~EGULAR SESSION - University of Oregon

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 259
interest, including opportunity cost; interest functions and their relation to
determination of cost, earning power, and capital value. Time-value of money
and time-shape of cash flows; the notion of equivalence; role of time span
and uncertainty to financial decisions.
FBE 407. Seminar. Hours to be arranged.
FBE 434. Business Enterprise and Social Responsibility. 3 hours.
Analysis of specific management policies as they relate to social objectives;
patterns of governmental regulations; political activities of trade associations
and other special-interest groups; relation of the growth of corporate
enterprise to public policy and to the responsibilities of business management.
Special section for Honors College students. Prerequisite: senior standing.
Richins.
FBE 440. Mortgage Lending. 3 hours.
The role of mortgage lending in our economy; organization and operation of
public and private lending agencies in the residential and commercial real
estate markets; legal aspects of real estate lending.
FBE 459. Problems in Business Finance. 5 hours.
Analysis and appraisal of selected problems in finance concerned with the organization,
operation, and management of business enterprises. Prerequisite:
FBE 322. Burrell, Watson.
FBE 463. Investments. 3 hours.
Economic and mathematical principles relating to the investment valuation
process; corporate practices and financial institutions and organizations that
serve the investor; analysis of various types of securities and other investment
media; investment policy for both individuals and institutions. Prerequisite:
Ec 201, 202, 203; Ac 221, 222, Ac 311. Burrell.
FBE 466. Business Fluctuations and Expansion. 3 hours.
Designed to prepare the student to plan successfully in a dynamic business environment.
Analysis of forces that cause pervasive fluctuations in aggregate
business activity; the effects of these fluctuations on individual business firms
and industries. The relationships among long-run trends and shorter cycles;
forecasting techniques and policy measures. The growing impact of gove,rnment
decisions on the profits of a particular business and on price and income
levels related to business actions such as inventory and investment policies
which affect economic stability. Prerequisite: senior standing. Kagan.
UPPER-DIVISION COURSES CARRYING GRADUATE CREDIT
(For 500 courses, open ollly to graduate stlldents, see pages 275-277.)
FBE 415. Commercial and Industrial Site Location. (G) 3 hours.
Major principles and practices in the site-selection decision-making process,
considered in the light of general location theory, the overall pattern of urban
land use, specific types of business, consumer shopping behavior, real-estate
considerations, and government policy; emphasis on problems of intraregional
rather than interregional site selection and on urban developments.
FBE 418. Advanced Business Law. (G) 5 hours.
Study of the several flelds of law related to business: negotiable instruments;
sales of personal property; real property, including landlord and tenant and
mechanic's liens; security devices for credit transactions; business torts;
government regulation of business; labor law. Prerequisite: FBE 216.
Robert.
FBE 430. Advanced Real Estate and Urban Land Use. (G) 3 hours.
Principles and practices of real-property valuation; factors affecting realproperty
values and incomes; relationship between land use and land values;
the appraisal process: policies and problems of real-estate taxation; trends
in real-property values and appraisal procedures. Prerequisite: FBE 330 or
consent of instructor. Browning.