2025-2026 Course List

Trading practices and procedures utilizing these contracts in hedging and risk management policies for business.

Prerequisites:

FINA 362

Fundamental concepts of commercial bank management, financial regulations, and risk management in financial institutions. Coverage includes the financial statements of commercial banks and their use in evaluating a bank¿s financial performance; bank¿s assets, liabilities, and off-balance sheet items management and different risk management approaches applied in financial institutions.

Prerequisites:

FINA 362

The course provides a comprehensive discussion of debt securities. It discusses salient features of different debt securities, techniques used to value different types of bonds, measures of interest rate risk, asset-backed securities, fundamentals of credit analysis, modeling credit risk, the term structure of interest rates, the arbitrage-free valuation framework for debt securities, and the role of debt securities in a portfolio.

Prerequisites:

FINA 362

Study tours are led by Minnesota State University, Mankato faculty and provide students with opportunities to visit companies and attend lectures by renowned experts from key sectors of economy, government, and business.

Prerequisites:

Permission Required

Students are responsible for generating investment ideas consistent with the Maverick Fund Investment Policy Statement.

Prerequisites:

FINA 362 and FINA 460

Supervised experience in business, industry, state or federal institutions.

Prerequisites:

Permission Required

Supervised experience in business, industry, state or federal institutions.

Prerequisites:

Permission Required

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Prerequisites:

Permission Required

An introduction, within a cultural context, to the basic skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing.

An introduction, within a cultural context, to the basic skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. Prereq: FREN 101 or equivalent

Prerequisites:

FREN 101 or equivalent

Grammar review, oral practice, written composition and development of reading and listening skills within a cultural context. Prereq: One year university French or equivalent

Prerequisites:

One year university French or equivalent

Grammar review, oral practice, written composition and development of reading and listening skills within a cultural context. Prereq: FREN 201 or equivalent

Prerequisites:

FREN 201 or equivalent

Visits to the major churches, cathedrals, castles, monuments, museums and neighborhoods in and around Paris. Prereq: FREN 101, 102, or equivalent

Prerequisites:

FREN 101, FREN 102, or equivalent

Practice in intermediate-level conversational skills. Prereq: FREN 101, 102, or equivalent

Prerequisites:

FREN 101, FREN 102, or equivalent

Introduction to contemporary French civilization. Prereq: FREN 101, 102, or equivalent

Prerequisites:

FREN 101, FREN 102, or equivalent

Preparation for study in France.

Systematic development of conversational idiom and vocabulary. Intensive work on pronunciation. May be taken by majors and minors up to three times. Prereq: FREN 201, 202, or equivalent

Prerequisites:

FREN 201, FREN 202, or equivalent

This course explores a wide range of cultural topics such as race, gender, human rights, social conflict, mythology, imaginary worlds, etc. Topics vary every semester and will be explored from a global perspective involving at least 4 cultures (e.g. Dakota, German, Francophone, Scandinavian, Hispanic, Lusophone, etc.). The course is taught in English through the lens of literary and cultural criticism with a focus on French and Francophone studies, and exposes students to international and diverse points of view that prepare them to be global citizens.

Topics will vary. Study for credit must be approved by the department prior to departure. Prereq: FREN 101, 102, or equivalent

Prerequisites:

FREN 101, FREN 102, or equivalent

Topics will vary.

Systematic review of French vocabulary. Prereq: FREN 201, 202, or equivalent

Prerequisites:

FREN 201, FREN 202, or equivalent

Review of grammar and vocabulary. Practice in descriptive, narrative, and expository prose. Prereq: FREN 201, 202, or equivalent

Prerequisites:

FREN 201, FREN 202, or equivalent

Systematic review of French grammar. Prereq: FREN 201, 202, or equivalent

Prerequisites:

FREN 201, FREN 202, or equivalent

Social, political, and economic trends in contemporary France. Prereq: FREN 201, 202, or equivalent

Prerequisites:

FREN 201, FREN 202, or equivalent