3.7 Course Overviews: "F"
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FINANCE (FNCE)
Personal Finance
3-Applied Studies
- Method of Delivery:
Home Study
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Paced Study
Personal Finance provides a general framework for personal financial decision making. The course helps bridge the gap between individuals and finance professionals. The course examines Finance and Culture; Tools and Techniques; Values and Valuables; Getting Started and Prioritizing; Risk and Utility; Personal Insurance; Managing Your Resources; Managing Liabilities; Managing Inflows and Outflows; Managing Surplus Resources; Managing Your Will and Estate; and Coping with Change.
Special information: FNCE 322 was designed to provide an overview of financial management from a personal perspective. It focuses on an individual's financial and cultural environments. This course concentrates on the strategic and planning side of financial management. It is not a course on investment techniques, tax techniques, retirement techniques or estate distribution techniques. This course helps the student prepare an integrated, potentially comprehensive ''personal financial profile.''
Note: This course requires the student to investigate his or her personal characteristics and values as well as his or her personal finances in considerable depth. Students are expected to submit this information for marking via the TMEs. The TMEs will be returned to the student.
Investments
3 - Applied Studies
- Method of Delivery:
Home Study
or
Paced Study
Investments provides a balanced and in-depth coverage of financial securities investments of interest to the average investor. Development of the concepts of risk, diversification, portfolio planning, and taxation within the framework of market theory helps students understand how and why money and capital markets perform their vital roles. The course examines the following: Risk and Return; The Canadian Economy; Debt Securities; Bond Investment Strategies; Common and Preferred Equity; Market Analysis; Calculating Risk and Return; Options, Warrants, and Convertibles; Futures; and Portfolio Management and Investment Funds.
Overview of Corporate Finance
3 - Applied Studies
- Method of Delivery:
Home Study
or
Paced Study
or
ViTAL Electronic Classroom
FNCE 370 is a comprehensive introduction to financial tools and their applications from the perspective of corporate financial management. The emphasis in this course is to develop both a basic understanding of important financial theories and an ability to analyse a variety of basic corporate financial situations that require an application of these theories.
Major topics covered include the time value of money, financial analysis, stock and bond valuation models, capital budgeting, the capital asset pricing model, leverage and dividend policies, options, cash and short-term financial management, mergers and acquisitions, and leasing.
Prerequisite: MATH 215 or MGSC 301 and either ACCT 250 or ACCT 253.
Special instructional features: This course is available via electronic delivery by personal computer using ViTAL.
Security Analysis and Portfolio Management
3 - Applied Studies
- Method of Delivery:
Home Study
or
Paced Study
This course will deal with the theory and practice of the valuation of securities - both stocks and bonds. This emphasis is on the application of the theory to aggregate markets around the world, alternative industries, and Canadian and other companies within those industries. Students will also conduct a detailed credit analysis of an investment quality and a high yield bond and apply solvency models to selected firms.
Prerequisite: an introductory course in finance.
FRENCH (FREN)
French for Beginners I
3 - Humanities
- Method of Delivery:
Home Study
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Video Component
or
ViTAL Electronic Classroom
This course introduces the student to the basic elements of the French language. Both oral and written expressions are emphasized in the study of vocabulary, grammar, and idiomatic expressions. Pronunciation, oral comprehension, and reading and writing skills are also emphasized. The course, together with its complement FREN 101, will enable a student to speak and write in simple French in a range of everyday situations.
Prerequisite: none. This course is demanding for those with no knowledge of French. A good knowledge of English grammar is essential.
Precluded course: FREN 100 cannot be taken for credit if credit has already been obtained for FREN 103.
Special instructional features: Regular contact with the course tutor is essential. Students must view the TV programs. If this is not possible, videotapes of the programs may be borrowed from Athabasca University Library. Students must have access to an audiotape player. This course is also available via electronic delivery by personal computer using ViTAL.
Note: This course may be taken for credit towards a degree program. It cannot be applied toward the major in French. Students are strongly advised not to take FREN 100 and FREN 101 simultaneously.
French for Beginners II
3 - Humanities
- Method of Delivery:
Home Study
or
Video Component
This course continues the study of the basic elements of the French language that started in FREN 100. Both oral and written expressions are emphasized in the study of vocabulary, grammar, and idiomatic expressions. Pronunciation, oral comprehension, and reading and writing skills are also emphasized. The course enables a student to speak and write in simple French in a range of everyday situations.
Prerequisite: FREN 100 is recommended. A good knowledge of English grammar is essential.
Precluded course: FREN 101 cannot be taken for credit if credit has already been obtained for FREN 103.
Special instructional features: Regular contact with the course tutor is essential. Students must view the TV programs. If this is not possible, videotapes of the programs may be borrowed from Athabasca University Library. Students must have access to an audiotape player.
Note: This course may be taken for credit towards a degree program. It cannot be applied toward the major in French.
First Year University French I
3 - Humanities
- Method of Delivery:
Home Study
or
Audio Component
This course continues training the student in spoken and written French that was started in FREN 100 and FREN 101. It enables students to use French in social situations and to talk about themselves, their opinions, and their experiences. In addition, the course leads the student through a major review of grammar and develops the student's ability to understand and compose short passages.
Prerequisite: FREN 101 is recommended. French 30 is an acceptable equivalent.
Precluded course: FREN 200 cannot be taken for credit if credit has already been obtained for FREN 242.
Special instructional features: Regular contact with the course tutor is essential for some parts of this course. Students are strongly advised not to take FREN 200 and FREN 201 simultaneously.
First Year University French II
3 - Humanities
- Method of Delivery:
Home Study
or
Audio Component
This course further develops the ability to speak and write French, enabling students to use French in social situations and to talk about themselves, their opinions, and their experiences. In addition, the course leads the student through a major review of grammar and develops the student's ability to understand and compose short passages.
Prerequisite: FREN 200 is recommended.
Precluded course: FREN 242.
Special instructional features: Regular contact with the course tutor is essential for some parts of this course.
Second Year University French
6 - Humanities
- Method of Delivery:
Home Study
This course is designed to follow FREN 201 or a full first-year university French course. It continues the study of French grammar, expansion of vocabulary, and the study of a variety of literary texts in French. The student will improve both written and spoken French through practice in conversation, comprehension, grammar, and composition.
Prerequisite: FREN 201 or equivalent is recommended.
Precluded course: FREN 362 cannot be taken for credit if credit has already been obtained for FREN 361.
Le roman français du XXe siècle
3 - Humanities
- Method of Delivery:
Home Study
or
Audio Component
Etude de cinq romans du XXe siècle illustrant l'évolution du roman moderne et de la vie intellectuelle en France. Grands thèmes: le roman traditionnel, la crise du roman et du récit, l'existentialisme, et le nouveau roman.
André Gide: L'Immoraliste
Marcel Proust: Combray
Albert Camus: L'Etranger
Jean-Paul Sartre: La nausée
Marguerite Duras: Moderato Cantabile
Prérequis: FREN 362 ou déclaration d'admissibilité par le professeur du cours.
Notez bien qu'il est nécessaire d'avoir à sa disposition un magnétophone à cassettes afin d'écouter les vingt-trois leçons du cours.
Introduction à la littérature canadienne-française
6 - Humanities
- Method of Delivery:
Home Study
Ce cours a été conçu afin de permettre à l'étudiant de prendre connaissance de la littérature canadienne-française.
L'approche que nous avons adoptée est celle de l'étude d'oeuvres choisies, présentées à l'intérieur d'un cadre historique; et pour ce, nous vous proposons une anthologie qui comprend un éventail de textes à caractère historique et poétique, entre autres. Pour accompagner cette toile de fond, nous avons sélectionné quelques romans et pièces de théâtre qui seront représentatives de l'évolution de l'oeuvre littéraire canadienne-française de ses débuts à nos jours.
L'objectif principal de ce cours est de créer une atmosphère favorable à une découverte littéraire personnelle et stimulante.
Prérequis: FREN 362 ou déclaration d'admissibilité par le professeur du cours.
Vocabulary Expansion
6 - Humanities
- Method of Delivery:
Home Study
or
Audio Component
Ce cours, misant sur l'apprentissage et l'enrichissement du vocabulaire, porte sur l'aspect lexique plutôt que sur la grammaire française. L'étudiant(e) sera progressivement amené(e) à augmenter ses connaissances du vocabulaire, à maîtriser les expressions courantes et usuelles et à apprendre à les retenir.
Le cours incorpore l'expression orale et écrite et offre une composante littéraire afin de garder l'équilibre entre l'écrit et l'oral.
Prérequis: recommandé, FREN 362.
Notez bien qu'il est essentiel que l'étudiant(e) ait à sa disposition un magnétophone à cassettes.
Pratique orale thématique
3 - Humanities
- Method of Delivery:
Home Study
Contenu et objectifs: Encourager l'étudiant(e) à s'exprimer oralement sur des thèmes actuels reliés au quotidien. Ce cours vise la communication selon deux modes: interaction dialogue tuteur/étudiant(e), et monologue sur cassette.
En suivant une approche aussi bien fonctionelle que communicative, l'étudiant(e) sera progressivement amené(e) à maîtriser des expressions usuelles et nécessaires pour exprimer ses intentions de paroles (donner son avis, préciser sa pensée, protester, conclure. . . ).
Parallèlement et dans un ordre croissant de difficulté l'étudiant(e) sera confronté(e) à divers styles de communication: la description, la narration, la discussion, le débat, et enfin l'improvisation.
Prérequis: FREN 362 et autorisation du professeur.
Français langue des affaires
3 - Humanities
- Method of Delivery:
Home Study
Français langue des affaires a pour but d'offrir une formation en communication écrite et orale en français telle qu'elle se pratique dans le monde des affaires au Canada: la psychologie des communications d'affaires; l'appel téléphonique; la correction des anglicismes; les expressions propres à la langue des affaires; la numération, la majuscule, les abréviations, et la ponctuation; le style dans la correspondance d'affaires; les parties de la lettre; le courrier d'affaires; rédaction de lettres d'usage courant; une lettre pour chaque occasion; analyse de lettres d'affaires; le courrier interne et les communications diverses; la mise en page d'un rapport; à la recherche d'un emploi; l'entrevue; la bureautique.
Prérequis: recommandé, FREN 362.
Composition française
3 - Humanities
- Method of Delivery:
Home Study
Ce cours poursuit l'apprentissage de systèmes syntactiques et l'enrichissement du lexique. Il a pour but le perfectionnement de l'art de la composition.
Prérequis: recommandé, FREN 362.
Pensée et structure de l'anglais et du français
Reading - 3 - Humanities
- Method of Delivery:
Home Study
Ce cours permettra à l'étudiant(e) de faire une étude comparative du français et de l'anglais. L'étudiant(e) fera l'étude des moyens dont on dispose pour passer d'une langue à l'autre, en particulier d'une pensée anglaise à une expression bien française.
Prérequis: recommandé, FREN 401.
Stylistique comparée
Reading - 3 - Humanities
- Method of Delivery:
Home Study
Par le biais de principes théoriques et d'exercices d'application ce cours permettra à l'étudiant(e) de faire l'étude des méthodes et des lois de la stylistique qui gouvernent le passage d'une langue à l'autre, de l'anglais au français surtout.
Prérequis: recommandé, FREN 402.
Français pour tous, français pour tout
3 - Humanities
- Method of Delivery:
Home Study
Ce cours, misant sur un enrichissement de l'expression écrite et orale, comprend huit unités.
Socio-historique de la langue: notions générales utiles à la compréhension du phénomène linguistique dans sa perspective historique et sociale.
Outils de référence: pratique de la consultation des principaux instruments de travail (dictionnaires, encyclopédies, grammaires, etc.).
Orthographe: pratique de l'orthographe pour ceux qui connaissent des difficultés dans ce domaine.
Les formes et phrases: acquisition graduée des pratiques les plus courantes de la phrase simple et de la phrase complexe.
Lexique: développement du vocabulaire général et des lexiques spécialisés.
Expression orale: pratique du développement de l'expression orale faisant appel aux pratiques acquises dans les unités précédentes.
Langue et environnement: interventions sur la langue de l'environnement (affichage, publicité, média, etc.).
Prérequis: recommandé, FREN 362. Non accessible aux étudiantes ayant fait le cours FREN 312.
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