This is a core course in the Financial Management Concentration. Offered Spring Semester. This introduction to making personal investment decisions provides a foundation for students seeking a career in the investment field. Although stocks and mutual funds are the primary focus, bonds, options, and futures are also introduced. Topics include risk and return, security analysis, valuation theory, and portfolio management.
Students analyze historical data using a computer database and spreadsheet.
Offered Fall Semester. This is a capstone course for students with a Management Concentration. Students have the opportunity to further develop their planning and decision making skills through focused study of the management literature and case analysis exercises. Emphasis is given to identifying, analyzing, and solving organizational problems which are strategic in nature and cut across all functional areas of the organization.