Fundamental concepts of employee benefits in relation to pertinent legislation, modern management techniques, and financial constraints that affect the formulation and implementaion of a benefit plan.

Prerequisites:

FINA 100 or FINA 362

Examination of the fundamentals of the insurance industry; the risk management process; and commercial insurance exposures and policies including commercial property, general liability, and workers' compensation.

Examination of personal insurance exposures and policies including auto, health, home and life.

This course introduces concepts and skills in unsupervised data mining, prescriptive analytics, and an introduction to unstructured data analytics (text). Students will learn basic coding in R, Python, database management using SQL, and visualization with Tableau.

Prerequisites:

FINA 375

Fundamental principles: valuation, brokerage, financing, law, property management, land descriptions and basic investment.

Prerequisites:

FINA 100 or FINA 362

Trading practices and procedures utilizing these contracts in hedging and risk management policies for business.

Prerequisites:

FINA 362

Fundamental concepts of commercial bank management: banking trends and performance evaluations. Managing the balance sheet and evaluating loan requests.

Prerequisites:

FINA 362

The course provides a comprehensive discussion of debt securities. It discusses salient features of different debt securities, techniques used to value different types of bonds, measures of interest rate risk, asset-backed securities, fundamentals of credit analysis, modeling credit risk, the term structure of interest rates, the arbitrage-free valuation framework for debt securities, and the role of debt securities in a portfolio.

Prerequisites:

FINA 362

Study tours are led by Minnesota State University, Mankato faculty and provide students with opportunities to visit companies and attend lectures by renowned experts from key sectors of economy, government, and business.

Prerequisites:

Permission Required

Students are responsible for generating investment ideas consistent with the Maverick Fund Investment Policy Statement. Coreq: FINA 460

Prerequisites:

FINA 362.

Supervised experience in business, industry, state or federal institutions.

Prerequisites:

Permission Required

Supervised experience in business, industry, state or federal institutions.

Prerequisites:

Permission Required

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Prerequisites:

Permission Required

An introduction, within a cultural context, to the basic skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing.

Goal Areas:

GE-08

An introduction, within a cultural context, to the basic skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. Prereq: FREN 101 or equivalent

Prerequisites:

FREN 101 or equivalent

Goal Areas:

GE-08

Grammar review, oral practice, written composition and development of reading and listening skills within a cultural context. Prereq: One year university French or equivalent

Prerequisites:

One year university French or equivalent

Goal Areas:

GE-08

Grammar review, oral practice, written composition and development of reading and listening skills within a cultural context. Prereq: FREN 201 or equivalent

Prerequisites:

FREN 201 or equivalent

Goal Areas:

GE-08

Visits to the major churches, cathedrals, castles, monuments, museums and neighborhoods in and around Paris. Prereq: FREN 101, 102, or equivalent

Prerequisites:

FREN 101, FREN 102, or equivalent

Practice in intermediate-level conversational skills. Prereq: FREN 101, 102, or equivalent

Prerequisites:

FREN 101, FREN 102, or equivalent

Introduction to contemporary French civilization. Prereq: FREN 101, 102, or equivalent

Prerequisites:

FREN 101, FREN 102, or equivalent

Preparation for study in France.

Systematic development of conversational idiom and vocabulary. Intensive work on pronunciation. May be taken by majors and minors up to three times. Prereq: FREN 201, 202, or equivalent

Prerequisites:

FREN 201, FREN 202, or equivalent

This course explores a wide range of cultural topics such as race, gender, human rights, social conflict, mythology, imaginary worlds, etc. Topics vary every semester and will be explored from a global perspective involving at least 4 cultures (e.g. Dakota, German, Francophone, Scandinavian, Hispanic, Lusophone, etc.). The course is taught in English through the lens of literary and cultural criticism with a focus on French and Francophone studies, and exposes students to international and diverse points of view that prepare them to be global citizens.

Goal Areas:

GE-06, GE-08

Diverse Cultures:

Purple

Topics will vary. Study for credit must be approved by the department prior to departure. Prereq: FREN 101, 102, or equivalent

Prerequisites:

FREN 101, FREN 102, or equivalent