Certified Treasury Professional (CTP) Prep Course

FIN 489/589

Overview
This course explores, from a practical perspective, the tools used in managing the treasury function of an organization to include instruments to finance the organization through bank financing, money and capital markets. Risk is explicitly analyzed and used as a tool in establishing risk-return parameters for the organization.

This course covers the whole of the AFP treasury body of knowledge during the 11 week semester. The AFP Treasury Learning System is used for the course, as well as the Cash Flow Problem Solver text, by Bryan Milling. The work is a combination of concepts, practice (calculations and analysis), and online case studies.

The preparatory course provides a plethora of finance and treasury knowledge topics including:

   - The Role of Treasury Management
   - Treasury Organizational Structure
   - Financial Environment
   - Financial Accounting
   - Financial Planning
   - Philosophy of Working Capital
   - Working Capital Tools
   - Payment Systems
   - Cash Positioning
   - Liquidity Management
   - Treasury Systems and Information Management
   - Electronic Commerce
   - Sources of Capital and Leasing
   - Capital Structure and Dividend Policy
   - Global Treasury Organization and Liquidity Management
   - Financial Risk Management
   - Enterprise Risk Management
   - Corporate Governance and Ethics
   - Pension Fund Management
   - Relationship Management

Along with developing the skills above, each section begins and culminates in questions similar to the AFP CTP question set for the certificate test. Also, the course is concluded with 50 questions very similar to the CTP test. For more information about the Certified Treasury Professional Exam, please visit the Association for Financial Professionals Web site.

Course Specifics
Dr. Rod Hewlett, DA, CFM, CTP, Distinguished Professor and Director of International Programs, will be the instructor for this course for the Fall, 2007 semester. The course is a three semester hour credit course, and can be taken as an elective in the BBA Finance degree, MS Finance degree, MS in Accounting degree, or as a non-degree seeking student (please call 248-689-8282 if registering as a non-degree student).

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