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ET 498 Directed Study and Research 1-4 cr.
  • Offered: On demand
  • Prerequisites: Junior standing or instructor's permission.
Selection of problem in area of emphasis; specialized instruction and experiences to reinforce technical skill and knowledge. Written reports of work are required.
FIN 201 Introduction to Risk Management 4 cr.
  • Offered: Contact Department for Information.
  • Prerequisites: Instructor permission.

Introduction to risk management; including: insurance, loss exposure, regulation, insurance carriers, reinsurance, marketing, underwriting, and claims adjusting. This course helps prepare students for the INS 21 national examination administered by the Insurance Institute of America.

Notes: Formerly FIN 301 Introduction to Risk Management.
FIN 224 Personal Financial Management 4 cr.
  • Offered: Fall Winter

Development of practical solutions for routine problems faced in personal financial affairs. Major topics to be discussed are tax return preparation, tax planning, insurance, property, consumer credit, financial institutions, investing and other current topics.

Notes:

This course is not intended for finance majors.

FIN 351 Financial Management I 4 cr.
  • Offered: Fall Winter Summer
  • Prerequisites: ACT 240 or approval of instructor and junior standing.

Financial management of corporations; management of short, intermediate and long term funds; capital structure; securities markets; and financing growth and development; emphasis is on interpretation of financial accounting measurements.

FIN 352 Financial Management II 4 cr.
  • Offered: Winter
  • Prerequisites: FIN 351 and junior standing.

Financial decision making in the modern corporation; issues include capital budgeting, capital structure, dividend policy, working capital management, corporate reorganization and liquidation. Lectures, problem solving and case studies will be used to stimulate and reinforce learning.

FIN 354 Money and Capital Markets 4 cr.
  • Offered: Fall
  • Prerequisites: Junior standing.
Analysis of money market instruments in conjunction with monetary policy influences. The markets and their role in channeling liquid and investment funds to the private and public sectors. The roles of major financial institutions (pension funds, insurance companies, banks) as both suppliers and users of market capital.
FIN 369 Introduction to Technical Analysis 4 cr.
  • Offered: Contact Department
  • Prerequisites: Junior standing or instructor permission.

Technical analysis is used by banks, brokerage houses, investment companies and investors all over the world. This class introduces the student to the history and current state of technical analysis. Students develop a foundation of technical analysis tools that will allow them to analyze financial investments from a perspective of risk, return and timing. Course time is divided between classroom instruction and laboratory experience in the College of Business trading room.

FIN 375 Commercial Insurance 4 cr.
  • Offered: Contact department
  • Prerequisites: FN 324.

Commercial property and liability insurance lines; includes commercial property, business-owners policy, commercial liability, workers’ compensation, professional liability, environmental and aviation liability insurance. Course helps prepare students for the INS 23 national examination administered by the insurance institute of America.

FIN 413 New Venture Finance: Capital Formation and Legal Issues 4 cr.
  • Offered: Fall
  • Prerequisites: FIN 351 or instructor's permission.

Summarizes and ties together the materials presented in the entrepreneurship core of classes. Extends the student’s knowledge in this area through the incorporation of cases based on creating and managing new business ventures; this includes various methods of raising capital for new and growing ventures and a thorough examination of the legal issues involved in such an undertaking.

FIN 433 Insurance Operations 4 cr.
  • Offered: Contact Department
  • Prerequisites: FIN 375 or instructor permission.

Property and casualty insurance company operations; topics include insurance financials, property underwriting, liability underwriting, insurance pricing, liability and property claims; loss control practices, marketing and selling insurance, reinsurance, management, and strategic planning. This course covers the inner workings of the industry.

FIN 450 Estate Planning 4 cr.
  • Offered: Contact department for information.
  • Prerequisites: Junior standing or instructor's permission.

Estate planning principles and techniques as they relate to financial planning. Includes methods of property transfer, estate planning documentation, principles of estate, gift and trust taxation, features and classification of trusts, the use of life insurance in the estate planning process and tools and techniques for general estate planning.

FIN 458 International Financial Management 4 cr.
  • Offered: Contact Department
  • Prerequisites: FIN 351 and junior standing or instructor’s permission.
Financial management of multinational firms including management of international sources of funds, dealing with international exchange, international expansion and investment.
FIN 460 Employee Benefits and Retirement Planning 4 cr.
  • Offered: Contact department for information.
  • Prerequisites: Junior standing or instructor’s permission.

Overview of the types of employee benefits program available to employers for their employees with special emphasis on retirement planning. The course also explores retirement planning for individuals with problems, cases, lectures and discussions.

FIN 462 Investment Analysis 4 cr.
  • Offered: Fall
  • Prerequisites: FIN 351, junior standing or instructor’s permission.
Types of investment securities, bonds, stocks, valuation of common stocks, valuation and grading of bonds and preferred stocks; risks associated with each form of investment. Policies in construction and management of investment portfolio. Current trends and timing of investments.
FIN 463 Portfolio Management 4 cr.
  • Offered: Contact Department
  • Prerequisites: FIN 462, junior standing or instructor's permission.
A theoretical and empirical discussion of the effect of information and investor preference on investment decisions.
FIN 491 Internship in Finance 1-4 cr.
  • Offered: Fall Winter Summer
  • Graded: S/U
  • Prerequisites: Junior standing or instructor's permission.
Professional experience for qualified accounting or finance majors. Working with accounting or other business firms. Written paper required; students evaluated by faculty supervisor in consultation with employer.
FIN 498 Directed Study in Finance 1-4 cr.
  • Offered: Contact Department
  • Prerequisites: Junior standing or instructor's permission.
Independent study of some special problem in accounting or finance under the guidance of a faculty member.
FR 101 Elementary French I 3 cr.  (3-0-0)
  • Offered: Fall

FR 101 is an introduction to the French language and cultures of the people who speak it. Students learn rudimentary "survival" skills such as social pleasantries, shopping, exchanging money, eating in restaurants, talking about family, school and weather.

FR 102 Elementary French II 4 cr.
  • Offered: Winter

FR 102 is a continuation of FR 101. Students add to their proficiency in matters such as those related to health, free time, employment, travel and talking about the past.

Notes:

Students should pass FR 101 with a "C" or better or one year of high school French prior to this course. Students may take the language placement exam for concerns about proper placement. Contact mll@nmu.edu with questions.

FR 200 Fast-Track French 4 cr.
  • Offered: Fall
  • Prerequisites: Previous French experience from outside of NMU, for students who place out of NMU FR 101.

Prepares students for FR 202. Contains French as a second language (ASL) component. All credits can be earned toward French minor or major. FR 200 freshman year, leads to minor in French by sophomore year, and a major by junior year.

FR 201 Intermediate French I 4 cr.
  • Offered: Fall

FR 201 reviews all grammar and major topics from FR 101 and FR 102. This course incorporates more reading, writing and conversation than in first-year courses and explores more matters dealing with French cultures. Students expand their proficiency into areas such as expressing opinions and persuading.

Notes: Students should pass FR 102 with a "C" or better or two years of high school French prior to this course. Students may take the language placement exam for concerns about proper placement. Contact mll@nmu.edu with questions.
FR 202 Intermediate French II 4 cr.
  • Offered: Winter

FR 202 is a continuation of FR 201. Students do considerably more reading and writing than in prior courses. The course expands their cultural and linguistic proficiency.

Notes: Students should pass FR 201 with a "C" or better or three years of high school French prior to this course. Students may take the language placement exam for concerns about proper placement. Contact mll@nmu.edu with questions.
FR 299 Apprenticeship 1-2 cr.
  • Graded: S/U
  • Prerequisites: Written department approval.

Directed apprentice work and activities that require students to use their knowledge of French and develop their competencies in the language. This includes such things as oral expression, appreciation of grammatical structure, proofreading and editing skills, research skills in French, and skills in teaching French to others.

Notes:

May be taken for a maximum of 2 credits.

FR 300 Reading and Writing 4 cr.
  • Offered: Fall

This course teaches essential reading and writing skills in French. Materials consist of French newspapers, magazines, short stories and will prepare students for subsequent upper level courses.

Notes: Students should pass FR 202 with a "C" or better or check with the instructor prior to this course. Students may take the language placement exam for concerns about proper placement. Contact mll@nmu.edu with questions.