BBA

Prerequisite: FINU 305.

This course will examine the applications of financial theories and concepts including capital structure, capital budgeting, forecasting, working capital management, and lease/buy decisions. Analysis of firms will utilize the cash flow model, as well as exploring whether the company should undertake a capital budgeting project.

Prerequisite: FINU 305.

This is a basic finance course discussing various aspects of the U.S financial system, including consideration of monetary standards, the organization and functioning of both depository institutions and the Federal Reserve System. Issues related to the money supply, interest rates, and asset prices are emphasized. Recent banking conditions and trends in financial institutions are also emphasized.

Prerequisite: FINU 305.

Students explore the simultaneous management of multiple securities, using statistical and other mathematical tools. Topics covered include: risk and return, allocation of risky assets, setting portfolio objectives and strategy, portfolio optimization, risk crafting, and portfolio performance evaluation. Through investment tools, projects, and readings, students will explore investment and portfolio theory and practice.

Prerequisites: ACCU 201 and ACCU 202.

This course examines the federal income tax consequences of individuals and property transactions. Included is the history and development of the federal income tax system, the tax implications on influencing personal and business behavior, and the dispute resolution process.

Prerequisite: FINU 305.

This course examines investment and financing instruments, markets, and tactics of international finance. Topics include international monetary systems and organizations, foreign exchange rate determination and exposure management decisions, international transaction and translation management, foreign direct investment, international financial markets, institutions and banking. Not offered 2024-2025.

This course addresses issues related to financing small business enterprises and entrepreneurial ventures. Various sources of financing are examined: commercial banks, venture capital, angels, and government financing. In addition, collateralizing the firm’s assets for financing, such as inventory and receivables financing, equipment financing, and real estate financing, is discussed. The Initial Public Offer (IPO) process is examined as a means for emerging enterprises to access public capital markets.

This course introduces students to the organization, structure, and components of health services delivery systems in the United States. It fosters a multidimensional understanding of how the healthcare system functions, how it has evolved, and how it compares to other countries. Students will examine issues about the population health in a particular state, and examine the use of location intelligence and geospatial data in healthcare. Trends and challenges associated with the healthcare system are explored and discussed in an engaging forum.

This course introduces the basic concepts and applications of healthcare funding, insurance, managed care, payments and reimbursement, costs and prices in healthcare, and the revenue cycle management. It covers comprehensive basic principles and applications of healthcare finance that are used by healthcare managers including the related regulatory and legal issues.

This course provides students with a system’s look at hospital organizations and operations management. Students apply concepts and methods of operations management to health care organizational setting in real-life scenarios. Topics include process workflow improvement and patient flow, productivity, scheduling and capacity management, and supply chain strategies for hospitals and healthcare.

The focus of this course is on data and information governance, electronic health records, data integrity, security and confidentiality, and coding. Emphasis is also placed on information technology that supports the delivery of services, including the collection, storage, retrieval, and communication of data, information systems safeguards, and ethical and legal issues.

This course explains the basic principles and techniques of quality management in healthcare. Students will learn strategic approaches to exceeding patient expectations through application of performance improvements tools and practices; and through compliance with established internal and external standards, set by the organization, private and governmental agencies.

Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of team dynamics to organizational effectiveness, productivity, and communication within an organization.