BSAD 238 | Intro To Paralegal Studies | Designed to provide an introduction to the present and potential role of the legal assistant within our legal system. The student will be introduced to the operation of the court structure and the tasks handled by paralegals within this structure., Introduction to legal research and office computers as well as ethical obligations of the Legal Assistant will be emphasized. A prerequisite for all other Legal Business Studies courses. | Col of Business Admin |
BSAD 239 | Family Law | In-depth study of all of the area of family law encountered by a legal assistant. Includes divorce, custody, child and spousal support, adoptions, termination of parental rights, and abuse of family members. Students learn both substantive law and procedure. Includes the creation of legal pleadings in the family law area. Prerequisite: BSAD 240. Biennially, Fall Semester at Venango. | Col of Business Admin |
BSAD 240 | Legal Environment I | Surveys law and society. Orients students to the judicial systems of the United States and the legal remedies and mechanisms at their disposal. Compares and contrasts both civil and equitable court functions through the illustrations of common law co,"ntracts, torts, criminal law, property law, and the administration of decedents' estates. Each semester at Clarion Campus. Fall annually at Venango. | Col of Business Admin |
BSAD 241 | Legal Environ II | Applies concepts explored in BSAD 240, Legal Environment I, in a business context. Emphasizes general substantive business law topics; i.e.: agency, partnerships, corporations, sales, negotiable instruments, and real property. Prerequisite: BSAD 240. Each semester at Clarion Campus. Spring, annually at Venango. | Col of Business Admin |
BSAD 242 | Methods Of Legal Resrch | Students learn the traditional legal research materials and brief writing techniques, including use of digests and citators. Emphasizes legal research in the area of administrative law. Prerequisite: BSAD 240. Spring, annually, Venango only. | Col of Business Admin |
BSAD 243 | Wills, Trusts & Estates | Provides instruction regarding the administration of the probate estate as well as necessary documentation and filing requirements. Students gain understanding of various laws governing transfer of property at death as well as tax consequences of suc,"h a transfer. Students also study creation of trusts and transfers during life. Concepts are applied to the actual drafting of wills, trusts, codicils, and ancillary documents. Prerequisite: BSAD 240. Biennially, Fall Semester at Venango. | Col of Business Admin |
BSAD 244 | Administrative Law | In-depth study of various administrative law topics. Familiarizes students with statutes and regulations supporting Social Security, unemployment compensation, and workmen's compensation. Involves study of judicial precedent and mock hearing practice. Prerequisite: BSAD 240. Biennially, Spring Semester at Venango. | Col of Business Admin |
BSAD 246 | Civil Litigation | In-depth study of various court procedures, including discovery, that the legal assistant will use in supporting an attorney during litigation. Familiarizes students with the rules of court, including both criminal and civil practice. Instructs legal assistants on how to prepare various court documents. Prerequisite: BSAD 240. Offered at Venango. | Col of Business Admin |
BSAD 247 | Real Estate Law For Para | Includes estates in land, property sales contracts, deed preparation, title abstracts, searching courthouse records, adverse possession, easements, judgments and liens, tax sales, and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act. Students learn to complete all necessary documents involved in all real estate transactions and to prepare all histories of title so that the attorney may certify the title and complete closing. Prerequisite: BSAD 240. Biannually, Spring Semester at Venango. | Col of Business Admin |
BSAD 248 | Legal Writing | Detailed study of the various writing tasks performed by a legal assistant. Students become proficient at writing pleadings, trial briefs, appellate briefs, legal memoranda, demand letters, and informational requests. Familiarizes students with various briefing techniques and rules of style. Explores the required briefing forms of various courts and administrative appeal agencies. Prerequisites: BSAD 240 and 242. Fall, annually at Venango. | Col of Business Admin |
BSAD 249 | Field Experience | | Col of Business Admin |
BSAD 250 | Criminal Law And Procedure | An introduction to the procedures and practice of criminal law. This course will examine the development of law and an analysis of the criminal system bureaucracy, including punishment, courts and police. This course shall survey the system from the initial contact with the offender through prosecution, sentencing and release to the community. | Col of Business Admin |
BSAD 340 | Environmental Law | A study of environmental law and policy in the United States. Explores the method in which business entities and environmental organization--government and nongovernment--achieve compliance. Focuses on case law providing legal remedies for environmen,"tal torts and crimes. Prerequisite: BSAD 240. Spring, annually. | Col of Business Admin |
BSAD 540 | Legal Env & Eth Conduct In Bus | This course is design to provide the MBA student with an understanding of the concepts and issues related to the management of legal, ethical and social responsibilities of business organizations. Students learn the basic tools needed to manage a business in the legal environment in which it operates, to recognize and respond to ethical problems and social responsibilities of business, and to understand their personal responsibilities as business managers. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. | Col of Business Admin |
FIN 170 | Intro To Finance | Introduces students to the rudiments of finance and elementary financial decision making. Surveys the basics of investments, financial management, and financial markets and institutions. No prerequisites. Annually. | Col of Business Admin |
FIN 370 | Financial Management | Examines the acquisition, management, and analysis of short-term and long-term funds both in the domestic and international environment. Emphasizes financial analysis, time value of money and valuation of securities, working capital management, capital budgeting under certainty and uncertainty, risk and return, cost of capital, and the optimal capital structure. Prerequisites: ECON 212 and ACTG 252. Each semester. | Col of Business Admin |
FIN 371 | Interm Finance | In-depth study of corporate financial issues that face today's financial manager. Students learn to incorporate risk into capital budgeting decisions; study mergers and acquisitions; analyze bankruptcies, reorganizations, and lease financing; and study other advanced financial issues prevalent in today's domestic and multinational corporations. Prerequisite: FIN 370. Annually. | Col of Business Admin |
FIN 373 | Fund Of Insurance | A study of the concept of risk management and the several methods for handling risks. Emphasizes insurance as transfer method. Discusses fundamental principles of insurance, insurance as a contract, and the insurance policy, including property and liability coverage, life and health, and social insurance. Annually. | Col of Business Admin |
FIN 374 | Prop/Casualty Ins | In-depth study of property and liability risk exposures, personal and commercial lines, production, underwriting, claims, ratemaking, and loss control functions as well as regulations of insurance. Prerequisite: FIN 373. Spring, annually. | Col of Business Admin |
FIN 375 | Mgmt Finan Inst | Descriptive analysis of the operations of financial institutions, such as commercial banks, savings banks, insurance companies. Examines techniques and principles involved in the management of financial institutions. Prerequisites: ECON 211 and FIN 370. Annually. | Col of Business Admin |
FIN 376 | Investments | Examines investment goals and the current environment for investments, including the nature of the investment process and securities markets; analysis of risk and return, especially as it applies to common stocks, preferred stocks, and bonds; introduction to portfolio management and portfolio theory. Prerequisite: FIN 370. Fall, annually. | Col of Business Admin |
FIN 377 | Medical Care Fin | The role of a financial manager in the health care setting. A study of the theoretical and analytical procedures involved in medical fund raising, capital budgeting, expense analysis, rate structuring, and hospital asset management as well as other financial abilities required in the operation and planning of modern health care facilities. Prerequisite: FIN 370. Offered on demand. | Col of Business Admin |
FIN 378 | Personal Finance For Bus Maj | This course will contain a review of each of the major segments of personal financial planning, including the financial planning process, insurance policies and strategies, risk management, investment vehicles, tax planning strategies retirement plans and employee benefits, and estate planning, as they apply to business and information science majors. This course is not available for Personal Financial Planning majors. Prerequisite: Junior standing. Once annually. | Col of Business Admin |
FIN 399 | Special Topics | Presents various current topics in finance theory and practice. Covers different topics from year to year, as subjects of importance are identified. Prerequisite: FIN 370. On demand. | Col of Business Admin |
FIN 463 | Tax Planning | Acquaints students with tax planning techniques that can be used to accomplish an individual's financial goals. Enables students to suggest actions that fit the individual's financial priorities based on an understanding of financial position, cash flow and income, gift and estate tax matters. Prerequisite: ACTG 353. | Col of Business Admin |
FIN 471 | Financial Problems | Capstone course challenges students to integrate and synthesize, through case methods, their knowledge in finance. Emphasizes corporate finance in application of theoretical underpinning, but some cases also will deal with investments, financial institutions, and markets. Prerequisite: FIN 371. | Col of Business Admin |
FIN 473 | Retrmnt Est Plan | An overview of individual income taxation, including an in-depth look at pensions, profit sharing, and other deferred compensation plans, estates, trusts, and applicable tax laws. Prerequisite: FIN 463. Once annually. | Col of Business Admin |
FIN 474 | Personal Financial Planning | Capstone course requires that students apply through case studies, written reports, and presentations each of the major segments of personal financial planning including the financial planning process, ethical and professional considerations of financial planning, insurance policies and strategies, risk management, investment vehicles, tax planning strategies, retirement plans and employee benefits, and estate planning. Students are encouraged to complete the other courses within the Personal Financial Planning major prior to or contemporaneous with completion of this course. Prerequisite: FIN 370. Spring, annually.| | Col of Business Admin |
FIN 476 | Portfolio Theory & Mgmt | Examines modern portfolio theory and its application to investment strategies; study of options and future markets; investigation of market efficiency. Prerequisite: FIN 376. Annually | Col of Business Admin |
FIN 480 | Multinational Finance | Examines the theory and practice of financial management in the multinational firms. Focuses on important differences between domestic and international financial decision-making. Prerequisite: FIN 370. | Col of Business Admin |
FIN 500 | Financial Management | Examines the acquisition, management, and analysis of short-term and long-term funds both in the domestic and international environment. Emphasizes financial analysis, time value of money and valuation of securities, working capital management, capital budgeting under certainty and uncertainty, risk and return, cost of capital, and the optimal capital structure. | Col of Business Admin |
FIN 570 | Managerial Finance | A study of financial management approaches to evaluating complex alternatives for using available resources in both a domestic and a multinational context. Prerequisites: ACTG 252, FIN 370. | Col of Business Admin |
FIN 671 | Fin Theory & Pract | A case-study approach to the theory and practice of corporate financial issues which must be addressed by a financial manager. Emphasis will be placed on capital budgeting decisions under varying circumstances and theoretical corporate financial conc,erns. Prerequisite: FIN 570. | Col of Business Admin |
FIN 676 | Investment Mgmt | A study of the structure and management of investment portfolios. Various types of investments are examined in terms of their risk elements and the purposes they serve. | Col of Business Admin |
RE 270 | Real Estate Fund | Introduces the broad area of real estate. Lays foundation of important principles for in-depth study. First in a two-sequence course (with RE 271) required to fulfill the educational requirement for licensure as a real estate salesperson in the state, of Pennsylvania. Each semester. | Col of Business Admin |
RE 271 | Real Estate Practice | Introduces the practice of real estate brokerage, real estate appraisal, real estate finance, and real estate investments. Second in a two-sequence course (with RE 270) required to fulfill the educational requirement for licensure as a real estate salesperson in the state of Pennsylvania. Prerequisite: RE 270. Annually. | Col of Business Admin |
RE 372 | Real Estate Law | Covers the legal relationships and legal instruments used in the practice of real estate. Prerequisite: RE 270. Annually. | Col of Business Admin |
RE 373 | Real Estate Finance | A study of the methods of financing the purchase of real estate. Prerequisite or co-requisite: RE 271 or FIN 370. Annually. | Col of Business Admin |
RE 374 | Real Estate Mktg & Brokerage | Examines real estate marketing and brokerage management. Topics include the regulatory environment, marketing, advertising, sales management, and personal selling. Prerequisite or Co-requisite: RE 271 or permission of Instructor. Offered biennially. | Col of Business Admin |
RE 470 | Residential Real Est App | Introduces the principles of real estate appraisal. Focuses primarily upon those appraisal techniques and analyses which concern the estimation of the value of residential and commercial properties. Prerequisite or co-requisite: RE 271. Offered bienn,ially. | Col of Business Admin |
RE 471 | Real Estate Market & Invest An | Provides the necessary background to evaluate prospective real estate investment analysis. Examines both financial and non-financial aspects of investing in real property including risk, market analysis, portfolio impacts, and income taxation consequences. Prerequisites: RE 271. Offered biennially. | Col of Business Admin |
RE 472 | Income Prop Appraisal | Provides advanced instruction in income property appraisal. Addresses the techniques and analysis necessary to estimate the value of an income producing property. Prerequisite: RE 470. Offered on demand. | Col of Business Admin |
RE 475 | Real Estate Mgmt | Provides instruction in the management of real property. Examines the maintenance, operation, and marketing of real estate. Prerequisite or co-requisite: RE 271. Offered biennially. | Col of Business Admin |