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FILM 316 - Advanced Nonlinear Film Editing
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: .
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FILM 317 - Film Sound
Practical course on the theory, art and techniques of film sound. Students work on projects involving dialogue and sound effects recording, post production sound editing and sound design.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: .
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FILM 320 - Film Production II
Application of intermediate motion picture techniques to produce a festival-ready short film.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: FILM 220
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FILM 324 - Filmmaking Fundamentals
Each filmmaker will create six short projects (3 silent and 3 with sound) using digital filmmaking technology. Working together as a team, students will be exposed to specific assignments that feature a broad spectrum of challenges using cinematic language and sequencing. Collaboration will be a central focus of the course.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: .
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FILM 325 - Staging for the Screen
Advanced course in directing for the screen. Examines the concepts of camera coverage, staging within the frame, camera movement, and provides experience analyzing and directing short scenes.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: .
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FILM 326 - Cinematography
Technical and aesthetic aspects of lighting design, composition, and operating explored through individual projects and in-class shoots. Students required to have access to a 35mm still camera.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: and consent of instructor.
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FILM 327 - Film Production Design
Examination and exploration of motion picture production design, focusing on its history, techniques, and practices.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: .
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FILM 328 - Basic Grip and Electrical
The basic of effective studio gripping and lighting. The class offers a thorough knowledge of equipment, safety and tools. Lectures are combined with hands on workshops to teach state of the art technique.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: .
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FILM 329 - Cinematography II
Advanced course in the technical and aesthetic aspects of lighting design, composition, and operating explored through individual projects and in-class shoots. Students required to have access to a 35mm still camera.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: A minimum grade of B- or higher in .
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FILM 330 - Pre-Production Approaches for Film and Video
Examination and exploration of the pre-production cycle, emphasizing the integration of digital technology.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: .
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FILM 332 - Working in Film and TV Industry
Designed to prepare students for the ‘real world’ issues they will face as working artists in the entertainment industry. Through lecture, readings, assignments, interaction with visiting artists, and classroom exercises, students will expand their awareness of their personal path as well as the many paths of opportunity available to them.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: or .
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FILM 335 - Professional Film Production Methods
Intensive workshop provides for weekly interaction with industry professionals.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: .
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FILM 338 - Advanced Directing Workshop
Specialized course is designed to teach junior and senior film majors advanced directing techniques. Topics covered: scene analysis, maximizing coverage, and eliciting truthful performances. This is a workshop-style class that will require students to direct assigned scenes, share critiques, and receive direct feedback.
Credits: 3
Repeatable: May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits. Please verify that all credits will apply towards your degree.
Prerequisites: .
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FILM 339 - Acting for the Film Director
An approach to acting for the screen, designed to teach film-directing students the ins and outs of the acting process.
Credits: 3
Repeatable: May be repeated to a maximum of nine credit. Please verify that all credits will apply towards your degree.
Prerequisites: or .
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FILM 340 - Cinematography Workshop
Advanced course for upper division students who wish to explore visual storytelling and collaborative techniques in the context of shooting narrative scripts. The course will function side by side with Advanced Directing and the students enrolled in FILM 340 will serve as Cinematographers for projects inside and outside of class.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: FILM 326 and consent of instructor.
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FILM 352 - Scene Work for Directors
Covers the study of historical survey of screen acting from beginnings of film and television to present days. Introduces film student directors to script analysis and staging. Scene work directing will be required by all students. Students will leave this course with a better understanding on how to interpret the writer’s intent and therefore enhance the story telling process.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: or .
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FILM 400 - Film Theory
Leading theorists studied intensively through screening of feature films, readings in film theory, written analyses, and conference style oral presentations. Intended for film studies majors only.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: .
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FILM 409 - Politics and the Film
Same as
Analysis of the political film. Themes treated include political power, corruption, war, revolution, propaganda, political socialization, and participation.
Credits: 3
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FILM 410 - Major Figures in the Cinema
Study of the works of major filmmakers through the auteur theory and other approaches. Different individuals studied each time course offered.
Credits: 3
Repeatable: May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits. Please verify that all credits will apply towards your degree.
Prerequisites: .
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FILM 414 - Cinematic Structure
Advanced course in the textual analysis of feature films.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: or .
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FILM 415 - Story Development
Basis of cinematic structure, emphasizing action, construction, tension, and character. Story development through motion picture formats.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: .
Notes: This course is crosslisted with FILM 615. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.
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FILM 416 - Screenwriting I
Study of the three-act screenplay, structure of dramatic scenes, and writing of a one hundred-twenty page first draft.
Credits: 3
Repeatable: May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits. Please verify that all credits will apply towards your degree.
Prerequisites: or .
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FILM 417 - Screenwriting II
Teaches rewriting of a screenplay. From first draft through problem solving and rewriting to a tight, workable script.
Credits: 3
Repeatable: May be repeated to a maximum of six credits. Please verify that all credits will apply towards your degree.
Prerequisites: .
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FILM 418 - Writing for Television I
With emphasis on the narrative exploration of the television hour-drama, students develop and complete one hour-drama spec script.
Credits: 3
Repeatable: May be repeated to a maximum of six credits. Please verify that all credits will apply towards your degree.
Prerequisites: .
Notes: This course is crosslisted with FILM 618. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.
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FILM 419 - Writing for Television II
As a continuation of FILM 418, students explore the television situation comedy and develop and complete one sit-com script.
Credits: 3
Repeatable: May be repeated to a maximum of six credits. Please verify that all credits will apply towards your degree.
Prerequisites: .
Notes: This course is crosslisted with FILM 619. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.
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FILM 420 - Film Production III
Application of advanced motion picture techniques to produce festival-ready short films. Each student will have an opportunity to be the head of a department on a project (producer, director, cinematographer, production designer, sound designer, and/or editor).
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: FILM 320
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FILM 422 - Short Film Archiving
Covers the study of the short film in an archival context. Students will study the acquisition, preservation, presentation and organization of the short film archive collection. For the film history student, it exposes them to the short film from the beginning of motion pictures to the accomplished work of today’s filmmakers. For the non-major, it exposes them to film history and the short film art form in specific.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: or .
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FILM 424 - The Short Film Workshop
The Short Film Workshop exposes the students to the complete production cycle from presentation of story and screenplay through comprehensive pre-production and production and finishing with principal photography. Students will learn how to constructively view and critique dailies and edit the completed short film project.
Credits: 3
Repeatable: May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits. Please verify that all credits will apply towards your degree.
Prerequisites: .
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FILM 431 - Music Video
Workshop-based class exploring music video. We will examine several types of the mixture of music and motion pictures in addition to looking at other art forms that can influence the music video.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: .
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FILM 432 - Industry vs. Artistry in Film and Television
Explores relationship between art and economics in film and television by examining industry structures, philosophies, and practices which shape contemporary mass entertainment.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Junior standing.
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FILM 434 - Producing For Hire
An introduction to the duties required of a producer hired to do a project. This course will cover the role and responsibility of the film producer in the areas of commercials, music videos, and film, encompassing areas from initial concept to pre-production through post-production.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: .
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FILM 440 - The European Film
Survey of the major movements and themes of European cinema and related literature.
Credits: 3
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FILM 441 - Drama and Film of German Expressionism
Same as
Examination of German film and literature of the 1910s and 1920s.
Credits: 3
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FILM 443 - From French Literature to Film
Same as FREN 443
From a condensed analysis of narrative techniques and structure of original literary sources toward a detailed study of the basic problems connected with the grammar of film. Students expected to read the original literary work in translation and/or script if available.
Credits: 3
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FILM 444 - Documentary Film and Video
Critical analysis of documentary film texts from historical and aesthetic perspectives. How non-fiction film differentiates itself from classical narrative and experimental/avant-garde film.
Credits: 3
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FILM 445 - The Rise of Irish Cinema
To engage the student in the analytical study of the growth of the Irish film industry as an artistic movement. Particular attention will be paid to historical, cultural and literary references. The class format will be lecture, viewing of motion picture and class discussion and analysis.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: or .
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FILM 446 - History of the Russian Film
Same as
Soviet cinema from the revolutionary films and path-breaking theories of the 1920s (Eisenstein, Pudovkin, Vertov, Dovzhenko, and Kuleshov), through the constrictions of Socialist Realism, to the revival of a proud tradition in the decades since Stalin. Emphasis on Russian cultural traditions, contemporary historical context, and the demands of ideology.
Credits: 3
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FILM 447 - Documentary Techniques
A hands-on, part lecture, part workshop class exploring the making of verte (observational) style documentary films. The class will encourage students to focus on interesting, unique, and specific character behavior for the subjects of their future documentary films.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: .
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FILM 448 - Master Directing
The Master Class in Directing is for film students interested in artistic techniques in screen directing. The course gives the film students the tools to advance their film-making skills in order to break into the film industry.
Credits: 3
Repeatable: This is a workshop style class which allows students to focus on different projects or techniques every semester, therefore the course is repeatable for up to 9 credits.
Prerequisites: .
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FILM 449 - The History of French Film
Same as
Survey and evolution of French film from silent to sound: surrealism, realism, and the New Wave. Includes the work of major filmmakers such as Clair, Renoir, Cocteau, Clouzot, Godard, Truffaut, etc. Films analyzed as works of art, social documents, and instruments of communication.
Credits: 3
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FILM 450 - Directed Studies in Film
The Master Class in Directing is for film students just beginning the UNLV film program or just finishing their film-making studies or anywhere in-between. The course gives the film student the tools to advance their film-making skills in order to break into the film industry.
Credits: 1-3
Repeatable: May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits. Please verify that all credits will apply towards your degree.
Prerequisites: .
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FILM 453 - Co-Curricular Film Project
Collaborative workshop in the production of short film in which selected students work to complete a project eligible for exhibition on the festival circuit.
Credits: 3
Repeatable: May be repeated to a maximum of six credits. Please verify that all credits will apply towards your degree.
Prerequisites: .
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FILM 470 - Women in Film
Survey of international women filmmakers. Emphasis on women directors and their films and women involved in other aspects of production, including screenwriting, editing, and acting.
Credits: 3
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FILM 472 - Advanced Post Production Techniques
This course is designed with the following objectives in mind: Provide students with a basic working knowledge of Adobe After Effects to create title sequences and visual effects. Provide students with intermediate and advanced knowledge of video color theory and color correction and shading techniques in a variety of software applications. Provide students with advanced knowledge of authoring DVDs in DVD Studio.
Credits: 3
Repeatable: This is a workshop style class which allows students to focus on different projects or techniques every semester therefore the course is repeatable up to 9 credits.
Prerequisites: .
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FILM 473 - 3D Visual Effects for Film
Introduction to the fundamentals of integrating 3D computer graphics into live action film/video. This course focuses on the latest CGI software in the creation of three-dimensional computer graphics and compositing. The course also provides students with the theory and hands-on experience required to perform many of the tasks that make up today’s professional VFX pipeline. This is a workshop style class which allows students to focus on different projects or techniques every semester therefore the course is repeatable up to 9 credits.
Credits: 3
Repeatable:
Prerequisites: .
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FILM 474 - Sex in the Cinema
A survey of films with sexual themes and/or adult content. These will be analyzed from historical, cultural, industry and genre perspectives. DISCLAIMER These films contain nudity, sexual situations, and themes. If you are sensitive to or potentially offended by any of these issues then do not take this class.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: or .
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FILM 475 - Modern Latin American Film
Same as
Cinematic treatments of modern Latin American socio-historical issues. Topics include industrialization, dictatorship and repression, redemocratization, and minority rights. Analysis of the Cinema Novo (Cinema Nueva) and post-Cinema Novo genres. Emphasis on Brazilian, Argentine, and Cuban films of the 1970s and 1980s.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing, and consent of instructor.
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FILM 479 - Adaptation Stage to Screen
Studies and evaluates how some “classic plays” were adapted and developed for the screen. Plays will be read and the adapted films will be screened. Discussions will be centered on whether the film or films captured the objective of the original play or whether it failed in its adaptation and most importantly why.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: or .
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FILM 480 - Historical Survey of Screen Acting
Covers the history of screen acting from the beginnings of film and television to the present day, including major movements and approaches. Crosslisted with FILM 680. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: FILM 100 or FILM 110 .
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FILM 485 - Screen Acting for a Living
The Screen Acting for a Living class offers the film director the extended opportunity to learn the film acting craft through classroom scene work applied to screenplays and great dramatic texts. Many of the great dramas used in this class began on the stage and became great films. So much of today’s film and television is so colloquial and lacking in the textual and sub-textual depth needed to ground the developing filmmakers. This class teaches fundamental analysis and application of that analysis in a truthful manner onscreen.
Credits: 3
Repeatable: The advanced script analysis work, close reading technique, and affective emotional memory components of the class applied to the scene work provides a repeatable workshop up to 9 credits for interested students to continue to develop their understanding of this craft.
Prerequisites: or .
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FILM 493 - Studies in British Film
Same as
Study of the history of British film emphasizing analysis of a variety of films. Examines particular genres, directors, and traditions peculiar to British film and the relationship of British film to England’s broader cultural development.
Credits: 3
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FILM 494 - History of the American Film
Same as
Examination of the films of major directors from D.W. Griffith in the Biograph period (1908-1912) to the present. Film-makers such as John Ford, Howard Hawks, Orson Welles, George Cukor, Robert Flaherty, Frank Capra, Raoul Walsh, and others studied.
Credits: 3
Repeatable: May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits. Please verify that all credits will apply towards your degree.
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FILM 495 - Film and Literature
Same as
Comparative study of the relations of prose, poetry, and drama to the structure and themes of the cinema, from Dickens to the present.
Credits: 3
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FILM 496 - American Hero in Film and Literature
Same as
Traces the origins and the development of the American hero from roots in myth, folklore, and history to the 1950s.
Credits: 3
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FILM 497 - Genre Studies in Film
Same as
Individual examinations of genre structures and themes, with emphasis on the development and the history of genres.
Credits: 3
Repeatable: May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits. Please verify that all credits will apply towards your degree.
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FIN 101 - Personal Finance
Introduction to management of personal expenses and savings. Protection of family income, assets, and health. Taxes and estate planning. Does not apply toward a major in the Lee Business School.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Degree seeking. The maximum number of attempts for this course is three.
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FIN 115 - Introduction to Investments
Major types of investment securities and the markets in which they are traded. Mechanics of making an investment, including basic analytical and valuation techniques and a survey of investment literature and terms. Does not apply toward a major in the Lee Business School.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Degree seeking. The maximum number of attempts for this course is three.
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FIN 151 - Introduction to Risk and Insurance
Consumer-oriented approach to analyzing the impact of significant risks in business and personal life; a presentation of the available methods for treating those risks.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing. The maximum number of attempts for this course is three.
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FIN 301 - Principles of Managerial Finance
Finance function within business organizations; tools and techniques of financial management. Topics include financial mathematics; valuation of securities; financial analysis; capital budgeting; concepts of capital structure and dividend policy; and working capital management.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Lee Business School major or any of the following minors; Accounting, Auditing, Business Administration, Finance, International Business, Real Estate, or Risk Management and Insurance minor; and a minimum C grade in and and in or HON 125 . The maximum number of attempts for this course is three.
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FIN 303 - Intermediate Managerial Finance
Theoretical approach to financial management. Development of analytical tools and their application to practical, modern business financial problems.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Lee Business School major or Finance minor and a minimum of C grade in . The maximum number of attempts for this course is three.
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FIN 307 - Investments
Introduction to the basic concepts of investments. Focus on analysis of the investment environment and decision process; overview of function and efficiency of securities markets; relation between risk and return; characteristics, valuation, and selection of various securities.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Lee Business School major or Finance minor and a minimum of C grade in . The maximum number of attempts for this course is three.
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FIN 308 - International Financial Management
Study of the management of the financial resources of the multinational firm. Includes discussion of the basic differences of an international operation from domestic financial management. Topics include international financial markets, evaluating foreign investment opportunities, theories and practices of financing multinational operations.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Lee Business School major or Finance minor or International Business minor or Business Spanish Experience minor; and a minimum of C grade in FIN 301 . The maximum number of attempts for this course is three.
Notes: Satisfies International Requirement.
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FIN 312 - Money and Capital Markets
Study of how money and capital markets facilitate the flow and creation of credit. Topics include financial institutions and instruments, interest rate theory, and the roles and functions of central banks.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Lee Business School major or Finance minor; and a minimum of C grade in . The maximum number of attempts for this course is three.
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FIN 321 - Corporate Risk Management
Provides an overview to risk management and insurance emphasizing personal risk management. Topics include property, liability, auto, life and health. Discussions include pricing and underwriting, claims, rate development and product distribution.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Lee Business School major or Math major with an emphasis in Actuarial Science or Risk management and Insurance minor. The maximum number of attempts for this course is three.
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FIN 322 - Insurance and Risk Management
Provides an overview to risk management and insurance emphasizing personal risk management. Topics include property, liability, auto, life and health. Discussions include pricing and underwriting, claims, rate development and product distribution.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Lee Business School major or Math major with an emphasis in Actuarial Science or Risk management and Insurance minor. The maximum number of attempts for this course is three.
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FIN 323 - Insurance and Risk Management Operations
Covered topics include real world examples of insurance and risk management operational practices and the broad spectrum of insurable risks and risk management. Speakers will include industry leaders such as company executives, corporate risk managers, sales leaders, underwriters, claims adjusters, actuaries and loss control engineers.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: Lee Business School major or Math major with an emphasis in Actuarial Science or Risk management and Insurance minor. The maximum number of attempts for this course is three.
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FIN 350 - Commercial Credit Risk Analysis
This class will prepare students to properly analyze credit related risk and make appropriate credit decisions. Usage of the Risk Management Association’s (RMA) material will provide students the opportunity to sit for RMA’s industry-recognized Credit Essentials Certificate designation, which will give students a competitive edge in the marketplace.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Lee Business School major or FIN minor, and a minimum C grade in FIN 301 . The maximum number of attempts for this course is three.
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FIN 405 - Advanced Managerial Finance
Intensive analysis of financial problems encountered by various types of business organizations, utilizing cases and emphasizing the corporation. Excel intensive course.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Lee Business School major or Finance minor and a minimum of C grade in and FIN 307 . The maximum number of attempts for this course is three.
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FIN 407 - Fixed Income Securities
Introduction to the markets for fixed income securities and their derivatives. Topics include pricing techniques for these instruments, fixed income portfolio management and the measurement and management of the risks inherent in fixed income securities.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Lee Business School major or Finance minor and a minimum of C grade in FIN 303 and . The maximum number of attempts for this course is three.
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FIN 410 - Financial Derivatives
Introduces option pricing theory. Defines, describes, and explains various options as well as strategies of options trading. Central focus on the usefulness of options in portfolio management. Development, functions, and importance of commodities markets; principles and mechanisms of trading commodities on future markets. Includes speculation, hedging, and roles of commission houses and commodity exchanges.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Lee Business School major or Finance minor; and a minimum of C grade in FIN 303 and FIN 307 . The maximum number of attempts for this course is three.
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FIN 420 - Property and Liability Insurance
Examination of risk management for property and liability exposures. Identification of property loss and liability exposures and discussion of available risk management methods, including commercially available insurance coverages. Problems in liability insurance markets and potential solutions discussed.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Lee Business School major or Finance minor or Risk Management and Insurance minor; and a minimum of C grade in FIN 303 and FIN 307 and FIN 321 or FIN 322 . The maximum number of attempts for this course is three.
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FIN 421 - Life and Health Insurance
Analysis of personal and business life and health insurance needs, characteristics of plans appropriate to meet those needs and unique tax and legal aspects of insurance planning. Examination of functional aspects of life/health insurance operations, including underwriting, ratemaking, reserving and financial statement analysis. Discussion of regulation and social insurance programs.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Lee Business School major or Finance minor or Risk Management and Insurance minor; and a minimum of C grade in FIN 303 and FIN 307 and FIN 321 or FIN 322 . The maximum number of attempts for this course is three.
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FIN 422 - Risk Management Seminar
Analysis of corporate and individual risk management functions and risk handling techniques. Other topics include employee benefit programs, government regulations, insurance, and public policy.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Lee Business School major or Finance minor or Risk Management and Insurance minor; and a minimum of C grade in FIN 303 and FIN 307 and FIN 321 or FIN 322 . The maximum number of attempts for this course is three.
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FIN 425 - Student Managed Investment Fund I
This course is designed to give students hands-on experience in actively managing an actual investment portfolio. Students accept administrative responsibility, form analyst teams, establish selection criteria, research investments, make buy/sell decisions and execute trades. Admission to the course by permission of the department.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Lee Business School major or Finance minor; and a minimum of C grade in FIN 303 and FIN 307 . The maximum number of attempts for this course is three.
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FIN 426 - Student Managed Investment Fund II
Continuation of FIN 425 . This course is designed to give students hands-on experience in actively managing an actual investment portfolio. Students accept administrative responsibility, form analyst teams, establish selection criteria, research investments, make buy/sell decisions and execute trades.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Lee Business School major or Finance minor; and a minimum of C grade in FIN 303 and FIN 307 . The maximum number of attempts for this course is three.
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FIN 427 - Student Managed Investment Fund III
Continuation of FIN 425 , 426 . This course is designed to give students hands-on experience in actively managing an actual investment portfolio. Students accept administrative responsibility, form analyst teams, establish selection criteria, research investments, make buy/sell decisions and execute trades.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Lee Business School major or Finance minor and a minimum of C grade in FIN 303 and . The maximum number of attempts for this course is three.
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FIN 435 - Financial Modeling
This course provides an introduction to financial modeling using Microsoft Excel. Students will learn to build robust financial models for corporate finance and investments applications which can be used for analysis, planning and evaluation. Students will improve their understanding of Excel’s analytical functionality.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Lee Business School major or Finance minor; and a minimum of C grade in FIN 303 and FIN 307 . The maximum number of attempts for this course is three.
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FIN 440 - Seminar in Commercial Banking
The class is designed to teach in-depth information about careers, job opportunities/responsibilities, and banking institutions. The class will be taught primarily by bankers and will provide an opportunity to interface with leaders in the banking community and gain first-hand knowledge of the financial services sector.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Lee Business School major or FIN minor, and a minimum C grade in FIN 303 and FIN 307 . The maximum number of attempts for this course is three.
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FIN 445 - Commercial Banking
Role of a commercial bank within the commercial banking system. Management of a bank’s liabilities, capital, and assets. Policy decisions of the board of directors and top management; lending and portfolio policies and practices.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Lee Business School major or Finance minor; and a minimum of C grade in FIN 303 and FIN 307 . The maximum number of attempts for this course is three.
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FIN 470 - Valuation
Apply financial principles to measure and manage the value of companies using a professional’s step-by-step approach. Students estimate free cash flows, economic value added, and cost of capital. They also forecast accounting statements, compare absolute and relative valuation techniques, and evaluate restructuring opportunities and potential flexibility options.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Lee Business School major or Finance minor; and a minimum of C grade in or . The maximum number of attempts for this course is three.
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FIN 480 - Entrepreneurial Finance
Focuses on the financial concepts, issues, methods and industry practices relevant to entrepreneurial decision makers. Addresses a variety of topics including financial valuation, various sources of funds, structures and legal issues in arranging financing, the private and public venture capital markets, preparation of business plans, and the initial public offering process. Provides understanding of the segments of the capital markets specializing in start-ups and growth financing.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Lee Business School major or Finance minor or Entrepreneurship minor; and a minimum of C grade in FIN 303 and FIN 307 , or ENT 402 . The maximum number of attempts for this course is three.
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FIN 481 - Finance Internship
Supervised on-site practical and professional learning experience in various participating local enterprises, culminating in a written report.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Admission to the finance major, minimum 3.0 UNLV GPA, minimum grade of C in FIN 303 and FIN 307 . The maximum number of attempts for this course is three.
Notes: S/F grading only.
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FIN 485 - Topics in Finance
Advanced study of selected topics in finance (e.g., security regulation, mergers and acquisitions, behavioral finance). The specific topic and prerequisites are announced when the course is offered.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Lee Business School major or Finance minor; and a minimum of C grade in FIN 303 and FIN 307 . The maximum number of attempts for this course is three.
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FIN 489 - CFA Exam Preparation
This course is to prepare students for the Chartered Financial Analyst Level I examination. Topics covered include ethics and profession standards, economics and quantitative methods, financial reporting and analysis, corporate finance, equity and fixed income investments, portfolio analysis, derivatives and alternative investments.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Lee Business School major or Finance minor; and a minimum of C grade in and . The maximum number of attempts for this course is three.
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FIN 490 - Independent Study
Study and research in the field of finance.
Credits: 1-3
Prerequisites: Admission to the finance major, senior standing, minimum 3.0 UNLV GPA, minimum grade of C in FIN 303 and FIN 307 . The maximum number of attempts for this course is three.
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FREN 113 - Elementary French I
Development of language skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing; structural analysis. Emphasis on speaking.
Credits: 3
Notes: Satisfies Humanities and International Requirements. See department for placement.
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FREN 114 - Elementary French II
Development of language skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing; structural analysis. Emphasis on speaking.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: or equivalent.
Notes: Satisfies Humanities and International Requirements. See department for placement.
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FREN 187 - Study Abroad in Foreign Language, Literature or Culture I
Elementary course work in French language, literature, or culture. Offered through the Office of International Programs.
Credits: 1-4
Repeatable: May be repeated to a maximum of thirty credits. Please verify that all credits will apply towards your degree.
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FREN 213 - Intermediate French I
Structural review, conversation, reading, and writing.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: or equivalent.
Notes: Satisfies Humanities and International Requirements.
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FREN 214 - Intermediate French II
Structural review, conversation, reading, and writing.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: or equivalent.
Notes: Satisfies Humanities and International Requirements.
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FREN 287 - Study Abroad in Foreign Language, Literature, or Culture II
Intermediate course work in French language, literature, or culture. Offered through the Office of International Programs.
Credits: 1-4
Repeatable: May be repeated to a maximum of thirty credits. Please verify that all credits will apply towards your degree.
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FREN 300 - French Grammar Review
Review and consolidation of students’ knowledge of French grammar structures. Practices advanced and unfamiliar grammatical constructions.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: or equivalent.
Notes: Satisfies International and Humanities Requirement. Taught in French.
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FREN 301 - Third-Year French: Composition and Conversation I
Development of oral proficiency, writing skills, and reading for comprehension.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: .
Notes: Satisfies Humanities and International Requirements.
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FREN 302 - Third-Year French: Composition and Conversation II
Development of oral proficiency, writing skills, and reading for comprehension.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: .
Notes: Satisfies Humanities and International Requirements.
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FREN 312 - French Phonetics I
Intensive practice of French sounds and intonation. Training in phonetic transcription. Exercises based on words, sentences, and texts designed to help the students achieve a native-like pronunciation.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: .
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FREN 313 - French Phonetics II
Intensive practice of French intonation and accentuation with an emphasis on more varied and regional vocabulary. Exercises based on words, sentences, and texts designed to help the students achieve a native-like pronunciation.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: FREN 214 .
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FREN 315 - Introduction to Translation
Introduction to practical skills needed to translate from French to English and English to French. This course focuses on specific aspects related to the use of vocabulary, syntactical, and grammatical structures that impact translation.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: FREN 300 or 301 or 302
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FREN 324 - Survey of French Culture
Conducted in French. Introduces the principal cultural, intellectual and artistic events of France and the francophone world that continue to resonate in French culture.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: .
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FREN 341 - History of French Literature I
Comprehensive view of French literature from its beginning to the present day.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Minimum grade of C+ in FREN 300 or FREN 301 or FREN 302 .
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