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152 Clarion University of Pennsylvania College of Business Administration BSAD 243: WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ESTATES 3 s.h. Provides instruction regarding the administration of the probate estate as well as necessary documentation and filing requirements. Students gain understanding of various laws governing transfer of property at death as well as tax consequences of such a transfer. Students also study creation of trusts and transfers during life. Concepts are applied to the actual drafting of wills, trusts, codicils, and ancillary documents. Prerequisite: BSAD 240. Biennially, Fall Semester at Venango. BSAD 244: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW 3 s.h. In-depth study of various administrative law topics. Familiarizes students with statutes and regulations supporting Social Security, unemployment compensation, and workmen’s compensation. Involves study of judicial precedent and mock hearing practice. Prerequisite: BSAD 240. Biennially, Spring Semester at Venango. BSAD 246: CIVIL LITIGATION 3 s.h. In-depth study of various court procedures, including discovery, that the legal assistant will use in supporting an attorney during litigation. Familiarizes students with the rules of court, including both criminal and civil practice. Instructs legal assistants on how to prepare various court documents. Prerequisite: BSAD 240. Offered at Venango. BSAD 247: REAL ESTATE LAW FOR THE PARALEGAL 3 s.h. Includes estates in land, property sales contracts, deed preparation, title abstracts, searching courthouse records, adverse possession, easements, judgments and liens, tax sales, and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act. Students learn to complete all necessary documents involved in all real estate transactions and to prepare all histories of title so that the attorney may certify the title and complete closing. Prerequisite: BSAD 240. Biannually, Spring Semester at Venango. BSAD 248: LEGAL WRITING 3 s.h. Detailed study of the various writing tasks performed by a legal assistant. Students become proficient at writing pleadings, trial briefs, appellate briefs, legal memoranda, demand letters, and informational requests. Familiarizes students with various briefing techniques and rules of style. Explores the required briefing forms of various courts and administrative appeal agencies. Prerequisites: BSAD 240 and 242. Fall, annually at Venango. BSAD 249: FIELD EXPERIENCE 1 s.h. Exposes students to types of legal practices for various types of legal programs, including community programs, institutions, and courts. Includes instruction and orientation relative to professional responsibilities, ethics, and practical career considerations for a legal assistant. Prerequisites: BSAD 240, 242, 246, or concurrently with BSAD 242 and 248. Spring, annually. Venango only. BSAD 340: ENVIRONMENTAL LAW 3 s.h. A study of environmental law and policy in the United States. Explores the method in which business entities and environmental organizations—government and nongovernment—achieve compliance. Focuses on case law providing legal remedies for environmental torts and crimes. Prerequisite: BSAD 240. Spring, annually. BSAD 341: INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW 3 s.h. A study of international law and agreements affecting the global commons. Examines the process by which international accord is reached and enforced and the effects of GATT and NAFTA on environmental regulation. Analyzes the effects of transfrontier pollution, resource allocation and industrialization. Provides case studies involving the redress of environmental wrongs. Prerequisite: BSAD 240 or permission of the instructor. Fall, annually. Finance Courses FIN 170: INTRODUCTION TO FINANCE 3 s.h. Introduces students to the rudiments of finance and elementary financial decision making. Surveys the basics of investments, financial management, and financial markets and institutions. No prerequisites. Annually. FIN 370: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 3 s.h. Examines the acquisition, management, and analysis of short-term and long-term funds both in the domestic and international environment. Emphasizes financial analysis, time value of money and valuation of securities, working capital management, capital budgeting under certainty and uncertainty, risk and return, cost of capital, and the optimal capital structure. Prerequisites: ECON 212 and ACTG 252. Each semester. FIN 371: INTERMEDIATE FINANCE 3 s.h. In-depth study of corporate financial issues that face today’s financial manager. Students learn to incorporate risk into capital budgeting decisions; study mergers and acquisitions; analyze bankruptcies, reorganizations, and lease financing; and study other advanced financial issues prevalent in today’s domestic and multinational corporations. Prerequisite: FIN 370. Once annually. FIN 373: FUNDAMENTALS OF INSURANCE 3 s.h. A study of the concept of risk management and the several methods for handling risks. Emphasizes insurance as transfer method. Discusses fundamental principles of insurance, insurance as a contract, and the insurance policy, including property and liability coverage, life and health, and social insurance. Fall, annually. FIN 374: PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE 3 s.h. In-depth study of property and liability risk exposures, personal and commercial lines, production, underwriting, claims, ratemaking, and loss control functions as well as regulations of insurance. Prerequisite: FIN 373. Spring, annually. FIN 375: MANAGEMENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 3 s.h. Descriptive analysis of the operations of financial institutions, such as commercial banks, savings banks, and insurance companies. Examines techniques and principles involved in the management of financial institutions. Prerequisites: ECON 211 and FIN 370. Spring, annually.
Clarion University of Pennsylvania 153 FIN 376: INVESTMENTS 3 s.h. Examines investment goals and the current environment for investments, including the nature of the investment process and securities markets; analysis of risk and return, especially as it applies to common stocks, preferred stocks, and bonds; introduction to portfolio management and portfolio theory. Prerequisite: FIN 370. Fall, annually. FIN 377: MEDICAL CARE FINANCE 3 s.h. The role of a financial manager in the health care setting. A study of the theoretical and analytical procedures involved in medical fund raising, capital budgeting, expense analysis, rate structuring, and hospital asset management as well as other financial abilities required in the operation and planning of modern health care facilities. Prerequisite: FIN 370. Offered on demand. FIN 399: SPECIAL TOPICS IN FINANCE 1-3 s.h. Presents various current topics in finance theory and practice. Covers different topics from year to year, as subjects of importance are identified. Prerequisite: FIN 370. On demand. FIN/ACTG 463: TAX PLANNING 3 s.h. A survey course to acquaint students with tax planning techniques which can be used to accomplish an individual’s financial goals. An understanding of financial position, cash flow and income, gift and estate tax matters enables the student to suggest actions that fit the individual’s financial priorities. Prerequisite: ACTG 353. Annually. FIN 471: FINANCIAL PROBLEMS 3 s.h. Capstone course challenges students to integrate and synthesize, through case methods, their knowledge in finance. Emphasizes corporate finance in application of theoretical underpinning, but some cases also will deal with investments, financial institutions, and markets. Prerequisite: FIN 371. Spring, annually. FIN 473: RETIREMENT AND ESTATE PLANNING 3 s.h. An overview of individual income taxation, including an in-depth look at pensions, profit sharing, and other deferred compensation plans, estates, trusts, and applicable tax laws. Prerequisite: FIN 370. Once annually. FIN 474: PERSONAL FINANCIAL PLANNING 3 s.h. Contains a review of each of the major segments of personal financial planning, including the financial planning process, ethical and professional considerations of financial planning, insurance policies and strategies, risk management, investment vehicles, tax planning strategies, retirement plans and employee benefits, and estate planning. Prerequisite: FIN 370. Spring, annually. FIN 476: PORTFOLIO THEORY AND MANAGEMENT 3 s.h. Examines modern portfolio theory and its application to investment strategies; study of options and future markets; investigation of market efficiency. Prerequisite: FIN 376. Spring, annually. FIN 480: MULTINATIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 3 s.h. Examines the theory and practice of financial management in multinational firms. Focuses on important differences between domestic and international financial decision-making. Prerequisite: FIN 370. Once annually. General Studies Course Courses carrying the GS label are interdisciplinary in nature or are courses which do not fit into any of the usual academic disciplines. They are taken as free electives, as personal development and life skills under general education, or may with departmental approval be substituted for required courses in some majors. GS 242: YOU AND THE LAW 3 s.h. Surveys the major fields of law. Emphasizes historical development, basic legal principles, legal theory and procedure, and their relation to the individual. Business administration majors may not take this course. Annually. College of Business Administration Office Management Courses OFMT 131: KEYBOARDING 2 s.h. Beginning keyboarding course for those students who have had no typing or keyboarding experience. Students will be tested for proficiency and then proceed at their own pace. Emphasis will be on keyboarding speed and accuracy. The course will cover business and personal letters, manuscripts, rough drafts, centering, and tabulation problems. Required for office management students who have not had previous keyboarding or typing experience. Annually, Venango only. OFMT 132: ADVANCED KEYBOARDING 3 s.h. Advanced keyboarding course. Emphasizes speed and production of mailable work from rough drafts and unarranged office problems. Includes a unit on keyboarding from recorded dictation. Prerequisite: Previous typing experience, OFMT 131, or permission of instructor. Annually, Venango only. OFMT 221: OFFICE MANAGEMENT 3 s.h. Prepares students to function as administrative office managers. Includes hiring procedures, management styles, employee pay and benefits, equipment selection, and changes in today’s office procedures and personnel policies. Venango only. OFMT 231: OFFICE PROCEDURES AND FIELD EXPERIENCE 3 s.h. Combines lecture with practical exposure to office procedures. Class meets on a regular basis for lecture, instruction, and orientation relative to professional responsibilities, ethics, and career considerations for secretarial and clerical workers. Requires office management majors to work in an office during their second year in the program after they have completed their basic courses in typing, shorthand, and word processing. Prerequisites: Production typing, executive shorthand, and word processing. Venango only.
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