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Course Criteria
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Individual collaborative study or project with a faculty member on a subject or in a manner beyond that which is available within the curriculum. The student's submission of a written proposal, including a specification of outcomes, is agreed to by the faculty advisor and the program coordinator as faculty-of-record.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Individual collaborative study or project with a faculty member on a subject or in a manner beyond that which is available within the curriculum. The student's submission of a written proposal, including a specification of outcomes, is agreed to by the faculty advisor and the program coordinator as faculty-of-record.
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3.00 Credits
This course describes the current and past practices of Wall Street and discusses how these practices affect modern society. The course examines the history of Wall Street, starting with the humble beginnings of the New York Stock Exchange under a tree on Wall Street in New York City, lingering over a variety of booms, busts, and scandals, and culminating with the recent 2008 financial crisis, the resulting financial reforms, and the Occupy Wall Street Movement. The goal of the course is to demystify the often opaque current and past workings of Wall Street and to expose its activities to critical scrutiny, allowing students to have a historical perspective in which to judge the validity of the widely divergent views on Wall Street. Much of the course will take a critical look at popular culture and media portrayals of the workings of Wall Street, with a large part of the course examining the perspectives provided in film (e.g., the "greed is good" speech in the movie Wall Street), in writing (e.g., Lair's Poker), and by political and business commentators (ranging from Jim Cramer to Jon Stewart). The goal of the course is to expose students to both sides of the debates, allowing students to become informed contributors to soci
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3.00 Credits
This introductory course covers the fundamental elements of finance, including how to read and to use financial statements, and how to employ ratios and performance measures. The course will deal with working capital management, capital budgeting, financial leverage, capital structure, and cost of capital. This course is intended for the Associate of Applied Business (AAB) program, it does not apply toward a Bachelors in Business Administration (BBA).
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the financial planning process, portfolio management, retirement planning, and estate planning. This course is intended for the Associate of Applied Business (AAB) program, it does not apply toward a Bachelors in Business Administration (BBA).
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to the insurance industry; identifying and planning for business and personal risk exposures; using insurance for personal auto/home and commercial property/liability needs. This course is intended for the Associate of Applied Business (AAB) program, it does not apply toward a Bachelors in Business Administration (BBA).
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3.00 Credits
Investment vehicles, market characteristics, investment philosophies,investing for capital appreciation,setting and achieving personal investment objectives.
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3.00 Credits
Planning and management of personal financial problems, personal finance plans, budgets, credit and savings iinstitutions in family financing, insurance, real estate, health insurance, and other financial issues.
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3.00 Credits
This is the core finance course required of business majors. Business Finance acquaints students with the fundamental principles of finance. The two key concepts developed in the course will be 1) the time value of money; and, 2) the tradeoff between risk and return. This is a 'tools' course that will provide you with the skills to analyze a wide range of financial decisions. A major emphasis in the class will be on learning how to think systematically about financial valuation and how to apply these insights to a variety of business (e.g., capital budgeting decisions) and personal (e.g., retirement planning, automobile and mortgage loans) financial problems.
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3.00 Credits
In this course students will develop the analytical tools necessary for analyzing corporate financing decisions. Central to these decisions is the firm's cost of capital. After learning to compute the cost of capital, you are to apply it to numerous questions that are essential to corporate financing decisions including what is the value of the firm, should the firm raise capital, what is the optimal mix of debt and equity, what should the firm's payout (dividend) policy be, should the firm lease or buy its assets, and how to value a firm's equity as an option on the firm's assets?
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