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online money and banking course at Canyon College

COURSE SYLLABUS: MONEY AND BANKING

Course Title:
Department:
Instructor:
BU398 - Money and Banking
Business
George E. Thibodeaux, MBA, ARM E-Mail - Vita


I. Course Description: Money and Banking

Money in the modern economy is often viewed as the grease that lubricates the wheels of economic activity. More importantly, changes in the supply of money and credit can affect how rapidly the economy grows, the level of employment, and the rate of inflation. Banks and other financial institutions provide the mechanism for allowing money to perform its function of facilitating the economy. Excess resources can be invested to earn interest, while these investments can be redeployed as loans to stimulate economic growth. The importance of the banking function has drawn a great deal of attention and special treatment from government caretakers.

This course will wind its way through the role of money in the economy and the function of financial institution and markets. We will explore financial theory and the function of regulation and control.

II. Course Objective

At the conclusion of this course the student should be comfortable with the following concepts:
  1. The role of Money in the Macro economy
  2. Interest rate Measurement and Behavior
  3. Derivatives and Foreign Exchange
  4. Depository and Non-depository Financial Institutions
  5. The Instruments of Central Banking
  6. Bank Reserves and the Money Supply
  7. Monetary Policy Strategy
  8. The Structure and Performance of Securities Markets
III. Textbook: Online Bookstore

Principles of Money, Banking, & Financial Markets (Tenth edition), Ritter, Lawrence S., Silber, Williams L., Udell, Gregory F. ISBN #: 0321020200

IV. Grading

Weekly assignments
Mid Term Exam (Chapters 1-13)
Final Exam - Non cumulative
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33 1/3%
33 1/3%


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90 - 80%
80 - 70%
70 - 60%
60% - below


Assignments must be completed on a weekly basis. Please submit weekly assignments via e-mail by Sunday evening of each week. Late assignments will affect your grade.

The course study should take 8 weeks to complete, but must be completed within 11 weeks of an agreed starting date.

The instructor may be contacted by e-mail with any questions or concerns. If person to person conversation is necessary, the student should e-mail the instructor with a time and phone number where the student can be reached.

Academic honesty is highly valued at Canyon College. A student must present the product of his or her own original work.

V. Weekly Course Outline

The weekly outline is detailed below. This is the optimal course time frame that works well to keep the student motivated toward completion. However, I do realize that you have chosen Canyon College because you have active professional and social lives outside of college. Exception to the optimal time frame must be discussed with the instructor and will be considered on a case by case basis.

The answers to the assignments should be two to three sentences long and should clearly demonstrate your understanding of the material.

Week 1
Chapters 1, 2, and 3. Introducing Money, Banking, and Finical Markets; The Role of Money in the Macro economy; Finical Instruments, Markets and Institutions.

Weekly Assignment:
  1. Chapter 1, page 11, Define any five of the "Key Terms".
  2. Chapter 2, pages 29-30, Answer any five of questions 2.1-2.9.
  3. Chapter 3, page 48, Answer questions 3.1-3.4.
Week 2
Chapters 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10: Interest Rate Measurement and Behavior; The Risk and Term Structure of Interest Rates; The Structure and Performance of Securities Markets; The Pricing of Risky Financial Assets; Money and Capital Markets; Demystifying derivatives; and Understanding Foreign Exchange

Weekly Assignment:
  1. Chapter 4, pages 73-74, Answer any five of questions 4.1-4.9.
  2. Chapter 5, page 87, Answers questions 5.1-5.5.
  3. Chapter 6, page 108, Answers questions 6.1-6.5.
  4. Chapter 7, pages 119-120, Answers questions 7.1-7.5.
  5. Chapter 8, pages 149-150, Answer any five of questions 8.1-8.8.
  6. Chapter 9, page 172, Answer any five of questions 9.1-9.6.
  7. Chapter 10, page 192, Answers questions 10.1-10.4.
Week 3
Chapters 11, 12, and 13: The Nature of Financial Intermediation; Depository Financial Institutions; Non-depository Financial Institutions.

Weekly Assignment:
  1. Chapter 11, page 216, Answers questions 11.1-11.5.
  2. Chapter 12, page 243, Answer any five of questions 12.1-12.6.
  3. Chapter 13, pages 259-260, Answers questions 13.1-13.5.
Week 4
Review Questions and MID TERM EXAM

Week 5
Chapters 14, 15, 16, and 17: Understanding Financial Contracts; The Regulations of Markets and Institutions; Financial System Design; Financial Innovations.

Weekly Assignment:
  1. Chapter 14, pages 285-286, Answers questions 14.1-14.4.
  2. Chapter 15, page 307, Answers questions 15.1-15.5.
  3. Chapter 16, page 327, Answers questions 16.1-16.5.
  4. Chapter 17, page 338, Answers questions 17.1-17.4.
Week 6
Chapters 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22: Who's in Charge Here; Banks Reserve and the Money Supply; The Instruments of Central Banking; Understanding Movement in Bank Reserves; Monetary Policy Strategy.

Weekly Assignment:
  1. Chapter 18, page 351, Answers questions 18.1-18.5.
  2. Chapter 19, pages 365-366, Answer questions 19.1-195.
  3. Chapter 20, pages 389-390, Answers questions 20.1-20.5.
  4. Chapter 21, page 405, Answers questions 21.1-21.5.
  5. Chapter 22, page 426, Answer questions 22.1-225.
Week 7
Chapters 23-24 and 27-30. The Classical Foundation; The Keynesian Framework; An Aggregate Supply and Demand Perspective on Money and Economic Stability; Rational Expectations: Theory and Policy Implications; Empirical Evidence on the Effectiveness of Monetary Policy; Tying it all together.

Weekly Assignment:
  1. Chapter 23, page 445, Answer questions 23.1-23.5.
  2. Chapter 24, page 480, Answer any five of questions 24.1-24.7.
  3. Chapter 27, page 550, Answer questions 27.1-27.5.
  4. Chapter 28, page 560, Answer questions 28.1-28.4.
  5. Chapter 29, pages 573-574, Answer questions 29.1-29.5.
  6. Chapter 30, pages 589-590, Answer questions 30.1-30.4.
Week 8
Review Questions and FINAL EXAM