ACCT1410 Business Finance
This course is designed to present basic business finance principles to business and marketing students. Students are taught to use planning tools, and to assess investment viability, financial position and performance, liquidity, and financing options.
Prerequisite
Qualifying score on math assessment test OR
MATH0910 or
MATH0920. And recommended, Qualifying score on reading assessment test OR
ENGL0921 and qualifying score on writing assessment test OR
ENGL0930
Course Requirements and Evaluation
Refer to Course Syllabus for detailed information regarding the requirements and evaluation standards for this course. The Course Syllabus will be distributed the first week of the course.
Learning Outcomes
The following outcomes will be addressed in the course:
Examine mainstream investment options
Determine profitability under alternative inventory costing methods (i.e. FIFO, LIFO, and Average Cost)
Perform elementary cost-volume-profit analysis
Demonstrate understanding of sound financial management principles
Identify components of basic financial statements
Perform high-level analysis of basic financial statements
Formulate decisions using financial calculations
Evaluate alternative sources of short-term and long-term financing
Construct operating and capital budgets
Text and References
A list of textbooks required for this course is available at the
campus store and in eServices.
Course Scheduling
The scheduled hours of instruction include sixteen hours for each lecture credit, thirty two hours for each lab credit and forty hours for each credit of supervised occupational experience (SOE). Lecture credit may include formal or impromptu lectures, demonstrations or discussions with the entire class or with small groups or individuals. Refer to the Credit Details section of this course outline for the credit breakdown.
Accommodations Statement
Access Services - Reasonable accommodations are available to qualified students with documented disabilities. Upon attending an intake meeting with Access Services, qualified students will receive a letter listing the approved accommodations that they may provide to their instructors. If you have a documented disability that may require accommodations, contact HTC Access Services at
AccessServices@hennepintech.edu or
https://hennepintech.edu/current-students/access-services/index.html.
Campus
Brooklyn Park Campus and Eden Prairie Campus: 952-995-1300
Credit Details