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Jennings, Michael Patrick

Assistant Teaching Professor

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Teaching

courses taught

  • BADM 1260 - First-Year Global Experience
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2023 / Spring 2024
    In today's world of increased mobility, globally aware students have more choices for employment upon graduation and are immediately ready to contribute in global environments. They are aware of global issues and cultural differences, and their global mindset allows them to recognize good ideas from whenever they might come and new market/product opportunities wherever they might exist. This course is the first step toward the development of a global mindset. It provides a meaningful global experience to first-year business students through an in-depth perspective of a specific country or region outside the United States and a short academic trip to the region.
  • BASE 2104 - BCOR Applied Semester Experience
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2022 / Fall 2022 / Spring 2023 / Fall 2023 / Spring 2024 / Fall 2024
    Focuses on major business decisions integrating across business functional areas. Students complete multiple business projects drawing on knowledge and tools from previous BCOR courses.
  • BUSM 4010 - Entrepreneurship and Innovation
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2020 / Spring 2021
    The Business Minor capstone focuses on the development of an entrepreneurial business plan using principles learned in earlier Business Minor courses. The course supplements business plan development with segments on professionalism and corporate social responsibility. Degree credit not granted for this course and BUSM 4001.
  • ESBM 4570 - Entrepreneurial Finance
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2021
    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, and preparation for, and execution of, an initial public securities offering. Provides an understanding of the segments of the capital markets specializing in start-ups and growth financing.
  • FNCE 3010 - Corporate Finance
    Primary Instructor - Summer 2022 / Summer 2023
    Covers the theory and practices governing the management of capital in a business firm. Examines the determinants of capital requirements, methods of obtaining capital, problems of internal financial management, implications of risk, and methods of financial analysis and valuations.
  • MBAX 6110 - Entrepreneurial Finance
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2022
    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, and preparation for, and execution of, an initial public securities offering.

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