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        a strategic overview, HR ethical, legal   opportunities are made available                            objective of the course is to provide   Bachelor             FIN 303 - Risk Management and
        and social considerations, staffing,   to review values, competencies   Concentration Electives       the students with an opportunity to                          Insurance
        human resource development,   and skills that will contribute to the                                  examine more business functions in   of Business             Credit hours: 3
        compensation and benefits, safety   leadership development process.                                   greater details through linking and                          Prerequisites: FIN 200
        and health, employee labour                                  MGT 401 - Organization Theory            applying their acquired academic   Administration
        relations, global considerations for   MGT 399-I Internship in   & Design                             knowledge in a real-life professional                        This course will present risk
        HRM.                          Management                                                              setting. Second, students will have   with                   exposures with regard to the
                                      Credit hours:3                 Credit hours:3                           a unique chance to enhance their                             individual and the firm. A wide variety
        MGT 314 - Entrepreneurship    Prerequisites: Consent of      Prerequisites: MGT 255                   soft and technical skills through                            of techniques for reducing risk
        Management                    Department                     This course will expose students         the involvement in various activities   Concentration in     exposure will be studied including
        Credit hours:3                This course focuses on getting the   to the evaluation of organization   related to their majors under the                           life, property and casualty insurance.
        Prerequisites: MGT 255                                                                                guidance of their academic and   Finance                     In addition, the course will examine
                                      student practically involved in the   theory, and the contribution of                                                                the problems faced by insurers,
        This course is designed to give   day-to-day business events in a   different schools of thought to   on-site mentors for a relatively                             such as re-insurance and investment
        students the opportunity to   relevant, modern and automated   the development of classical           longer period of time.  In addition,   Concentration         policy.
        investigate the context and nature   organization. The student will follow   and contemporary theoretical   witnessing many initiatives and   Requirements
        of entrepreneurship.  It exposes   a well-planned course of action   perspectives. The topics of      outcomes unfold at the workplace,                            FIN 304 - Management of
        students to detailed descriptions   during the period of training. The   bureaucracy, power and politics,   would help the students in having                      Financial Institutions
        and analytical study of the   plan will be devised jointly by the   organizational structures, technology,   a better perception about their   FIN 301 - Managerial Finance  Credit hours: 3
        internal and external business   site- supervisor and the college   organizational change and the     own career choices.  Subsequently,   Credit hours: 3         Prerequisites: FIN 200
        environment.  Actual case studies   –supervisor. The course will be   concept of “learning organizations”   the combined practical experience   Prerequisites: FIN 200 + ECO 201
        and entrepreneurial profiles   a breakthrough in exposing the   will receive special attention. The   gained in the two consecutive                                This course will present both
        are utilized to help illustrate the   students to the professional work   application of organization theory to   internship courses would enhance   This course will focus on a study of   theoretical and practical aspects
        elements of successful and not-so-  culture and conduct of business   management issues will be stressed   the students’ readiness to compete   the techniques used by the financial   of decision making in financial
        successful ventures. This subject   complexities.            in the course.                           for good job opportunities right after   manager in planning and controlling   institutions. The primary focus will be
        offers the rules, the roadmap, and   MGT 399-P - Project in   MGT 499 - Special Topics in             graduation.                   the acquisition and use of funds to   on commercial bank management.
        the reasoning how to bring creative   Management             Management                                                             maximize the value of the firm. Topics   Major topics will include asset/
        business ideas out of mind into                                                                                                     covered will include cash budgeting,   liability and capital management,
        being.                        Credit hours:3                 Credit hours:3                                                         ratio analysis, capital budgeting,   credit evaluation, lending policies and
                                      Prerequisites: Consent of      Prerequisites: Consent of                                              forecasting techniques, project   practices, liquidity management, bank
        MGT422 - Management and       Department                     Department                                                             evaluation, financial leverage, risk and   performance evaluation, investment
        Leadership Development        This course provides students with   This course is designed to give                                  the cost and the cost of capital.  banking, investment portfolio
        Credit hours:3                an opportunity to conduct original   students an opportunity to                                                                      management and international
        Prerequisites: MGT 255        business research projects on   learn about current issues and                                        FIN 302 - Financial Statements   banking. This course will also present
        This course provides the student with   subject that are of interests to them   developments in the field of                        Analysis                       a broad survey of the institutions in
                                                                                                                                                                           banking and the capital markets. The
                                                                                                                                            Credit hours: 3
        a detailed overview of contemporary   under the guidance of an assigned   Management that is not ordinarily                         Prerequisites: FIN 200         business economics component will
        leadership theory and practice   faculty supervisor. Students have   dealt with elsewhere in the BBA                                                               examine the interactions between
        and considers the nature of   the opportunity to conduct business   curriculum.  Topics offered will                                The aim of the course is to introduce   the Central Bank, the banking
        leadership in today’s organizational   research and gather relevant data,   depend on special faculty expertise                     students to the basic approaches   industry and international financial
        context. Leadership is compared   to integrate and apply knowledge   in particular areas within the major.                          to financial statement analysis.   institutions in the implementation
        to management and the theories   and skills learned in preceding   While the topics covered can vary                                The course covers the analysis,   of monetary policy and its effect
        of leadership are considered as   courses. The students are expected   each semester the course is offered,                         interpretation, and evaluation of   on economic activity. The finance
        an evolutionary process from trait   to move beyond mere examination of   a student is not supposed to have                         financial statements. Financial   component will focus on the
        theory to contingency approaches.    secondary sources and to investigate   more than one Special Topics in                         statement analysis (FSA) is an applied   instruments and participants in the
        Leadership is examined as both   primary and documentary sources.   Management course listed in his/her                             tool, one must be able to apply as   capital markets. The emphasis will be
        a relationship process and as an   The course is meant to reinforce the   transcript.                                               well as understand it. FSA involves a   on the characteristics, behavior, and
        opportunity to shape an organization   learning process by doing business   MGT 488  - Internship II in                             comparison of a firm’s performance   evolution of these markets.
        that is capable of dealing with   research practically, reporting and   Management                                                  with that of others in the same line
        the growing public interest in   presenting business projects results                                                               of business. The analysis is used to   FIN 399-I - Internship in Finance
        sustainability.               in a formal manner.            Credit hours:3                                                         determine the financial position in   Credit hours: 3
                                                                     Prerequisites: MGT399 + Consent of                                     order to identify current strengths
        The course also offers students                              Department                                                             and weaknesses, the projected   Prerequisites: Consent of
        a potential for self-assessment                                                                                                     profile and to suggest actions that   Department
        and leadership development. The                              This course provides the opportunity                                   might enable the enterprise to take   This course focuses on getting the
        essence of leadership development                            of an extended internship to the                                       advantages of its strengths and to   student practically involved in the
        is self-awareness and a number of                            business students to gain additional                                                                  day-to-day business events in a
                                                                     months of experience.  The first                                       put remedies in place to attend to its
                                                                                                                                            problems.                      relevant, modern and automated

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