Finance BS

Herberger Business School Core Objectives:

1: Students will be effective written and oral communicators.

1.1: Students will communicate effectively in writing using appropriate content, organization, expression, and mechanics.

1.2: Students will make an effective business presentation.

2: Students will be competent problem solvers.

2.1: Students will prepare and defend an effective solution to a business case or problem.

3: Students will be effective collaborators.

3.1: Students will effectively contribute to the completion of group tasks.

4: Students will be competent in the business core.

4.1: Students will demonstrate understanding of and apply core disciplinary concepts in business.

4.2: Students will recognize ethical problems and present defensible ethical solutions.

4.3: Students will apply global perspectives to business situations.

Major Objectives:

1: Describe different types of investment instruments and understand financial markets including, but not limited to, trading procedures and strategies.

2: Understand basic financial ratios and statements and apply valuation techniques to value financial and real assets.

3: Estimate cost of capital and evaluate projects using capital budgeting decision tools and various financing strategies.

4: Describe risk-management techniques.