2005/2006 Catalog
University of West Florida
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Table of Contents
Welcome
Telephone Directory
Academic Calendars
     
Year 2005/2006
     
Fall Semester 2005
     Spring Semester 2006
     Summer Semester 2006

University Mission
Accreditations
Degrees, Areas of Specialization,
Minors

Admissions
After Admission
Financial Assistance
Student Activities
Student Services and Resources
Tuition and Fees
Military and Veterans Information
Registration and Records
Academic Policies
Graduation and General Degree
Requirements

Public Service and Research Centers
College Mission Statements
Undergraduate Degree Programs
Master's Degree Programs
Specialist Degree Programs
Doctoral Degree Programs
Course Numbering System
Course Listings and Descriptions
Administration
Faculty
Index
Course Listings/Descriptions

FIN-FINANCE

FIN 3140     Personal Financial Planning . . . . . 3(CALL DEPT)
Personal management of bank credit, insurance, investments and home ownership, taxes, elementary estate planning. Can be used by finance or accounting majors only as a general business elective

FIN 3244     Financial Markets and Institutions . . . . . 3(F,S)
Prerequisite: ACG 2021, ACG 2071, ECO 2013, ECO 2023
Structure and functions of financial markets and institutions; interest rates, exchange rates, intermediation, and markets

FIN 3403     Managerial Finance . . . . . 3(F,S,SS)
Prerequisite: Business Majors: ECO 2013, ECO 2023, STA 2023, ACG 2071, MAC 2233; Non-Business Majors: MAC 1105, STA 2023, ECO 3003
Analytical concepts available to financial manager in acquisition and effective utilization of funds in relation to other management functions

FIN 3949     Cooperative Education . . . . . 1-2(F,S,SS)
Alternating full-time or consecutive parallel terms of practical experience in the intended field. Reinforcing academic preparation; confirming educational and career goals; personal and professional development; early start in career; earnings toward self-support; improved employability. (See program description under Cooperative Education). Graded on satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis only. Permission of director of Cooperative Education is required

FIN 4132     Retirement and Estate Planning . . . . . 3(CALL DEPT)
Prerequisite: BUL 3130, FIN 3140, FIN 3244, FIN 3403, and TAX 4002
Covers pension funds, tax sheltered annuities, deferred compensation. Also includes legal and tax aspects of planning for retirement and creation of estate

FIN 4324     Commercial Bank Management . . . . . 3(CALL DEPT)
Prerequisite: FIN 3244, FIN 3403
Measurement and management of the risks and returns assumed by commercial banks and near banks. Current issues in financial intermediation. Includes theory and practice

FIN 4414      Financial Theory and Practice . . . . . 3(F,S)
Prerequisite: FIN 3403
Designed as an extension of FIN 3403. Topics such as risk and return, stock and bond valuation, time value of money, and capital budgeting, will be covered in greater depth. New topics will include lease financing, hybrid financing, international finance, et al

FIN 4424     Problems in Corporate Finance . . . . . 3(F,S)
Prerequisite: FIN 3403
Cases and readings in corporation finance in areas of capital budgeting, working capital management, capital structure, cost of capital, mergers, reorganizations, and international finance

FIN 4440     Controllership  . . . . . 3(CALL DEPT)
Prerequisite: FIN 3403, and either ACG 3311 or ACG 3172
Introduction to the controllership function within an economic entity. Emphasis is placed upon budgeting and working capital management and control

FIN 4504     Investments . . . . . 3(F,S)
Prerequisite: FIN 3244 and FIN 3403
Introduction to an extensive development of theoretical concepts related to areas of securities analysis and portfolio management

FIN 4514     International Investment Planning . . . . . 3(CALL DEPT)
Prerequisite: FIN 4504
Continuation of FIN 4504 to further develop international investment theories and applications

FIN 4941     Financial Services Internship . . . . . 1-6(F,S,SS)
Prerequisite: FIN 3403
Supervised field practicum in financial services-related position. May include activities in any one or more of the functional areas in financial services (commercial banking, mutual funds and investments, insurance, real estate and personal financial planning). Graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis only. Permission is required

FIN 6406     Financial Management . . . . . 3(CALL DEPT)
Prerequisite: FIN 3403 and QMB 6305
Advanced treatment of investment and financing decisions of firms, emphasis on current theory and practice. Course contains a portfolio project. Permission is required