Maricopa Community Colleges  MGT205   19956-20086 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 07/22/08
MGT205 19956-20086 LEC 3 Credit(s) 3 Period(s)
Installment Credit Management
A study of consumer installment credit including history, products and services, the lending process, marketing, regulation, and administration/management.
Prerequisites: None.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
MGT205   19956-20086 Installment Credit Management
1. Define the term consumer installment credit, and describe how consumer attitudes, deregulation, and geographic/demographic trends affect consumer lending. (I)
2. Identify the types of institutions that offer consumer installment loans, their market share, industry trends, and factors affecting consumer loan demand. (I)
3. List key laws or regulations affecting consumer lending, and explain the purpose of Truth-in-Lending and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act. (I)
4. Define and compare the advantages between closed-end and open- end lending. (II)
5. Describe the functions of direct and indirect lending, and identify the risks and benefits of leasing programs to the lender and the consumer. (II)
6. Explain each step of the lending process from marketing through evaluation of the application, structuring the loan, completing the documentation, and closing. (III)
7. Identify the primary causes for consumer loan delinquencies and the tools for remedying the problem. (III)
8. Explain the purpose of a formal loan policy, and identify the components of an effective policy. (IV)
9. Evaluate the importance of planning and management control in the administration of a successful consumer installment credit program. (IV)
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MCCCD Official Course Outline:
 
MGT205   19956-20086 Installment Credit Management
    I. Consumer Installment Credit Overview
        A. Evolution of consumer installment credit
        B. Consumer installment credit market
        C. Consumer lending
          1. Consumer attitudes
          2. Consumer deregulation
          3. Consumer geographic/demographic trends
        D. Types of institutions
          1. Market share
          2. Industry trends
          3. Consumer loan demand
      II. Consumer Installment Credit Products and Services
          A. Closed-end loans
          B. Direct and indirect loans and related credit products
          C. Open-end/revolving credit products
        III. Consumer Lending Process
            A. Developing and taking loan applications
            B. Credit investigation
            C. Credit evaluation and decision making
            D. Credit math, loan pricing, and profitability
            E. Selling and loan structuring
            F. Loan documentation and closing
            G. Collection and recovery tools for delinquent loans
          IV. Consumer Installment Credit Administration
              A. Consumer installment credit policies
              B. Managing the consumer installment credit components
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