Dakota State University
BUS 315 Credit and Collection
Spring 2002
Announcements
May 6, 2002 11:19 am
The final exam is at 10:10 am on Wednesday, May 8th, 2002. The final
is comprehensive but there are many options available. Note that
asterisks on the study guide do not apply to the final exam because
the final exam is so much shorter. Any objective from the study guide
could be on the final exam, not just questions from previous exams.
May 3, 2002 2:10 pm
I graded the fourth exam. You may pick yours up in my office.
The final exam is Wednesday, May 8th at 10:10 am.
Consult the Student Grade Analysis Worksheet to analyze your approach
to the final exam. I would appreciate your filling out the Final Exam
Options Form as soon as you can.
April 30, 2002 9:53 pm
Here is Nathan Timmermans report on Working at Wells Fargo Financial Bank, a course requirement met in lieu of the tour of WFFB.
April 29, 2002 10:17 pm
Points from the Futures Market Contest:
Tanya Houska 25
Scott Olson 10
Kent Terveer 5
Jeff Drexler would have gotten 5 points but he already had 5 from
the Stock Market Contest.
April 29, 2002 2:21 pm
I have added to the course Web site the Student's
Grade Analysis Worksheet and the Final Exam Options
Form.
April 27, 2002 9:19 pm
Study guide/objectives for Chapter 19 are on the Web.
April 27, 2002 5:58 pm
Class notes for Chapter 19 are on the Web.
April 24, 2002 2:33 pm
Study guide/objectives for Chapter 17 are on the Web.
April 23, 2002 1:00 am
Class notes for Chapter 17 are on the Web.
April 23, 2002 12:30 pm
I graded the third exam. You can pick yours up in my office. I will
also bring them to class on Wednesday.
April 16, 2002 11:48 pm
The Big Five auditing firms are:
Andersen
KPMG
Deloitte & Touche
Ernst & Young
PricewaterhouseCoopers
April 16, 2002 8:56 pm
Tomorrow, April 17, 2002 is the tour of the Wells Fargo Financial
Bank in Sioux Falls. Meet me at the Physical Plant at 12:15 pm. We
will leave promptly at 12:30 pm and be back by 5:00 pm.
For those of you following me or meeting us there the bank is at
3201 N. 4th Ave. Take I-29 south from Madison. Go east on Hwy 38
(labeled as the airport exit). South on Minnesota toward the airport.
Then east on Benson (top of the overpass) a short ways before the airport.
Then south on 4th Ave. for a couple of blocks to Wells Fargo Financial
Bank. Note there is another Wells Fargo facility north of it. Go to
the complex of buildings south of it. Meet us at the northeast door,
the closest door to the street. Security is tight.
Our hostess there will be Michele Kommes, who is the Nowline Accounts
Group Manager.
Dress is "professional casual."
April 14, 2002 8:58 pm
Study guide/objectives for Chapter 16 are on the Web.
April 14, 2002 7:49 pm
Class schedule for the rest of the semester:
Monday, April 15 finish Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Wednesday, April 17 Tour of Wells Fargo Financial Bank
Monday, April 22 Third exam
Wednesday, April 24 Chapter 17
Monday, April 29 Chapter 19
Wednesday, May 1 Fourth exam
April 14, 2002 5:31 pm
Class notes for Chapter 16 are on the Web.
April 10, 2002 5:08 pm
Study guide/objectives for Chapter 15 are on the Web.
The third exam will be Monday, April 22, 2002.
Be sure to get those green Trip Approval Forms signed and turned
back in to me ASAP. The Wells Fargo tour is next Wednesday,
April 17, 2002.
April 10, 2002 3:08 am
Class notes for Chapter 15 are on the Web.
April 7, 2002 11:09 pm
Study guide/objectives for Chapter 14 are on the Web.
I also have copies of the STUDENT EXCUSE FROM CLASS that each of
you who will miss a class(es) other than BUS 315 must fill out before
going on the tour to Wells Fargo Financial Bank next Wednesday,
April 17, 2002. I'll bring the forms to class or you can pick
one up in my office. Hand in the completed form to me before you
go on the tour.
April 7, 2002 10:15 pm
All of the class notes for Chapter 14 are on the Web. Some of the documents are .pdf files, for which your computer must have Acrobat Reader to read. One document is an htm file.
April 7, 2002 5:30 pm
I have some of the class notes for Chapter 14 on the Web. I may get get the rest out this evening.
April 3, 2002 9:21 pm
The study guide/objectives for Chapter 13 are on the Web.
April 2, 2002 11:43 pm
Class notes for all of Chapter 13 are on the Web.
April 2, 2002 4:40 pm
Study guide/objectives for Chapter 12 are on the Web.
April 1, 2002 6:57 pm
If you want to be in the Futures Contest, submit your initial trade
orders by about noon Tuesday, April 2, 2002.
March 26, 2002 11:16 pm
Some of the class notes for Chapter 13 are on the Web.
March 26, 2002 1:32 pm
I graded the second exam. You can pick yours up in my office. I will
also bring them to class on Wednesday.
Wells Fargo Financial Bank wants a count on the number of people who are
coming to tour their credit and collections operations on Wednesday,
April 17, 2002. We will leave DSU at 12:30 and return by 5 pm. I need to
know by tomorrow, Wednesday, March 27, 2002, if you are coming on the tour
or not.
Schedule:
12:30 Leave for Sioux Falls from physical plant in DSU van
1:30 Recruiting PowerPoint presentation
2:15 Tour of WFFB facilities
2:45 Side-by-side, one-on-one pairing with team members
3:30 Final meeting
4:00 Leave for Madison
There are still 100 points to be earned in assignments in the course. The
tour will count for any points not used by any other assignments I can think
up before the end of the semester (maybe none). If you cannot come on the
tour or simply don't want to come, I will make up some other project for you
to do in lieu of the WFFB tour.
If you will miss other classes on that afternoon, I will give you a form to
take to the other professor(s) to get their approval. Let me know.
March 20, 2002 2:33 pm
DSU's Spring 2002 $tock Market Contest is done. Within the class
the following points are awarded:
25 Nathan Timmermans
10 Tiffany Jensen
5 Jeffrey Drexler
March 20, 2002 2:25 pm
All of the class notes for Chapter 12 are on the Web.
March 20, 2002 12:51 am
Some of the class notes for Chapter 12 are on the Web.
March 19, 2002 1:56 pm
There is an interesting article about Fair, Isaac & Co., the
company that provides FICO scores, on the front page of today's
Wall Street Journal. I am having the article printed for a class
handout.
March 16, 2002 8:18 pm
Study guide/objectives for Chapter 11 are on the Web.
The second exam will be on Monday, March 25, 2002.
We will discuss Chapter 11 on Monday, March 18, and start the next
unit on Wednesday.
March 16, 2002 5:21 pm
Class notes for Chapter 11 are on the Web.
March 6, 2002 10:43 pm
Study guide/objectives for Chapters 6 through 10 are on the Web.
March 6, 2002 12:04 am
Class notes for Chapter 10 are on the Web.
March 3, 2002 10:25 pm
The class notes for Chapter 9 are on the Web.
February 27, 2002 12:20 am
The class notes for Chapter 8 are on the Web.
February 24, 2002 12:06 am
The rest of the class notes for Chapter 7 are on the Web.
February 22, 2002 2:56 pm
The class visit to Wells Fargo Financial Bank in SIoux Falls to observe
its credit and collection operations is scheduled for the afternoon of
Wednesday, April 17, 2002. We would probably leave campus at 1 pm in a
college van and return by 5 pm.
February 20, 2002 2:20 pm
I'm starting to put class notes for Chapter 7 out on the Web.
February 20, 2002 12:45 am
All of the class notes for Chapter 6 are on the Web.
February 19, 2002 4:08 pm
I have started putting class notes for Chapter 6 on the Web and will be continuing this evening.
February 19, 2002 1:50 pm
Here are two more assignments for you.
1. 10 points. Pick up a credit application at a store or bank and bring
it to class or drop them off in my office. We will look at
all of them in class after I make transparencies of them or at
least the pertinent sections of them. To avoid duplication,
let me know which store or bank you are going to try to
use and I will post it on this page. Deadline for getting the
applications in to me is next Tuesday, February 26. Avoid
credit card applications. For a bank get a credit application
for a home loan, home equity loan, auto loan, etc.
Student Store/Bank
Bob Becker Campbell Supply
Jeffrey Drexler J C Pennys
Tanya Houska Younkers
Tiffany Jensen First National Bank
Sarah Koob Wells Fargo Bank
Scott Olson
Kari Rentschler
Michael Rush NA Truck & Trailer
Kent Terveer 1st American Bank & Trust
Nathan Timmermans FM Bank
2. 10 points Visit one of the sites below (tell me which one you want to
use so I can put your name down) and find information
on consumer protection regulations regarding credit. This
could take some digging. Be prepared to give the class a tour
of what you found on Monday, February 25.
Student
Office of Comptroller of the Currency Sarah Koob
The Federal Reserve Scott Olson
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp Tanya Houska
Office of Thrift Supervision Kari Rentschler
National Credit Union Administration Tiffany Jensen
Federal Trade Commission Nathan Timmermans
Department of Justice Mike Rush
SD state regulators* Bob Becker
MN state regulators* Kent Terveer
NE state regulators* Jeff Drexler
*You may have to use a search engine on the site. There may
be a consumer affairs department or it may fall under some
other category, like the banking commission. Let me know if
you are having trouble. You could also use a state other
than the three listed above.
February 14, 2002 12:18 am
I graded the first exam. You may pick up yours in my office. I will also
bring them to class on Wednesday. When looking at the grading note that a
series of dots, like ....., means that what you had was okay but should have
mentioned something else as well.
February 8, 2002 3:23 pm
And speaking of student credit card solicitations: I asked people
in the administration and the university does not assist credit card
companies in any way to obtain student names. But it was pointed out
that it would not be difficult to obtain a student/staff directory
if the company wanted one.
February 8, 2002 2:32 pm
Speaking of credit cards: Credit cards to manage money
February 6, 2002 2:32 pm
Study guide/objectives for all of Unit One are on the Web.
The first exam will be on Wednesday, February 13, 2002.
February 6, 2002 1:00 am
Class notes for Chapter 5 are on the Web.
February 4, 2002 2:37 pm
Class notes for all of Chapter 4 are now on the Web.
February 4, 2002 12:02 pm
I haven't had time yet to prepare the class notes for Chapter 5 or to
prepare study guide/objectives for chapters 4 and 5. So the first exam
will not be on Monday, Feb. 11 as scheduled. Perhaps Wednesday, Feb. 13.
We can always start the next unit while you are studying from the complete
set of objectives for the first unit.
January 30, 2002 12:21 am
Some of the class notes for Chapter 4 are on the Web.
January 27, 2002 10:35 pm
January 27, 2002 8:30 pm
Your assignment for Wednesday (10 points) is to find a Web site concerning
credit cards. This will not be a bank site or VISA or MasterCard or other
such site but a site about credit cards for consumers and/or merchants. It
can't be a site already listed on the Credit Cards resources page
because the site you find will be added to the page. A good way to search
would be to use a search engine. When you find a site, e-mail me and I'll
look at it for approval. If it's a site someone else already located
and had approved by me, you'll have to keep looking. Be prepared to
give the class a short tour of the site on Wednesday.
January 27, 2002 8:22 pm
The rest of the class notes for Chapter 3 are on the Web.
January 27, 2002 4:30 pm
Some of the class notes for Chapter 3 are on the Web.
January 16, 2002 12:21 pm
See: http://money.cnn.com/2002/01/14/saving/v_credit_score/index.htm for a video report on consumer credit scores.
Also, I will be looking to update the Web page on Personal Finance this semester. So if you run across interesting sites, please let me know about it. We will take a look at it in class if it's related to credit in some way and I'll add it to the Web page.
January 15, 2002 11:39 pm
Class notes for Chapter 2 are on the Web.
January 12, 2002 4:50 pm
Your first assignment (10 points) will be a) to explore the Web site of an
assigned professional association or related agency and b) to give
the class a tour of the Web site and emphasize what the organization is,
what its function is, and what resources are available on the site.
The tour should be short, say, five-ten minutes. Many of the url's can be found
at the end of Chapter 2 of the textbook. Otherwise use a search engine.
The tours will be given on Wednesday, January 16, 2002.
Bob Becker International Credit Association
Jeffrey Drexler National Association of Credit Management
Tanya Houska American Bankers Association
Tiffany Jensen American Collectors Association
Sarah Koob Society of Certified Credit Executives
Scott Olson American Financial Services Association
Kari Rentschler Consumer Bankers Association
Michael Rush Independent Bankers Association of America
Kent Terveer Federal Consumer Information Center: Money
Nathan Timmermans Indiana Department of Financial Institutions:
Consumer Credit
January 12, 2002 4:33 pm
Class notes for Chapter 1 are on the Web site.
Study guide/objectives for Chapter 1 are on the Web site.
January 10, 2002 1:49 pm
The class will be offered this semester.
January 8, 2002
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