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  • FIN 3220: Risk Management and Insurance

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing. Pre- or Corequisite(s): FIN 3060. Examines risk management and insurance planning for individual clients as well as employers of small corporations. Teaches the development of risk management and insurance plans with economic and behavioral theory. Uses a case study approach to apply and integrate the material. Emphasizes evaluation of financial alternatives. Provides learning activities that facilitate growth and development in written and oral communication skills.
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  • FIN 3400: Investment Management

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): FIN 3100 and University Advanced Standing. Overviews the field of investments. Introduces stocks, bonds, put and call options, commodity and financial futures. Emphasizes both theory and practical aspects of investment management. Includes security valuation, market hypothesis, capital asset pricing, strategies of portfolio construction, performance measures, and risk/return relationships.. Lab access fee of $13 for computers applies.
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  • FIN 3410: Introduction to Venture Capital Skills

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing, FIN 3100 strongly recommended.. Uses cases, supplemented with classroom instruction, to illustrate the various forms of financing a company can obtain. Provides insight into identifying and assessing investable opportunities using both qualitative and quantitative methods. Prepares students for more advanced coursework in venture capital and for professional roles after graduation in venture capital and private equity.
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  • FIN 3420R: Wolverine Fund

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): FIN 3410, Instructor Approval and University Advanced Standing, FIN 3100 strongly recommended.. Provides a hands-on learning experience in venture capital. Provides opportunity alongside syndicate partners for investment of Wolverine Fund monies in current venture capital deals. Uses evaluation methods including market, cash flow and hybrid methods, as well as various data sources, to analyze a company's financial statements and predict future growth. Builds skill in constructing basic financial models and forecasting to evaluate the investable nature of a business. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits toward graduation.
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  • FIN 4020: Enterprise Risk Management

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): FIN 3100, MGMT 2340, and University Advanced Standing. Introduces the risks and exposures to loss which affect businesses and non-profit entities. Includes pure, financial, operational, and strategic risk. Emphasizes data collection, analysis, and evaluation methods. Provides an in-depth examination of risk management program objectives and goals. Provides the tools for identification and treatment.
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  • FIN 4040: Business Law for Insurance Professionals

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing. Introduces the fundamentals of insurance law. Provides an in-depth examination of the definition of insurance, risk and the nature of the insurance relationship, insurable interests, indemnity, fortuity, and subrogation. Studies the coordination of benefits, interpretation of policies, rights at variance with policy provisions, contract formation, warranties, misrepresentation and concealment, conditions, agents and brokers, insurance regulation, and introduction to insurance coverage.
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  • FIN 4050: Commercial Property Risk Management and Insurance

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing. Introduces commercial property risk management, with an emphasis on risk control, risk financing, and using insurance as an essential component of an enterprise risk management program. Provides an in-depth examination of risk assessment, loss prevention, and the treatment of risk and insurance in the areas of commercial property, loss of business income, cyber risk, and equipment breakdown.
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  • FIN 4060: Commercial Liability Risk Management and Insurance

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing. Introduces business liability exposures to risk and loss arising from negligence and/or other legal doctrines. Examines insurance as an essential component of an enterprise risk management program. Provides an in-depth examination of risk assessment, loss prevention, and treatment of risk in the areas of general liability, business auto, worker's compensation, cyber risk, and management and professional liability.
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  • FIN 4100: Management of Financial Institutions

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): FIN 3100 and University Advanced Standing. Studies the U.S. financial system and its primary institutions and markets. Includes the role of the Federal Reserve System, American and international financial markets. Explores the impact of monetary policy on financial institutions and financial intermediation. Presents the term structure of interest rates, money, capital and mortgage markets, and management of thrift institutions and insurance companies.. Lab access fee of $13 for computers applies.
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  • FIN 4160: Portfolio Management

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): FIN 3400 and University Advanced Standing. Pre- or Corequisite(s): MGMT 3345. Examines portfolio theory and applied techniques used in selecting appropriate securities and managing the risk and return of a portfolio, with a focus on meeting investment objectives. Considers both stock and bond portfolios, and includes discussion of market efficiency, diversification, measurement of risk and of performance, bond duration and portfolio immunization, advanced bond pricing principles, bond swaps, term structure of interest rates, asset allocation, and portfolio hedging strategies.
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