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MGT 120 Personal Finance
A survey of the financial decisions encountered in managing personal and family financial affairs. Topics will include budgeting, housing decisions, auto leasing, personal loans and credit card debt, managing risk through home, health, auto and life insurance, legal protection, taxes, investments and savings for retirement.

MGT 353 Financial Management
Introduction to the two major decisions faced by the finance manager: financing (raising cash) and capital budgeting (investing cash). A focus on cash flow based decision-making including time value of money, the relationship between risk and return, the cost of capital, capital structure, and leverage. This course includes writing instruction that partially fulfills the writing requirement.

MGT 365 Investments
Analysis of the investment environment, instruments, markets, and institutional aids for purposes of formulating broad personal investment programs.

ACCTG 110 Intro to Accounting
A course specifically for students who have had no prior study, at any level, of bookkeeping or accounting. All aspects of the accounting cycle are covered.

ACCTG 250 Acctg for Decision Making
This course examines the central role of accountants in the decision-making process of an organization. Topics include internal control, fraud prevention, capital investment analysis, mergers and acquisitions, business strategy, and compliance reporting.

ACCTG 358 Managerial Cost Accounting
Advanced course in managerial accounting focusing on cost accumulation and allocation methods in the manufacturing environment, including activity based costing (ABC). Advanced topics include statistical cost estimation, flexible budgeting, standard costing, inventory valuation, capacity analysis, pricing, variance analysis, performance measurement, strategic analysis, and continuous improvement methods.

Paideia 450 Society, Business and Ethics
This course examines how commercial life and ethical life intersect. We will be reading texts from many economic, social and ethical theorists, which will provide us with a variety of structures and concepts for understanding how human beings interact and how they can live well together. These theories will also be brought to bear in analyzing specific cases of ethical issues in economic relationships. In addition, based on research groups, students will give a class presentation on the ethical issues highlighted by a specific case, facilitating discussion and reflection upon the ethical decision-making involved in the case.