Finance

A Finance major prepares graduates for positions in financial services and managerial finance. The financial services path concerns the design and delivery of advice and financial products to individuals, businesses, and governments. Examples of financial services include banking, personal financial planning, real estate, insurance, and consulting. It is best that a student desiring to major or minor in finance make the decision before the junior year.

In addition to the Core Business Program Outcomes, the following Program Learning Outcomes have been established by Evangel faculty to define the areas of knowledge and skills that students graduating from this major degree program should have developed:

Finance Program Learning Outcomes

  1. Corporate Finance
    • Demonstrate a working knowledge of decision making as it relates to Corporate Finance. 
  2. Valuation
    • Perform calculations of different investment opportunities using different techniques including Time-Value of Money.
  3. Risk and Return
    • Apply the knowledge of Rick/Return Management to all levels of business.

Degrees and Certificates

Classes

FIN 138 : Personal Finance

Provides the student an overview of the role stewardship plays in one's daily life. Incorporates Biblical purposes of money, attitudes towards financial wealth, and accountability for personal resource choices.

Credits

3

FIN 215 : Student Investment Group, Member

Requires students to participate in directed research and group decision-making processes for management of an investment portfolio for an endowed fund called the Student Investment Management Fund. Participating students are collectively called the Student Investment Group (SIG).

Credits

0.5

FIN 342 : General Insurance

Explores the general principles of insurance and their applications to business enterprises, including life insurance, casualty insurance, fire insurance, social security, and workmen's compensation.

Credits

3

FIN 351 : Principles of Real Estate

Examines the characteristics of real estate as they affect the market. Examines the procedures and problems in financing real estate and the techniques of valuation.

Credits

3

FIN 363 : Principles of Finance

Explains the basic principles and theories of business finance, including tax environment, cash flow analysis, working capital management, effects of financial and operational leverage, capital budgeting, and cost of capital analysis.

Credits

3

Prerequisites

MATH 210 or equivalent and ACCT 231.

FIN 415 : Student Investment Group, Officer

Requires students to participate in directed research and group decision-making processes for management of an investment portfolio for an endowed fund called the Student Investment Management Fund. Participating students are collectively called the Student Investment Group (SIG).

Credits

1

FIN 457 : Investments

Explains investment principles and media, security markets, and the importance of analyzing industries and their macro- environments.

Credits

3

FIN 458 : Strategic Investing

Provides students with an opportunity to broaden their knowledge of investments and learn effective strategies for utilizing fixed income instruments in business and personal finance. Includes the discussion of debt and equity principles, interest rates and yield curve dynamics, bond types and valuation, mortgage-backed securities, asset allocation optimization, sector and country rotation, value investing, Dow theory, options, and financial planning.

Credits

3

Prerequisites

FIN 363 and FIN 457, or may be taken concurrently with FIN 457.