Academic

FSP 221 - Intermediate Spanish I - 3 cr.
Intermediate Spanish for the development of the four language
skills - listening, reading, speaking and writing. Focuses on mastery
of these skills. Laboratory required. Prerequisite: FSP 122 or
placement exam.
FSP 222 - Intermediate Spanish II - 3 cr.
Continuation of FSP 221 with emphasis on the development of
the four language skills - listening, reading, speaking and writing.
Focuses on mastery of these skills. Prerequisite: FSP 221 or
placement exam.
FIN 460 - Financial Institutions and Capital Markets Strategies
- 3 cr.
Explore topics in finance that become the major concerns of a
Chief Financial Officer. By providing comprehensive coverage
of global financial markets and institutions, this course provides
relevant source knowledge in the increasingly integrated global
marketplace. It focuses on major financial institutions, major
capital markets and international financial centers, such as those in
the U.S., the European Economic Union, Japanese Capital Market,
the Asian and Russian Markets and the Emerging Financial Markets.
Prerequisites: ECO 305 and FIN 304.
FIN - FINANCE
FIN 200 - Personal Wealth & Risk Management – 3 cr.
Course examines choices students will confront in decisionmaking
regarding building personal wealth and managing risk.
Topics includes budgeting and cash management, credit and debt
management, investments, home ownership, insurance, retirement
and employee benefits, taxation and estate planning.
FIN 203 - Principles of Finance - 3 cr.
Analyze the principles of financial decision-making within a
business enterprise. Covers ratio analysis, financial management,
probability-based risk and return, financial markets, financial
institutions and investments.
FIN 304 - Corporate Finance - 3 cr.
Analyze the theory, methods, and applications of financial decisionmaking
within corporations. Explore cost of capital, security prices
and firm valuation, capital structure, dividend policy, mergers,
acquisitions, reorganization, liquidation, and international financial
management are explored. Prerequisite: FIN 203.
FIN 321 - Risk and Insurance Management - 3 cr.
Covers the nature of risk management, insurance institution,
fundamentals of insurance contracts, major property & liability
insurance contracts, life and health insurance, health care alliances
and elder care, and governmental insurance. Prerequisite: STA 205.
FIN 328 - Capital Budgeting - 3 cr.
Analyze capital budgets under uncertainty and in imperfect
markets. Topics include capital rationing, inflation, leasing and
strategic management. Prerequisite: FIN 203.
FIN 415 - Investment - 3 cr.
Solve problems and synthesize knowledge from financial economics.
Topics include security analysis, futures and forward markets,
options and international financial instruments. Prerequisite: FIN
203.
FIN 419 - Portfolio Analysis - 3 cr.
Solve problems and synthesize knowledge from finance, investment,
and financial economics. Explore standard capital asset and pricing
models, international diversification and the evaluation of portfolio
performance. Prerequisite: FIN 203.
FIN 422 - International Financial Management (Global
Elective) - 3 cr.
Solve problems and synthesize knowledge from financial
economics and financial management issues. Topics include
international banking, foreign exchange, international markets,
and financial management of issues of multinational corporations.
Prerequisite: FIN 203.
FLM - FILM
FLM 101 - Introduction to the Study of Film - 3 cr.
Offers students an introduction to Film Studies. Students will
explore film popularity, artistic and commercial success of films,
and movies as entertainment. Prerequisite: ENG 111 or permission
of instructor.
FLM 200 - Film History & Theory - 3 cr.
Overview of the historical development of film and major
concepts in Film History, including but not limited to: Apparatus,
Feminist, Genre, and Marxist Film Theory. Students will view and
discuss silent films, contemporary documentaries, westerns, film
noir, horror, biopics, foreign films, and others. Emphasis will be
placed on how advances in technology alter both film production
and reception. Prerequisite: FLM 101 or permission of instructor.
FLM 220 - Film Production - 3 cr.
Introduces the student to basic aspects of filmmaking to
aesthetically craft social, political and economic perspectives
using Film as medium of expression and to utilize creative talents
culminating in a Film production. Includes a survey of distribution
options. Prerequisite: FLM 101 or permission of instructor.
FLM 240 - Special Topics - 3 cr.
A film studies course that addresses trends, genres, techniques and/
or important figures in film. Prerequisite: FLM 101 or permission
of instructor.
FLM 300 - Cinematography & Directing - 3 cr.
Introduces cinematic language and techniques that directors use
for powerful story-telling. Includes communication exercises, inclass
group projects and out-of-class personal projects to learn a
range of cameras, shooting styles, and lighting techniques. Primary
focus will be on developing the filmmaker’s personal vision to
tell compelling stories and convey them to a wide audience.
Prerequisite: FLM 220 or permission of instructor.
FLM 310 - Sound Design for Film - 3 cr.
Provides fundamental knowledge of theories and techniques in
designing sound for film. Practical application of those designs to
the film industry, including work on university film productions and
individually designed projects. Prerequisite: FLM 101 or permission
of instructor.
FLM 320 - Documentary Film Production - 3 cr.
Acting as a member of a video production team, students will
produce a documentary using visual and audio technology in a
technically competent and creative way. Prerequisite: FLM 200 or
permission of Instructor.
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