The course deals with the financial analysis of investment alternatives available to individual and institutional investors. Security analysis is employed in the location and evaluation of specific investments, and in dealing with the problems changing economic and financial conditions. The course is designed to develop analytical and decision-making ability of students in relation to varied problems that normally confront financial management. The course deals with the study of risks and the methods of meeting them through the insurance mechanism. Basic principles, types of coverage for social business relations are studied.
Special emphasis is placed on business risks, coverage, and problems of risk management.
The course is designed to study the principles, techniques, and legal implications of acquiring and selling real estate. Areas covered include the factors influencing real values of residential, commercial and industrial properties, and relevant laws governing contracts, agency, brokerage, listings, agreements, sale deeds, titles, mortgage instruments, liens and encumbrances landlord and tenant relationship, settlements, appraisal, real estate financing, relicensing laws and ethics. It satisfies Maryland education requirements for licensing of Real Estate Salesmen.