Course Descriptions

Department of Finance Economics Entrepreneurship and Marketing

ECON 200 (3-3-0) Entrepreneurship and the Economy: An Internet survey course designed to teach students the decision making skills necessary to negotiate their roles as consumers, savers, investors, voters, and above all, as productive citizens in a global setting. The course also emphasizes the practical aspect of economics and examines the microeconomic (individual) and the macroeconomic (aggregate) implications of decision making.

ECON 211 (3-3-0) Principles of Macroeconomics: An examination of the basic concepts and principles of macroeconomics and their application to current domestic and international issues.
Prerequisite: MATH 123

ECON 212 (3-3-0) Principles of Macroeconomics: An introduction to the subject of economics, with emphasis on microeconomic principles and their application to business decision making and current domestic and global issues.
Prerequisite: MATH 123

ECON 301 (3-3-0) Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation: Using applied economics and business principles, this course focuses on issues that face entrepreneurs who start new enterprises or create new ventures within existing firms. The topics covered in the course include the evaluation of new venture ideas; the planning, formulation and implementation of strategies for creating new ventures and finally the evaluation of economic conditions and the financing of new ventures.
Prerequisite: ECON 212 And ACCT 211

ECON 310 (3-3-0) Managerial Economics: An in-depth study of the managerial decision-making process and its tools, including such topics as forecasting demand, cost analysis, pricing, capital budgeting, and risk and uncertainty.
Prerequisite: ECON 211 And ECON 212 And MATH 140

ECON 460 (3-3-0) Seminar in Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation: Study and analysis of contemporary issues and entrepreneurship and the creation of new ventures: The issues covered in the course may include the economic theory of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial opportunities and risks caused by economic change, the role of creativity and innovation in the economy, entrepreneurial strategy, the identification of new venture opportunities, and case studies of entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial ventrues.

FINC 311 (3-3-0) Principles of Finance: A course in basic financial management, including the study of the nature of financial management, financial analysis, working capital management, and long-term investment decisions.
Prerequisite: ACCT 211 And (ECON 211 Or ECON 212)

FINC 320 (3-3-0) Financial Management: A continuation of FINC 311 emphasizing the use of analytical tools dealing with capital budgeting, capital structure, dividend policy, cost of capital with consideration of long-term financing, expansion, and problems of small businesses in connection with decision-making techniques.
Prerequisite: FINC 311

FINC 410 (3-3-0) Investments: A survey of portfolio models and theories; factors affecting corporate and other securities as portfolio choices; the organization of capital markets and the analysis and evaluation of securities.
Prerequisite: FINC 311

FINC 440 (3-3-0) International Financial Management: This course examines factors that are critical to the financial decision making process in a global economic environment. Our approach will be from the perspective of a financial manager in private business enterprise.
Prerequisite: FINC 320

FINC 460 (3-3-0) Current Problems of Banking: This course is intended to survey the current condition of the banking industry. Special emphasis is placed on topics and issues that are most relevant to students preparing to begin careers in banking and related fields.
Prerequisite: FINC 420