Meeting & Agendas

Enrollments in Financial Management courses overall dropped considerably in the last couple of years with the downturn in the economy and the subsequent reduced activity in the Banking profession. In order to deal with this responsibly, we have cut some sections and believe that offering more of our courses online will be beneficial to our students trying to complete their degrees.

Ina stated that the Financial Management curriculum needs to be updated. The committee agreed to the proposed changes. Listed below are the recommended changes to the Financial Management curriculum. These recommended changes will be presented to the college-wide curriculum committee Fall 2010. Financial Management Change name to FINANCE, drop the Management New description: This is a two-year course of study that will provide detail knowledge and skills in the various functions of finance. The skills and knowledge will prepare the student to enter the work force and have the competencies and obtain mastery in the field of finance and banking. Course work includes both general finance courses to establish a foundation of study and specialized courses that will allow the student to meet their individual career objectives. A graduate of this 2-year program has the option of continuing his or her education and pursuing a 4-year non-traditional occupational education degree (Bachelors of Applied Arts & Science) offered by a number of state universities. Students desiring to pursue a traditional Bachelor of Business Administration degree, may want to take some finance courses, but should be enrolled under the Associate of Science in Business Administration degree plan. Applicants for admission to the program must fulfill the general requirements for admission to Austin Community College. For more information see a Finance advisor. Semester II: • Replace ECON 2302 - Principles of Microeconomics with BUSG 1303 - Principles of Finance Semester III: • Replace BNKG 1372 - Loan Quality Control with BUSG 1304 - Financial Advising: Personal Finance • \'\'Humanities/Fine Arts\'\' should be \'\'Humanities/Visual and Performing Arts\'\' Semester IV: • Replace MATH 1332 - College Mathematics with Mathematics (Select from the appropriate section of the General Education course list for the Mathematics course.) • Replace BNKG 1357 - Investor Accounting with BUSA 1313 - Investments • Move BNKG 1358 - Secondary Markets to last course and list as Capstone • Add note to BMGT 2388 - Internship - Business Administration and Finance, General I: \'\'Internships are expected to deal with several aspects of the job. Finance students must have a prerequisite of 9 hours of Finance. All student projects will be approved by the Department Chair of Finance as well as the instructor of the course.\'\'