2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived]

Financial Services Learning Outcomes


Outcome 1
1.1 Students will identify the operations and structure of different financial institutions.
 
Foundational Studies 3: Apply knowledge and skills within and across the fundamental ways of knowing (natural sciences, social and behavioral sciences, arts and humanities, mathematics, and history.
Outcome 2
2.1 Students will be able to describe various types of insurance contracts and their uses in financial services.
 
Foundational Studies 2: Critically evaluate the ideas of others.
Foundational Studies 3: Apply knowledge and skills within and across the fundamental ways of knowing (natural sciences, social and behavioral sciences, arts and humanities, mathematics, and history.
Outcome 3
3.1 Students will be able to describe clients’ dispositions toward risk and identify appropriate strategies to pursue.
 
Foundational Studies 1: Locate, critically read, and evaluate information to solve problems.
Foundational Studies 2: Critically evaluate the ideas of others.
Foundational Studies 3: Apply knowledge and skills within and across the fundamental ways of knowing (natural sciences, social and behavioral sciences, arts and humanities, mathematics, and history.
Foundational Studies 8: Demonstrate an understanding of the ethical implications of decisions and actions.
Outcome 4
4.1 Students will be able to apply time value of money techniques in the valuation of securities.
 
Foundational Studies 1: Locate, critically read, and evaluate information to solve problems.
Outcome 5
5.1 Students will be able to perform financial statement analysis.
 
Foundational Studies 1: Locate, critically read, and evaluate information to solve problems.
Foundational Studies 2: Critically evaluate the ideas of others.
Foundational Studies 3: Apply knowledge and skills within and across the fundamental ways of knowing (natural sciences, social and behavioral sciences, arts and humanities, mathematics, and history.
Outcome 6
6.1 Students will be able to assess risk and return for assets and portfolios.
 
Foundational Studies 2: Critically evaluate the ideas of others.
Foundational Studies 3: Apply knowledge and skills within and across the fundamental ways of knowing (natural sciences, social and behavioral sciences, arts and humanities, mathematics, and history.
Outcome 7
7.1 Students are able to identify the factors that affect interest rates and evaluate relationships between the prices of securities and interest rates.
 
Foundational Studies 1: Locate, critically read, and evaluate information to solve problems.
Foundational Studies 3: Apply knowledge and skills within and across the fundamental ways of knowing (natural sciences, social and behavioral sciences, arts and humanities, mathematics, and history.
Outcome 8
8.1 Students will have an understanding of ethical issues and ethical decision making as it applies to managing organizations.
 
Foundational Studies 2: Critically evaluate the ideas of others.
Foundational Studies 3: Apply knowledge and skills within and across the fundamental ways of knowing (natural sciences, social and behavioral sciences, arts and humanities, mathematics, and history.
Foundational Studies 8: Demonstrate an understanding of the ethical implications of decisions and actions.
Foundational Studies 10: Express themselves effectively, professionally, and persuasively both orally and in writing.