Course Descriptions ESL 244 Introduction to Oral Communication II (1/2 credit) This course builds the capacity of English language students to participate in the discourse in American university classrooms and campuses and in everyday life in the US. Speaking opportunities are aligned with listening opportunities in ESL 241, Introduction to Academic Listening II. They are designed to help students join study groups, interact with professors, make friends, and to successfully converse in all everyday living situations such as shopping, inquiring about a bill, and discussing news, culture, and everyday life. Students practice engaging in everyday conversation, interviewing, discussing issues akin to university life and to living in American society, sharing opinions, and formally presenting material through Power Point usage. ESL 245 Introduction to Essay Writing II (1/2 credit) As the course begins, students will review academic writing skills by developing, organizing, composing, and revising a 3-5 paragraph essay. Students receive instruction on using appropriate vocabulary, grammar, and sentence structure following the conventions of standard written English. Using a step-by-step approach and varied practices, students are guided through the academic writing process to produce well-organized and developed essays with clear thesis statements. They learn to express ideas and viewpoints with supportive statements and factual reasoning. ESL 246 Comparative Cultures IV (1/2 credit) This course provides international students in the United States with an overview of American culture and tradition and improves comprehension of non-native students. The course also allows opportunity for discussion of American cultural norms as compared to other cultures.
Finance FIN 500 Financial Management (3 credits) This course is a study of financial decision-making in a firm, including its relationship to financial markets and institutions. Prerequisites: ACC 500 and MBA 502 or equivalent. FIN 610 Short-term Financial Management (3 credits) The course covers traditional working capital topics, including liquidity analysis and management, inventory, and receivables and payables management. Additional emphasis is given to core cash management, payment systems and banking relationships. Other topics include cash forecasting, short-term borrowing and risk management. Prerequisite: FIN 500. FIN 620 Money and Capital Markets (3 credits) This course analyzes processes within the U.S. financial system. Students study the nature of its major participants and their objectives and procedures for assessing opportunities and pricing risk. Students also analyze the role of the financial system in the allocation of credit to different sectors, its responsiveness to economic activity and its continuous adaptation to changing needs. Emphasis is placed on the role and functions of the Federal Reserve System. Prerequisite: FIN 500.
FIN 625 International Project Finance (3 credits) This course is the application of modern financial theories and tools to international project finance. It focuses on differences between corporate and project finance. It discusses issues related to appropriate discount rate for international projects, real option application, project risk analysis, financing structure and governance structure. Prerequisites: FIN 500, INT 610 and INT 620. FIN 630 Capital Budgeting and Financing (3 credits) This course first addresses advanced topics in capital investment, including determination of cash flows, capital budgeting under risk, replacement decisions, and inflation and capital decisions. The second half of the course focuses on capital financing and structure and includes topics in financial leverage, financing sources, dividend policy, cost of capital and valuation. Prerequisite: FIN 500. FIN 640 Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management (3 credits) Students study the techniques used to assess the value of securities and the methods used in the management of investment portfolios. Stocks and bonds are discussed in terms of valuation, risk-return measurement, diversification and other aspects of portfolio theory. Prerequisites: FIN 500. FIN 645 Analytical Tools in Portfolio Management (3 credits) This course is an application-oriented review of the finance theory, techniques and strategies that are essential to portfolio management. Topics include optimization procedure, currency risk hedging, asset allocation and others. Prerequisite: FIN 640 (may be taken concurrently). FIN 650 Investment Analysis – NASD Series 7 (6 credits) FIN 650 is a specialty finance course designed for students with a strong interest in the financial services industry. The course will prepare students to write the NASD Series 7 examination, an important credential and requirement to work as a registered representative at a broker-dealer. The course will cover topics related to the investment brokerage field, including securities investments, securities rules and regulations, customer accounts and investment companies. Prerequisite: FIN 500 or permission of instructor. FIN 655 International Investment and Portfolio Management (3 credits) International money managers are exposed to the complexities of a multicultural, multicurrency environment in which they have to operate at a fast pace. The sheer complexity of the international capital markets calls for familiarity with foreign cultures, traditions, markets, institutions, instruments, regulations, taxes and costs. It calls for familiarity with the forces of globalization as they affect international investing. This course seeks to impart some of the concepts, techniques and skills the money manager should be equipped with to operate effectively in a complex global setting. Prerequisite: FIN 640.
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