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The finance elective
specialization has two major areas of emphasis: financial management and
financial planning. The financial management emphasis prepares the student for a
career as a financial analyst, project manager or chief financial officer. A
student with a finance concentration should be able to secure employment in any
size corporation and be qualified for a variety of finance-related occupations.
The financial planning emphasis has two concentrations: financial planners and
investment analyst. The personal financial planner would probably seek the
Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation. Career opportunities for personal
financial planners could include working for any size company as financial
planner, establishing a client base and having expertise in investments,
insurance and estate planning. The investment analyst would probably seek the
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. Career opportunities for the
financial analyst would be in industry working for banks, trust companies or
investment firms.
The following elective courses are available in this specialization:
Accounting Applications (3)
Case method course employing accounting concepts and principles and relating
them to practical applications. Uses financial statement analysis and accounting
information from actual company cases to facilitate complex business decisions.
Finance & Accounting Control Systems (3)
Case method course showing use of accounting information for managerial control
in for-profit businesses. Design, implement and monitor planning and control
systems. Cases cover both management control (e.g., transfer pricing, budgeting
and compensation) and management behavioral factors (e.g., motivation, goal
congruence and managerial performance).
Financial Planning (3)
Planning and management of one’s personal finances from the Christian
perspective. The study of personal and household budgeting, insurance, investing
and estate and retirement planning culminate in the preparation of a detailed
individual financial plan.
Estate Planning (3)
Detailed discussion of the major trends in risk-shifting strategies in American
business, together with their interrelations with personal estate planning
concepts vital to the entrepreneur. Gain experience in integrating business
risk-shifting devices with personal estate plans.
Insurance & Risk Management (3)
Thorough examination of both corporate and personal insurance to facilitate
organizational, individual and family financial planning and risk management.
Areas of insurance examination include life, casualty, property, home, auto,
health and disability. Study consumer behavior and corporate applications of
risk management.
Portfolio Management (3)
Stewardship of investments for financial growth of both corporate and personal
portfolios. Covers a wide range of investment instruments including money
markets, mutual funds, stocks, bonds, warrants, options, futures, real estate
and collectibles. Develops and manages a theoretical personal and corporate
portfolio.
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