Banking Management

Bachelors Degree in Financial Management

FIN 300

Breyer State University
Instructor: Rosemary Kolenich, EMBA

SYLLABUS

COURSE OVERVIEW: Welcome to Banking Management, a Bachelor Level course in the curriculum for the degree, Bachelors in Financial Management. This courses primary focus is on the basic financial models used to make decisions, strengths and weakness in the analysis of the data and the key issues managers are confronted with today.

TIME FRAME: This is a five-semester hour course. This course is allotted ten weeks of time. You must complete all of the requirements for the course successfully by the end of the ten-week period. The first day of week one will begin the day that you register for the course, or the day which you notify me that your textbook has arrived and you are ready to begin your studies. Please be cognizant of the time frame. It is rare that extensions of time are permitted, unless you have good justification. Upon successful completion of this course, you will be awarded five semester hours of credit.

TEXTBOOKS: There is one (1) required textbook for this course.

Book 1: Bank Management, Timothy W. Koch and S. Scott MacDonald, Thomson Southwestern Publishers 5th Edition 2003: ISBN # 324289278.

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TAKING EXAMS: Examinations are taken online via the Breyer State University website. Once you have registered for this program, you will receive instructions on accessing and taking the examinations. There are two (2) examinations for this course, a midterm exam and a final exam.

GETTING STARTED: As soon as you receive your textbook for the course; you may begin your course of study. Below is the program course outline. Be sure to review it as you progress through the course. Once you have registered for the course, your instructor will send to you a letter of introduction with more explanations and the course assignments.

GRADING: You will receive a letter grade, based on your over all score achievement. The grading scale is as follows:

90-100%    = A
80-89%      = B
70-79%      = C
60-69%      = D
Below 60% = Fail

COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this course you will be able to:

1). Understand the banking industry and its regulations.
2). Evaluate bank performance.
3). Understand managing interest rate risk.
4). Understand managing cost of funds.
5). Understand bank capital and liquidity issues.
6). Apply extending credit to businesses.

COURSE CONTENT:

Chp 1 - Fundamental Forces of Change in Banking.
Chp 2 - Bank Organization and Regulation.
Chp 3 - Analyzing Bank Performance.
Chp 4 - Alternative Models of Bank Performance.
Chp 5 - Managing Non-Interest Income & Non-Interest Expense.
Chp 6 - Pricing Fixed-Income Securities.
Chp 7 - The Determinants of Interest Rates.
Chp 8 - Managing Interest Rate Risk: Gap and Earnings Sensitivity.
Chp 9 - Managing Interest Rate Risk: Duration Gap and Market Value of Equity.
Chp 10 - Financial Futures, Forward Rate Agreements, and Interest Rate Swaps.
Chp 11 - Options, Caps, Floors, and More Complex Swaps.
Chp 12 - Managing Liabilities and the Cost of Funds.
Chp 13 - The Effective Use of Capital.
Chp 14 - Liquidity Planning and Managing Cash Assets.
Chp 15 - Overview of Credit Policy and Loan Characteristics.
Chp 16 - Evaluating Commercial Loan Requests.

INSTRUCTOR CONTACT: There have many avenues of access to me. You may contact me anytime you have questions, would like clarification, etc. Your interaction with me is one-on-one and this is highly beneficial as you proceed through the course. Upon official enrollment, you are provided full contact information.

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