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3.00 Credits
A non-specialist course designed to describe and explain the structure of the earth, the origins of the theory of continental drift and modern ideas on seafloor spreading, plate tectonics, and crustal regeneration which have "revolutionized" the earth sciences.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an overview of environmental problems from the humanistic and scientific perspectives presented through a series of selected topics and is organized on the basis of studentteacher seminars, discussions and guest lectures.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the special ways of approaching and utilizing texts characteristic of the experimental sciences. Students will learn to critically interpret readings, quantitative data including graphical and statistical charts and tables as well as learning to present material in a variety of documentation styles used in the sciences. Through an emergent understanding of the unifying concepts underlying the scientific approach, students will actively pursue communication of the conceptual systems involved and the pedagogical integration of these into their boarder approaches to science and its meaningful communication. This course provides and overview of how knowledge is acquired and presented in the laboratory sciences. Same as BIO 85 and CHM 86.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides basic principles by which the modern corporation manages its assets, controls its liabilities and raises new capital. Topics covered include the mathematics of finance, valuation and rates of return on securities, financial statement analysis, forecasting, planning and budgeting, working capital management, introduction to capital budgeting techniques, and cost of capital considerations. Prerequisite or Co-requisite of ACC 11 is required or permission of Chair.
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3.00 Credits
This writing across-the-curriculum course is an analysis of corporate policy with respect to internal financial control, capital budgeting, dividend policy, and the issuance and sale of new securities. Emphasis will be placed on corporate decisionmaking under uncertainty in areas of investment and financing alternatives, both domestically and internationally. Tools and techniques for risk assessment and risk management will be explored using financial calculators and spreadsheet models. Prerequisites of FIN 11 and ACC 11 are required.
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3.00 Credits
This course gives students, regardless of major or background, an overview of how to manage their individual financial circumstances. Topics covered will include: personal, auto, and home equity loans; property and casualty insurance; life insurance; investing fundamentals; tax planning; retirement planning and estate planning. Principles of budgeting, financing, insurance, investing and retirement planning will be outlined so that students will have a better idea of how to live within their means and prepare for the future. Business Elective.
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3.00 Credits
This course will focus on the business of real estate with a particular focus on the New York metropolitan and Long Island areas. Topics covered will include real estate instruments, real estate brokerage, real estate financing, appraisals and valuations, marketing real estate, managing property and government financing programs. Many of the classes will include presentations by real estate professionals from the area. Business Elective.
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3.00 Credits
The course is designed to study the venture capital and private equity industry. Topics to be covered include how private equity funds are raised and structured, the features of private equity funds and the fundraising process. In addition, the course considers the interactions between private equity investors and the entrepreneurs that they finance, as well as the exit process for the investor. Several private equity transactions, including venture capital, buyouts, build-ups, and venture leasing, will be illustrated. Business Elective.
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3.00 Credits
The course focuses on security markets and investment opportunities. Students are exposed to the concepts of markets efficiency and risk and return in the context of valuations of equities, fixed income securities, and derivative securities. The objective is to provide a systematic method of analyzing investment portfolios. Prerequisite of FIN 11 is required.
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3.00 Credits
Building on the base of FIN 31, this course focuses on theoretical security pricing models and techniques of investing in various instruments. Dynamic market forecasting and strategic investment decisions will be tested. Emphasis will be placed on investing in derivative securities such as options and futures both for risk reduction and speculative purposes. The course will include introduction to portfolio theory. Students will apply theory to practice by formulating and testing trading strategies using a computer investment package. Prerequisite of FIN 31 is required.
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