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Eligibility Criteria

Bachelor's degree, or equiv. International Education

Credit Hours

12 Hours

Course Duration

1 Month (Self-Paced) Program

Courses Offered

2

Courses Offered In GRADUATE CERTIFICATE

  • Courses Name

  • Courses Description

  • Credit Hours

  • Introduction to Banking

  • This is a course on money, banking and financial markets. By the end of this course, you will understand the basic principles of financial system. The course provides details of banking concepts like: what is money, interest rates, stock market, Federal Reserve System, monetary and fiscal policy, supply/demand of money.

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Engineering Economics

  • This course presents engineering economy in the content context of the entire decision-making framework. It introduces and integrates the concept of cash flows, how companies handle risk, analyze risks and implement and evaluate solutions with respect to the situations.

  • 6 Credits
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Introduction to Banking

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Why study money, banking, and financial markets?
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    An overview of the financial system
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    What is money?
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Understanding interest rates
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The behavior of interest rates
    The risk and term structure of interest rates
    The stock market, the theory of rational expectations, and the efficient market hypothesis
    An economic analysis of financial structure
    Banking and the management of financial institutions

Introduction to Engineering Economics

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Engineering economy and the decision-making process
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Cash flows and the time value of money
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Interest formulas
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Problem or opportunity definition
    Considering risk
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Deterministic evaluation
    Considering options in time
    Multi-criteria evaluation