Fayetteville State University
Department: Finance Economics Entrepreneurship and Marketing
Program: Finance Economics Entrepreneurship and Marketing
Course Descriptions
Course Descriptions
ECON 200 (3-3-0) Entrepreneurship and the
Economy: An Internet survey course designed
to teach students the decision making skills
necessary to negotiate their roles as consumers,
savers, investors, voters, and above all, as
productive citizens in a global setting. The
course also emphasizes the practical aspect of
economics and examines the microeconomic
(individual) and the macroeconomic (aggregate)
implications of decision making.
ECON 211 (3-3-0) Principles of
Macroeconomics: An examination of the basic
concepts and principles of macroeconomics and
their application to current domestic and
international issues.
Prerequisite: MATH 123
ECON 212 (3-3-0) Principles of
Macroeconomics: An introduction to the
subject of economics, with emphasis on
microeconomic principles and their application
to business decision making and current
Course Objectives
Artifacts/Evidence
domestic and global issues.
Prerequisite: MATH 123
ECON 301 (3-3-0) Entrepreneurship and
New Venture Creation: Using applied
economics and business principles, this course
focuses on issues that face entrepreneurs who
start new enterprises or create new ventures
within existing firms. The topics covered in the
course include the evaluation of new venture
ideas; the planning, formulation and
implementation of strategies for creating new
ventures and finally the evaluation of economic
conditions and the financing of new ventures.
Prerequisite: ECON 212 And ACCT 211
ECON 310 (3-3-0) Managerial Economics:
An in-depth study of the managerial decisionmaking process and its tools, including such
topics as forecasting demand, cost analysis,
pricing, capital budgeting, and risk and
uncertainty.
Prerequisite: ECON 211 And ECON 212 And
MATH 140
ECON 460 (3-3-0) Seminar in
Entrepreneurship and New Venture
Creation: Study and analysis of contemporary
issues and entrepreneurship and the creation of
new ventures: The issues covered in the course
may include the economic theory of
entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial opportunities
and risks caused by economic change, the role
of creativity and innovation in the economy,
entrepreneurial strategy, the identification of
new venture opportunities, and case studies of
entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial ventures.
FINC 311 (3-3-0) Principles of Finance: A
course in basic financial management, including
the study of the nature of financial management,
financial analysis, working capital management,
and long-term investment decisions.
Prerequisite: ACCT 211 And (ECON 211 Or
ECON 212)
FINC 320 (3-3-0) Financial Management: A
continuation of FINC 311 emphasizing the use
of analytical tools dealing with capital
budgeting, capital structure, dividend policy,
cost of capital with consideration of long-term
financing, expansion, and problems of small
businesses in connection with decision-making
techniques.
Prerequisite: FINC 311
FINC 410 (3-3-0) Investments: A survey of
portfolio models and theories; factors affecting
corporate and other securities as portfolio
choices; the organization of capital markets and
the analysis and evaluation of securities.
Prerequisite: FINC 311
FINC 440 (3-3-0) International Financial
Management: This course examines factors
that are critical to the financial decision making
process in a global economic environment. Our
approach will be from the perspective of a
financial manager in private business enterprise.
Prerequisite: FINC 320
FINC 460 (3-3-0) Current Problems of
Banking: This course is intended to survey the
current condition of the banking industry.
Special emphasis is placed on topics and issues
that are most relevant to students preparing to
begin careers in banking and related fields.
Prerequisite: FINC 420