This course is a survey of selected topics in finance. This course may be repeated for credit.
This course provides an introduction to the essential tools and techniques of health care financial management, including health care accounting and financial statements, managing cash flow, billings and collections, making major capital investments, determining cost and using cost information in decision-making in a health care environment. The course also covers such fundamental concepts as time value of money, the evaluation of financial statements, and pricing of financial instruments with an emphasis on their application to the health care environment. Students will also get exposure to developments in health care laws and regulations such as the Affordable Care Act.
This course is designed to examine topics of retirement planning and retirement plans from both the employer/employee and individual client settings. A case study approach will be used to apply and integrate the material, and evaluation of financial alternatives will be emphasized. In addition, the course will provide learning activities that will facilitate student growth and development, communication skills, and critical thinking
This course is designed to introduce students to the wealth management aspects of financial planning. The course will provide an overview of the theory and practice of wealth management to include the investment process portfolio design and implementation, tax management, and fund selection and evaluation.
This course introduces students to techniques of charitable planning as viewed from the perspective of donors, financial planners, and fundraising professionals. The course focuses on the motivations of charitable giving with an emphasis on application within a professional context for fundraising professionals.
This course focuses on the application of the knowledge base acquired in the prerequisite courses as part of the financial planning concentration. The course will be case study based and emphasis will be on the analysis of data, critical thinking with regard to the client's circumstances, and the subsequent recommendations to a client.
This course provides students, entrepreneurs, small business managers, and financial advisors an in-depth coverage of the process of designing a business plan and financial plan for startup businesses and small businesses. Topics covered in this course include introduction to the entrepreneurship process, raising fund for startup businesses, short term as well as long term financial planning, cash management, and small business valuation and exit strategies.
Business research techniques and methodologies. Topics include scientific method, business information sources, research proposal development and evaluation, research design, scaling and instrument design, sampling design, statistical packages and applications, research reporting and writing and ethical considerations in business research.
