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  • FINA 380: Senior Seminar in Finance

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    The course is designed to enhance the student's understanding by detailed discussion of practical concepts in financial management. It increases students' financial decision making capability via financial simulation game. During the course of the game, students make capacity expansion, capital budgeting, stocks and bonds issuance and retirement, dividend payment, and working capital management decisions for their companies. Students' decisions interact with simulation's economic environment to determine stock price of their companies and give them real feel of the goal of stockholders' wealth maximization. In addition, students develop research capability by an in-depth empirical research on a topic of their choice.
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  • FINA 385: Insurance Planning

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    This course focuses on the types of risks faced by individuals and owners of closely held businesses. It examines the various techniques available to manage identified risks. The course also covers the principles of insurance and the workings of the insurance industry. Topics include life, health, disability, long-term care, and property and liability insurance.
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  • FINA 386: Retirement and Estate Planning

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    This course focuses on the process of creating and executing a plan that enables an individual to maintain their desired standard of living in retirement. It also examines the process of developing a plan to distribute an individual's assets after death in a manner consistent with their wishes and the needs of their beneficiaries.
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  • FINA 389: Financial Planning Capstone

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    Students learn how to integrate the components (e.g., insurance, investment strategy) and apply knowledge gained in previous Personal Financial Planning track courses to create a comprehensive financial plan in a manner that is consistent with the CFP Board's Financial Planning Practice Standards. Students also learn how to present the financial plan in a professional manner both orally and in writing. This course is an integrative experience for students completing the Personal Financial Planning track in the finance major at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. The preparation and presentation of a comprehensive financial plan is the culmination of a six-course program designed to prepare students to become financial planning professionals.
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  • FINA 395: Honors Thesis in Finance

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    Completion of the honors thesis is a requirement for the KU Honors Program. This course enables the honors student to conduct a research project under the direction of a faculty member from the Finance Discipline. The student and faculty member will prepare a research proposal. A student can apply for 3-6 credits (s.h.). The proposal and number of credits must be approved by the discipline.
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  • FINA 530: Financial Management: Theory and Practice

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    The course focuses on the role of the financial manager in planning for, acquiring, and utilizing funds to maximize stockholder wealth. Topics studied include: financial markets, time value of money applications, financial statement analysis, the risk and return relationship, stock and bonds valuation, financial and real options, cost of capital, capital budgeting analysis, financial forecasting, corporate valuation and value-based management, capital structure, and dividend policy decisions. Students will be expected to apply the concepts and techniques learned in the course, along with their knowledge of spreadsheet software, to analyze cases.
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  • FINA 533: Investment Management

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    We study various financial instruments including common stocks, bonds, stock options, and futures. We do an overview of various security selection techniques including fundamental analysis. There is an introduction to risk and risk aversion, portfolio risk, capital market equilibrium models and the efficient market theory. We do review and evaluation of portfolio management techniques including asset allocation, efficient diversification, and passive and active portfolio management. We do valuation analysis of fixed income securities and management of fixed income securities portfolio. We also learn valuation analysis of derivative securities and their application to hedging and portfolio insurance and management. The course is rigorous and analytical it approaches the subject from the point of view of an investment practitioner.
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  • FINA 535: Entrepreneurial Finance

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    This course focuses on financial issues relevant to individuals who want to obtain capital for the purpose of starting or purchasing a business. Major topics include attracting seed and growth capital, business valuation, and harvesting techniques such as initial public offerings and management buyouts. Guest speakers from the Small Business Development Center, Edge Center, and local entrepreneurial firms bring "real world" content to the course.
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  • FINA 571: Selected Topics in Finance

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    We explore a variety of topics. Topics explored include Working Capital Management, Investment Banking, Leasing, Mergers and Acquisitions, Multinational Financial Management, Derivative Securities, Investment Portfolio Management, and Financial Institutions Management.
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  • FINE 110: Studio Practices

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    Studio Practices is the first course in a sequence of three professional practices courses intended for Art majors. This particular studio course will introduce second-year students to the wide range of processes, materials and approaches in historical and contemporary art-making through trips to museums and galleries, and studio-based work. Students will develop their own habits of making and utilize their community of peers for support and insight through exposure to professional artists' studios, learning the dynamics of different art communities, studying artist interviews, and reading art journals, exhibition catalogues, and online publications. The importance of maintaining a sketchbook, documenting work throughout production, discussing and writing about art (their own, their peers and professional artists) will build a foundation for their own studio practice while encouraging experimentation and the development of a personal voice.
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