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    Mar 28, 2024  
American University Catalog 2016-2017 
    
American University Catalog 2016-2017 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ITEC-388 Information Technology for Financial Services (3)


Financial services firms are the leaders and largest investors in the use of information technology (IT). Considered early IT adopters; retail; investment; and mortgage banks; insurance companies; brokerage, and even entire stock exchanges use IT to improve efficiency and effectiveness. Learning in this course focuses on IT-centric activities including interactive stock market simulations and IT-based research tools. Students evaluate the viability and feasibility of IT investment opportunities. Prerequisite: ITEC-200  and FIN-365 .