Course Descriptions: Finance
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FIN 2010. Personal Financial Planning. This course provides an overview of personal financial planning and covers the following topics: budgeting, saving, tax planning, managing credit, home buying, vehicle purchasing, selecting insurance, investing, retirement planning, and estate planning. The practical application of concepts will be emphasized. Grade Pass/Fail. Four credits. Dr. Lifland is Director of the Finance Program and Carl Maneval Smith Business Professor of Accounting and Finance. He integrates a 21st century skill set into all classes knowing that technological skills are just as important as finance skills in the workplace. Dr. Steven Lifland He believes in teaching the pragmatic applications of finance in everyday life, incorporating advanced levels of undergraduate student research into course expectations. Students are exposed to and expected to utilize quantitative investment tools. These include probability distributions, sampling, hypothesis testing, correlation and regression, time series analysis, and portfolio concepts.
FIN 2881, 3881, 4881. Special Topics. Variable credit. May be repeated. FIN 3001. Financial Certification Preparation. This course is designed to prepare students to obtain industry recognized financial certifications that will help set HPU students apart in their career search. The initial offering would be the Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) exam which is a “gateway” exam for those interested in careers in the Financial Services Industry. Two credits. FIN 3010. Financial Management. A study of principles of financing a business enterprise, with the emphasis on the modern corporation. Attention is given to the analyses of the major financial statements as a means to determine the present as well as predicting the future financial condition of a corporation. This information is explained in a cash flow framework in order to determine the value of the firm. The ability of the financial manager to measure and evaluate sources of capital is addressed. The process of using an investment banker to access proper markets, bond and/or stock, is reviewed. Attention is also given to the financial manager’s decision-making role in the Capital Budgeting process. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing and ACC 2010. Four credits.