necessary for planning and creating a new enterprise or growing an existing one. Topics include: the preparation of a financial plan for an organization that involves the preparation of balance sheets, income statements, sources of financial resources and the various forms of business ownership. Various techniques and tools will be reviewed, as will the understanding of income tax laws and their impact on small business. This course is cross listed with ENTR 415.
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the fundamental principles underlying the management of a commercial bank; capital funds; assets and liability management; value maximization; legal and operational constraints.
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course is a study of the process of business analysis through the evaluation of financial statements. Topics include analysis of financial statements and ratio, strategic, prospective, equity, and credit analysis. This course presumes an understanding of finance and accounting principles in order to successfully master 803
ACCT 211 and ACCT 212 with a grade of B or better and FINC 311 with a grade of C or better.
FINC 430Seminar in Banking and Finance3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of contemporary issues in Finance with areas of analysis drawn from corporate finance, investments, and financial markets and institutions.
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This is an introductory course in financial futures and options. The course topics include: the description of futures, forward, and options markets; the determination of forward and future prices, interest rate and currency futures and swaps; properties of stock options; valuation of stock options with Binomial and Black-Scholes models; other types of options including stock index options, options on futures, and interest rate options; and hedging strategies using futures and options.
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course examines factors that are critical to the financial decision making process in a global economic environment. Our approach will be from the perspective of a financial manager in private business enterprise.
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A course in macro-finance which focuses on financial markets and the financial institutions that serve them. Money and capital markets and their role in the savings and investment are considered. Topics such 804
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A practical course enabling students to apply their theoretical knowledge of economics/finance to real situations and to gain practical experience in business, financial industry, and government institutions. This course is cross-listed with ACCT 450, BADM 430, ECON 450, FESA 490, and HCM 490.
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course is intended to survey the current condition of the banking industry. Special emphasis is placed on topics and issues that are most relevant to students preparing to begin careers in banking and related fields.
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course examines how corporations approach the problem of dealing with risks in today's complex marketplace. Emphasis is given to the economic impact of risk on the firm, concentrating on minimizing the cost of risk regardless of the source. Consideration is given to the various sources of risk classifications including hazard risk, operational risk, strategic risk, and financial risk. Alternative methods of dealing with, managing, and financing risk are considered. Methods include loss prevention, risk retention, insurance purchasing, and risk financing techniques available through the capital markets. We also discuss today's global marketplace and the risks faced by multinational firms.
FINC 464Life Insurance and Professional Financial Planning3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course explains the integration of Social Security benefits, employer provided retirement and health insurance benefits, and individually purchased life insurance and investments into a comprehensive financial plan. Students successfully completing this course should understand the need for and main techniques of financial planning in contemporary U.S. society.
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course surveys the fundamental financial concepts and principles including the role of the financial manager, valuation models, basic risk and return concepts, and capital budgeting, capital structure theory, 230
This course deals with fundamental financial concepts and principles. Topics include the role of the financial manager, valuation models, basic risk and return concepts, and capital budgeting. (Offered for one-half a semester.)
This course deals with fundamental financial concepts and principles. Topics include capital structure theory, dividend policy, working capital management, and financial planning and control. (Offered for one-half a semester.)
An evaluation of selected financial policies connected with the acquisition and disposition of funds by firms. An emphasis is placed on quantitative solutions to these problems. Prerequisites: ACCT 591/592, FINC 591/592 or equivalent.
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course focuses on the firm's financing and investment decisions. Among the topics covered is capital budgeting, cost of capital, capital structure, and risk management. Emphasis is placed on the importance of valuation in financial decision making and on the effects of international capital markets on the firm's value creation opportunities.
This course is designed to recognize the increasing importance of global integration of money and capital markets, a trend that is creating expanded opportunities for both investors and organizations that need to raise capital This course will focus on macroeconomic issues such as the significance of balance of payments deficits, microeconomic issues such as capital budgeting for multinational corporations, detailed discussion of international markets, and analysis of risk and effect of diversification on an international basis. Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor.
Recent developments in financial institutions and markets will be studied. The impact of new financial regulation on financial intermediaries and how it will affect their operations will be investigated. Prerequisite: FINC610.
The objective of this course is to help students gain an appreciation of what is involved in making investment decisions. The strategies of practicing investment professionals as well as results from theoretical and empirical research are used to introduce students to the practical aspects of investing. Prerequisite: FINC 610.
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course is a practical course in security and company analysis. Students will learn how to analyze and evaluate companies and the securities that they issue using publicly available information.
FINC 680(3-3-0) Option and Futures Trading: This course provides the student an introduction to derivative
securities market. Option and futures instruments are discussed in detail, followed by valuational theory and hedging application. Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor.
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course focuses on financing a new firm from startup to maturity. Topics include: business models and business plans, financial projections, financing new ventures through debt and equity, structuring deals through term sheets, negotiating with investors and other stakeholders, controlling growth, and managing harvest and exit.
