Financial Services Certificate Requirements

2010-2011 Catalog
Financial Services Certificates

These certificate programs offer opportunities for individuals changing careers or starting a career and needing updates on skills in financial fields. The certificates will provide entrylevel career and job opportunities and advancements at many financial organizations: banks, savings institutions, brokerages, mortgage companies and financing companies.

Major Courses(12 Credits Hours)
BUS 217Business Communication and Report Writing3 credits
CIS 118Introduction to PC Applications3 credits
FIN 101Introduction to Finance3 credits
MAR 160Customer Service3 credits
Elective Courses (Restricted)(9 Credit Hours)
Students must choose 9 credit hours from the following:
ACC 121Principles of Accounting4 credits
BUS 226Business Statistics3 credits
ECO 201Principles of Macroeconomics3 credits
ECO 202Principles of Microeconomics3 credits
MAN 128Human Relations3 credits
MAN 226Principles of Management3 credits
MAR 111Principles of Sales3 credits
MAR 216Principles of Marketing3 credits
INV 115Investments3 credits
Financial Services Electives(9 Credit Hours)
Students must select nine credit hours from any course with the following prefixes: ACC, FIN, INV, INS, BTE 108, REE 115 or any 200 level MAN course. Many of the courses are offered at The Center for Financial Training Western States or The Mortgage Training Institute.
TOTAL30 Credit Hours

 

Financial Services: Mortgage Banking
This certificate program offers opportunities for individuals changing careers or entering a career in the mortgage banking industry. This certificate will prepare the individual to be a loan originator or loan processor in the mortgage banking field or prepare the individual to start their own mortgage banking firm.

ACC 121Principles of Accounting4 credits
BUS 216Business Law and the Legal Environment3 credits
ECO 202Principles of Microeconomics3 credits
FIN 101Introduction to Finance3 credits
REE 115Introduction to Real Estate3 credits
FIN 138FHA for Loan Processors 5 credits
FIN 237Advance Loan Processing5 credits
FIN 287Cooperative Education Career Training2 credits
TOTAL19 Credit Hours