BUSA 3130 Financial Institutions and Markets

A survey of the role of financial institutions and markets in the domestic and global economies.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

BUSA 1210

Typically Offered

Athens Campus: spring evening, summer hybrid — Demorest Campus: spring day, summer hybrid

Student Learning Outcomes

At the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate command of the vocabulary used in the financial sector.
2. Understand the role of the various actors and institutions that comprise the financial sector. 
3. Discuss the role of markets in a functioning economy and their relationship to financial activity and crises.
4. Describe how the concepts of moral hazard and agency problems can be used to predict the behavior of institutions and individuals in the face of government regulations
5. Demonstrate understanding how the various financial instruments available in the market are valued and the causes of fluctuations in those instruments’ valuations.