13 courses with the subject FIN, 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.
FIN 220Personal Finance and Banking3
Spring This course is designed for students in all majors. Students are equipped with the knowledge to make personal decisions about credit, taxes, financing a home, insurance, investing in stocks and bonds, and retirement and estate planning. Students are introduced to financial data using the resources of the NASDAQ Trading Lab. 3 credit hours
Fall/Spring/Summer The YCP Student Managed Fund (SMF) manages real dollars dedicated by York College. This course will provide an avenue for students to learn about investment management through experiential learning. Hands-on learning will occur, using the NASDAQ Trading Laboratory resources. This course will focus on the investment management process, analysis of individual securities and portfolios, performance attribution analysis, and strategies to improve performance. 3 credit hours
Fall/Spring This course serves as an introduction to managerial finance and is required of all Business majors. Students learn the basics of time value of money, financial statement analysis, the cost of capital, and capital budgeting. Other major topics include a discussion of the various types of financial assets and security markets, an introduction to risk and expected return analysis, and an application of time value principles to price financial assets. Students will also be introduced to the foreign exchange market and how exchange rates effect the decision-making process of corporate financial managers.
Completion of ACC 220 , either ECO 200 or ECO 201 and either QBA 260 , BEH 260 , or MAT 250 with grades of 2.0 or higher. 3 credit hours
FIN 310Real Estate Finance3
Spring This course is a study of real estate principles with an emphasis on the broad coverage of topics including real estate financing, real estate valuation, the appraisal process, legal and regulatory issues, and mortgage securitization. Students will be taught cash flow projections and pricing of mortgage securities.
Completion of FIN 300 and BUS 260 with a grade of 2.0 or higher. 3 credit hours
FIN 320Investments3
Fall This course is a study of the principles of investment management. Students learn the basics of the risk/expected return tradeoff for the various types of financial assets, including stocks, bonds, options, and futures contracts. A main learning objective is for students to form optimal stock portfolios according to the convention developed by academic scholars. Students use both statistical and financial techniques to measure and evaluate risk. Other major topics include analysis of mutual funds, stock market efficiency, security analysis, and portfolio evaluation. Students will be introduced to the CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct within the Standards of Practice Handbook.
Completion of FIN 300 with a grade of 2.0 or higher. 3 credit hours
FIN 330Risk Management and Insurance3
Fall A basic introduction to the fundamentals of life, property and casualty insurance, with emphasis on the various types of risks, contract analysis, and cost. 3 credit hours
Spring This course serves as the second part of Managerial Finance I and is required of all economics and finance majors. Students use the decision-making tools acquired in FIN 300 to study corporate dividend policy, capital structure, share repurchases, stock splits, and security issues. A major portion of the course is a discussion on corporate mergers and acquisitions. Students will also be exposed to options and futures contracts and the various types of financial risk that can be hedged by using these derivative securities.
Completion of FIN 300 with a grade of 2.0 or higher. 3 credit hours
FIN 420Derivative Securities3
Spring This course serves as an introduction to the rapidly expanding derivatives market. Both hedging and speculating techniques are used to explore the use of options, future contracts, and swaps. Emphasis is placed on trade-off between risk and expected return and the advantage that derivative assets have over other, less risky assets.
Completion of FIN 300 with a grade of 2.0 or higher. 3 credit hours
FIN 430Security Valuation3
Spring This course provides an intensive study of security valuation methodologies, with emphasis on quantitative and qualitative evaluation through the utilization of financial statements. The Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct is applied in decision-making. Students will learn to independently value financial securities and provide security-specific recommendations to investors.
A grade of 2.0 or higher in both FIN 320 and FIN 340 . 3 credit hours
FIN 450Finance Seminar3
Spring This capstone course will provide students with an opportunity for intense study in current financial theory and unresolved issues of the current period.
Completion of FIN 300 , FIN 320 , FIN 340 with a grade of 2.0 or higher, and senior standing in the major. 3 credit hours
FIN 490Finance Internship I
Fall/Spring This course is supervised work experience at a business or government agency for students who have completed several major courses so that application of classroom learning can occur. Students are required to complete a minimum of 120 hours of work during the semester. Internships require students to meet periodically with a faculty supervisor, provide a written deliverable, and participate in an end-of internship evaluation. Grading will be Pass/Fail.
Completion of FIN 300 with a 2.0 or higher and approval of the student’s individual program. Students are required to spend a minimum of 120 hours work on site. Students must have earned 60 or more credits and a minimum of 2.5 cumulative grade point average at the time of application. 3 credit hours each semester
FIN 491Finance Internship II
Fall/Spring This course is supervised work experience at a business or government agency for students who have completed several major courses so that application of classroom learning can occur. Students are required to complete a minimum of 120 hours of work during the semester. Internships require students to meet periodically with a faculty supervisor, provide a written deliverable, and participate in an end-of internship evaluation. Grading will be Pass/Fail.
Successful completion of FIN 490 and approval of the student’s individual program. Students are required to spend a minimum of 120 hours work on site. Students must have earned 60 or more credits and a minimum of 2.5 cumulative grade point average at the time of application. 3 credit hours each semester
Source: York College of Pennsylvania's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
