15 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 188Introduction to Personal Finance. Sp3
An introduction to financial literacy emphasizing career exploration and planning. Students will research a potential career, analyze the job market, explore education and training requirements, and create a budget based on starting salaries and lifestyle expectations. They will learn to set financial goals, manage checking and savings accounts, make informed decisions about credit, practice smart consumer strategies, and understand the time value of money. The course includes basic instruction in taxes, insurance, and investments. Registration is limited to dual enrollment students. This course may not substitute for FIN288/FAM288 – Personal Finance.
A detailed and practical study that addresses personal and family finance from financial, behavioral, and spiritual perspectives. Topics include financial planning, budgeting, banking, savings, credit, housing, insurance, investing, tax planning, self-employment, teaching financial responsibility to children, giving, retirement and estate planning. Same as FAM 288.
A real-time investment course. The course involves investing in a portfolio initially funded by $1 million. This course will represent a significant real-world investment opportunity for a student-led, student-run investment portfolio with active faculty and industry professional input. Prerequisite: Permission from the instructor.
A continuation of FIN 381. This course will represent a student-led effort to actively manage a fully-funded, client-owned investment portfolio. This course will present a significant opportunity for students to manage an existing investment portfolio with active faculty and industry professional input. Numerous portfolio management theories and analytical tools will be available to the students to manage the portfolio for optimal performance. Prerequisites: FIN 381 Real‒Time Investment Selection AND permission from the instructor.
A study of risk management. The course includes risk analysis and various insurance contracts for consumers and enterprise risk management including insurance, reinsurance, hedging, and other tools to manage or mitigate risk.
An introduction to the general principles of financial planning and the professional conduct and regulation of financial planners. The course will explore the financial process, basic cash flow strategies, time value of money principles, client communication, education planning, and other financial planning topics.
An exploration of sources and uses of business funds. The course includes financial statement analysis, time value of money, market efficiency of financial markets, and the Capital Asset Pricing Model. The course also covers working capital management, cost of capital, sources of debt and equity financing, capital budgeting issues, valuation models, and other financial management issues facing businesses. Extensive qualitative and quantitative methods will be employed. 272 Microeconomics. 353
ACC 233 Principles of Accounting II AND either ECO 271 Macroeconomics OR ECO
FIN 386Financial Markets and Institutions. Sp3
Detailed study of the nature and function of financial intermediaries, flow of funds, money and capital markets, interest rate analysis, and major financial institutions and their regulations.
An introduction to the general principles of planning for retirement needs and the issues surrounding the retirement phase of life. Emphasis will be placed upon analyzing retirement needs, understanding Social Security and Medicare’s impact on income planning, retirement plans, retirement distributions, and regulatory considerations. Prerequisites: FIN 383 Risk Management AND acceptance into the B.B.A. in Finance: Financial Planning.
A culmination of what the student has learned from the previous classes regarding financial planning process and risk management, income taxation, planning for retirement needs, investment planning, and estate planning. A case study approach to personal financial planning will be applied as students demonstration application of the financial planning process.
A study of investments and portfolio management. Emphasis is placed on stock and bond characteristics, analysis, and valuation. Portfolio construction, performance assessment, and risk management techniques. Prerequisite: FIN 385 Managerial Finance OR permission from the instructor.
FIN 488Investments II. Offered on sufficient demand3
Debt, options, and other derivative financial instruments are examined. Alternative investments and the use of debt and derivatives in portfolio management decisions.
An analysis of corporate finance and the making of financing decisions. Topics to be covered will include company valuation, financing through optimal capital structures, and credit decisions to different organizational structures. Prerequisites: FIN 385 Managerial Finance and FIN 386 Financial Markets and Institutions.
A professional field experience. The course is conducted under the supervision of an experienced financial professional, carefully selected, and approved by the University.
An examination of the vital role of active financial management within an organization and the impact of financial decisions to a firm's long-term competitiveness and viability. Emphasis is placed on financial statement analysis, working capital management, financial forecasting, capital budgeting, required rates of return theory and calculation methods, operational and financial leverage decisions, long-term financing alternatives, and profit-distribution methods. Prerequisite:
