Banking Course Descriptions
BNK 1110 Principles of Banking Syllabi
3 Credits 3 Class Hours
An introduction to banking services and functions, including loans, investments, and trust operations. Topics include basic principles of banking transactions and item processing, focusing on deposit and payment functions of banking, procedures and forms relative to opening accounts, cash and collection item processing, proof operations, paying and returning checks, and bookkeeping functions, internal controls and external regulations. Prerequisite: DSPR 0800
BNK 1210 Consumer Lending Syllabi
3 Credits 3 Class Hours
An introduction to the fundamental principles of extending consumer credit. Topics include studying and practicing taking loan applications, verifying credit histories, evaluating credit reports, making credit decisions, processing and disbursing the loan, and recognizing the importance of collateral, exercises in computing interest charges and rebates, insurance of consumer credit, pricing of loans, collections, and consumer compliance. Prerequisites: DSPR 0800 and DSPM 0700
BNK 1215 Commercial Bank Management Syllabi
3 Credits 3 Class Hours
An introduction to the study and application of principles of bank management. Topics include objectives, planning, structure, control, and the interrelationship of various bank departments, trends that have emerged in philosophy and practice of bank management, and case studies stressing current bank problems. Prerequisite: DSPR 0800
BNK 2110 Money and Banking Syllabi
3 Credits 3 Class Hours
An introduction to basic economic principles most closely related to the subject of money and banking. Topics include the application of the economics of money and banking in the individual bank and in the banking system; the nature and functions of money and the money supply; financial intermediation and the various financial markets; the Federal Reserve System, its policies and operation. Prerequisites: DSPR 0800 and DSPM 0700
BNK 2230 Investment Basics Syllabi
3 Credits 3 Class Hours
Studies basic information on investments in securities, options, commodities, tax shelters, art, and more. Topics include traditional and modern methods of analyzing investment opportunities for the beginning investor, trading in the securities market (using real prices and making their own decisions) by using a special microcomputer software package. Prerequisites: DSPR 0800 and DSPM 0700 or equivalent skills
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