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COURSE DESCRIPTIONSFA 250/350 Internship in Fine Arts (1-5 SH)An opportunity for field study under professional supervisionduring the academic year or summer. Open to students withpermission.FA 400 Multidisciplinary Art and Digital Performance (4 SH)Pre-Requisite(s): Junior or Senior StandingThis course explores experimental and traditional work ofintegrating digital technologies into visual, dance, music andtheater performances. This includes working with digitalprojections, real-time processing of data (i.e. music dataconnected and controlling visual display or devices controllinginstruments/sounds), sensors, motion tracking via software andother emerging technologies. Reading about contemporaryperformances and art will be included, and we will work towardscreating a performance/installation within this multidisciplinarycourse. Cross listed as AT 400, DN 400, IM 400, MU 400, TH 406.FA 404 Fine Arts Senior Project (4 SH)Pre-Requisite(s): PermissionPreparation and performance of a creative project in fine arts.Serves as partial fulfillment of the BFA degree for those studentswith a multidisciplinary focus.FA 405 Fine Arts Senior Project II (4 SH)Pre-Requisite(s): permissionPreparation and performance of a creative project in fine arts.Serves as partial fulfillment of the BFA degree for those studentswith a multidisciplinary focus.FINANCE (FN)FN 170-79/270-79/370-79 Special Topics in Finance (2-4 SH)Courses in topics of special interest to faculty members andstudents are offered from time to time. For complete coursedescriptions, students are directed to the schedule of classes,available in the Registrar’s Office.FN 250/350 Internship in Finance (1-5 SH)This course provides the opportunity for students to gainvaluable experience by participating in an actual workingenvironment in his or her area of interest.FN 315 Accounting and Finance for Not-For-Profit Organizations(4 SH)Pre-Requisite(s): AC 101This course deals with the particular nuances of accounting forand managing the finances of a not-for-profit organization. Anunderstanding of financial statements, the accounting processand basic financial management concepts is assumed.FN 320 Corporation Finance (4 SH)Pre-Requisite(s): MN 215, EC 200, AC 101A survey of the principles and practices of business finance.Topics include valuation under uncertainty, capital budgetingtechniques, dividend policy, cost of capital and capital structure,an introduction to derivative securities and currencymanagement techniques. Coverage reflects the ongoingtransformation of the global financing and investmentenvironments.FN 321 Intermediate Corporate Finance (4 SH)Pre-Requisite(s): FN 320This course offers an advanced treatment of corporate financeand builds on the knowledge gained in Corporation Finance (FN320). It goes deeper into the financial management of acorporation including capital structure, cost of capital, capitalbudgeting and risk management. This course also introduces thereader to the derivative securities including options and futures.FN 326 International Financial Management (2 SH)Pre-Requisite(s): MT 107 or 109 and FN 320An introduction to financial management in the multinationalcorporation. Topics include time value of money and capitalbudgeting, risk and return, international capital markets,exchange-rate determination and currency risk management andderivative markets for currencies.FN 330 Real Estate Principles and Finance (4 SH)Pre-Requisite(s): FN 320 or Instructor’s PermissionAn introduction to real estate principles and practice –landownership, homeownership, real estate and property,interests in real estate, title, real estate appraisal and otherconcepts. The course will also focus on financial aspects of realestate – theory and measurement of risk and returns, valuationof owner-occupied and income-producing properties, real estatefinance, mortgage instruments and mortgage repayments.FN 345 Financial Planning (4 SH)Pre-Requisite(s): FN 320, EC 200, MN 215Asset and liability management focusing on the needs andresources of the individual. Topics include principles andpractices of investment, portfolio management, thedetermination of investment values, the role and functioning ofthe securities and money markets, security analysis and the useof the computer in portfolio selection.FN 360 Independent Study in Finance (1-5 SH)Students study topics of interest not offered as regular courses.FN 404 Financial Systems (4 SH)Pre-Requisite(s): FN 320The course will provide an overview of financial markets andinstitutions. The analysis will focus on the function of financialintermediaries, the regulatory environment under which themarkets and these institutions work and management concernsemphasizing current issues.Page | 99Lake Erie College | 2012 - 2013 Undergraduate Catalog | Student Handbook | Student Athlete Handbook