“The classes I took at The Philadelphia Center were amazing! Mark encourages students to analyze and really see aspects of power and authority and how it plays out in the work environment. My Elective, Warren Huff’s Architecture of Cities, helped me to appreciate, notice and understand what I see every day in the historic city of Philadelphia. In other words, Mark helped me see the unseen and Warren helped me appreciate what I do see.”
Kay Miller, Hope College
Spring 2006
Metropolitan Career Center, Human Resources Intern
Electives
Principles of Finance
Howard Keen
This course is designed to provide the essential elements for understanding corporate financial management and the decision making that it requires. Topics include: time value of money, valuation techniques, risk and return, cost of capital, capital budgeting, capital structure, dividend policy and international financial management. Emphasis is on grasping key concepts and applying that knowledge in solving quantitative problems. Command of basic arithmetic and elementary algebra, ability to think analytically, and familiarity with using a scientific calculator are all essential for doing well in this course.