- FIN 107 - Personal Finance
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Presents a framework of personal money management concepts, including establishing values and goals, determining sources of income, managing income, preparing a budget, developing consumer buying ability, using credit, understanding savings and insurance, providing for adequate retirement, and estate planning.
Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits
- FIN 110 - Principles of Banking
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Presents nearly every aspect of banking, providing a comprehensive introduction to the diversified services and operations of the banking industry. Focuses on new trends gaining attention in banking circles. Recommended for all banking students.
Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits
- FIN 111 - Teller Training
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Teaches the skills that tellers need in today's banking industry. Includes performance of teller transactions, balancing and settling, application of bank security and loss prevention techniques, identifying product benefits to customers, and successful communication skills with customers, co-workers, and supervisors.
Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits
- FIN 115 - Personal Investments
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Examines personal financial investments, money management and risk reward strategies. Covers most widely employed investment instruments, including current information on stocks, bonds, mutuals, real estate, limited partnerships and tax sheltering devices.
Lecture 1-2 hours per week.
1-2 credits
- FIN 125 - Law and Banking: Principles
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Presents a banker's guide to law and legal issues with special emphasis on the Uniform Commercial Code. Includes summaries of law pertaining to contracts, real estate, and bankruptcy. Highlights legal implications of consumer lending, sources and applications of banking law, torts and crimes, real and personal property, and a complete glossary of legal terminology related to banking.
Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits
- FIN 157 - Consumer Lending
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Examines consumer credit and lending activities in financial institutions, various forms of consumer loans, consumer credit insurance, computation of installment payment, process in loan documents and evaluation and effect of bankruptcies on lending institutions.
Lecture 2-3 hours per week.
2-3 credits
- FIN 195 - Topics In
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Provides an opportunity to explore topical areas of interest to or needed by students.
May be used also for special honors courses. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits
- FIN 199 - Supervised Study
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Assigns problems for independent study incorporating previous instruction and supervised by the instructor.
May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits
- FIN 215 - Financial Management
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Introduces basic financial management topics including statement analysis, working capital; capital budgeting, and long-term financing. Focuses on Net Present Value and Internal Rate of Return techniques, lease vs. buy analysis, and Cost of Capital computations. Uses problems and cases to enhance skills in financial planning and decision making.
Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits
- FIN 240 - Money and Banking
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Introduces the concept of money supply and the role of banks as money creators and as participants in the nation's payments mechanism. The course explores the working of fiscal and monetary policy, the functions and powers of the Federal Reserve system, and various monetary theories. Also highlighted are major trends and issues in banking and international banking.
Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits
- FIN 256 - Marketing for Bankers
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Focuses on understanding the basic concepts necessary to successfully market bank products and services. Develops an understanding of the functions of public relations, advertising, sales promotion, selling, and distribution. Highlights customer motivation and buying behavior, the marketing management process and marketing and the wholesale side of banking.
Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits
