19 courses with the subject FINA, 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.
FINA 150Economics and Personal Finance3
An introductory course designed to familiarize the student with the application of mathematics and more specifically the interactions with finance and economics for the student in the role of as a consumer and/or investor. Attention will focus on the fundamental issues that will impact student’s decision-making process. The mathematics/economics emphasis will focus on applications centered around individual personal finance and economic issues. Such topics include banking, budgeting, credit, taxes, insurance, mortgages, automobile loans, annuities, and investments. Furthermore, the underlying economic issues driving these personal finance topics will be explored such as the macro and micro economic environment. Students may not take both FINA150 and FINA250 for credit. Credit will only be given for one of the two courses.
An introductory course designed to familiarize the student with the application of mathematics for the individual in the role of a consumer and/or investor. Special attention will be given to mathematical formulas and their application to realistic situations in economics and finance, in particular personal finance. Topics will include banking, budgeting, credit, taxes, insurance, mortgages, automobile loans, annuities, and investments such as stocks and bonds. Consideration will be given to how changes in the macro and micro economic environment affect these topics. Emphasis is on interpretation of results and the effect on decision making.
Principles and practices of financial management within a business firm. Examines acquisition of funds, cash flow, financial analysis, capital budgeting, working capital requirements, and capital structure.
ACCT 240 , ECON 217 , and one of the following: MANG 275, MATH 171 , MATH 271 or MATH 301
Corequisite
None
FINA 351Risk Management3
An introduction to the fundamentals of risk management. General understanding of the varied applications of the principles of insurance to situations involving risk.
This course focuses on corporate financial decision-making. Topics include risk assessment, capital budgeting, cost of capital, and asset pricing models. Offered fall semester only.
This course complements FINA 353 ; it concerns managing liquidity, working capital, long-term liabilities, selecting a capital structure, and obtaining long-term financing.
Considerations, analyses and decisions pertinent to the financial management of a business firm. The course will make extensive use of cases. Offered spring semester only.
FINA 451Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management3
Characteristics and analysis of individual securities as well as the theory and practice of optimally combining securities into portfolios. The presentation of material is intended to be rigorous and practical, without being overly quantitative. Offered spring semester only.
Characteristics of and interrelationships among financial markets, securities, and institutions. Includes analysis of futures, options, swaps, and other derivative instruments. Offered fall semester only.
Principles of ownership and transfer of real property interests; buying, selling, or leasing residential or investment real estate; and legal, economic, financial, and appraisal aspects of the subject matter. Offered spring semester only.
Introduction to the basic principles and procedures of real estate appraisal. Topics include the real estate market, principles of valuation, building and site analysis, legal concepts, and the application of the three approaches to real estate valuation. Single family housing and rural lands will be highlighted. Offered spring semester only.
Introduction to the basic principles and procedures of real estate finance and investments. Topics include sources of funds, types and contents of financing instruments, roles of private and governmental institutions, the determination of economics feasibility of real estate investments and the effects of financing and taxes on investment profitability. Offered fall semester only.
Legal concepts of real estate, land descriptions, real property rights, estates in land, contracts, conveyances, encumbrances, foreclosures, recording procedures, evidence of title, consumer protection and landlord-tenant law. Offered fall semester only.
per internship placement; limited to a maximum of 6 credits An on-the-job learning experience designed to give students an opportunity to apply their technical and professional skills and to observe organizations in action.
Cumulative and major GPA of 2.33 or greater, 60 credits, declared business or economics major, a declared concentration, FINA 350 , MANG 391 , and permission of internship director
Corequisite
None
FINA 495Special Topics1-3
Selected topics in finance. The topics may vary from semester to semester. May be repeated for credit when topics change.
Students conduct an in-depth project in finance under the direction of a faculty member and the Longwood Senior Thesis Committee. May be repeated as 499.
