- FIN200 - Personal Finance
(University Core Curriculum) An introduction to the problems of personal financial asset management, including income and expense budgeting. Emphasis also placed on consumer credit, insurance, investments, home ownership, and taxation. Will not count toward a major in finance.
Credit Hours: 3
- FIN208 - Business Data Analysis
(Same as ACCT 208 and ECON 208 and MGMT 208) [IAI Course: BUS 901] Uses of data in policy formulation are discussed. Emphasis is placed on the conversion of raw information into statistics, which are useful to the decision-maker. Problems stress solution to questions typically raised in businesses. Prerequisite: MATH 139.
Credit Hours: 3
- FIN270 - The Legal and Social Environment of Business
An examination of the legal, social, and political forces that influence business. Particular attention to the role of law as an agency of social control in the modern business society. Restriction: sophomore standing or higher.
Credit Hours: 3
- FIN280 - Business Law I
Legal problems arising from situations involving contracts and agency and business organizations. Not pass/fail for College of Business and Analytics majors. Restriction: sophomore standing or higher.
Credit Hours: 3
- FIN310 - Insurance
Fundamentals of insurance and risk management including a study of selected insurance contracts and alternative methods of controlling risk exposures. Restrictions: College of Business and Analytics majors, junior standing or higher; program approval required.
Credit Hours: 3
- FIN320 - Real Estate
Problems of real estate ownership, management, financing, and development. Restrictions: College of Business and Analytics majors, junior standing or higher; or program approval required.
Credit Hours: 3
- FIN322 - Real Estate Appraisal
The techniques and art of real estate valuation using market comparison, cost, and income approaches. Includes appraisal principles, procedures, and applications. Restrictions: College of Business and Analytics majors, junior standing or higher; or instructor or program approval required.
Credit Hours: 3
- FIN330 - Introduction to Finance
Study of issuance, distribution, and purchase of financial claims including the topics of financial management, financial markets, and financial investments. Prerequisites: ACCT 220, ACCT/ECON/FIN/MGMT 208, and MATH 140. Restrictions: College of Business and Analytics majors or minors, sophomore standing or higher; or program approval required.
Credit Hours: 3
- FIN331 - Investments
Survey of the problems and procedures of investment management; types of investment risks; investment problems of the individual as well as the corporation. Prerequisite: FIN 330 with a grade of C or better. Restrictions: College of Business and Analytics majors or minors, junior standing or higher; or program approval required.
Credit Hours: 3
- FIN341 - Financial Markets
Operations of capital markets. Sources and uses of funds of financial institutions. Prerequisite: FIN 330 with a grade of C or better. Restricted to business major or minor, junior standing or consent of department.
Credit Hours: 3
- FIN350 - Small Business Financing
Financing problems involved in raising venture capital, debt type funds, expansion funds, and government sponsored funding. Budgeting, working capital management, and fixed asset planning are covered. Prerequisites: ACCT 220, ACCT 230 and ECON 240. Restrictions: College of Business and Analytics majors, junior standing or higher; or program approval required.
Credit Hours: 3
- FIN361 - Management of Business Finance
The principal problems of managing the financial operations of an enterprise. Emphasis upon analysis and solutions of problems pertaining to policy decisions. Prerequisite: FIN 330 with a grade of C or better. Restrictions: College of Business and Analytics majors or minors, junior standing or higher; or program approval required.
Credit Hours: 3
- FIN380 - Business Law II
Legal problems arising from situations involving sales, commercial paper, secured transactions, suretyship, and bankruptcy. Prerequisite: FIN 280 with a grade of C or better. Restrictions: College of Business and Analytics majors, sophomore standing or higher; or program approval required.
Credit Hours: 3
- FIN432 - Options and Futures Markets
Study of modern concepts and issues in financial options and futures markets. Emphasis on risk management in financial institutions, and applications in corporate finance and funds management. Prerequisite: FIN 331 with a grade of C or better. Restrictions: College of Business and Analytics majors or minors, junior standing or higher; or program approval required.
Credit Hours: 3
- FIN433 - Portfolio Theory and Management
Examination of modern concepts relating to management of security portfolios. Topics include security analysis, Markowitz Portfolio Theory, efficient market hypothesis, portfolio performance measurement, risk, and portfolio construction. Not available for students with credit for BA 533. Prerequisite: FIN 331 with a grade of C or better. Restrictions: College of Business and Analytics majors or minors, junior standing or higher; or program approval required.
Credit Hours: 3
- FIN434 - Risk Management
This course includes a survey and application of various risk management techniques with an emphasis on commodity risk management. Topics include: pricing theories of futures and options, examination of firm risk, and the use of a trading room to simulate risk management techniques. Prerequisite: FIN 432. Restrictions: College of Business and Analytics majors, junior standing or higher; or program approval required.
Credit Hours: 3
- FIN449 - Management of Financial Institutions
Principal policies and problems which confront top management. Emphasis on liquidity, loans, investments, deposits, capital funds, financial statements, organization structure, operations, personnel, cost analysis, and public relations. Not available for students with credit for BA 532. Prerequisite: FIN 341 with a grade of C or better. Restrictions: College of Business and Analytics majors or minors, junior standing or higher; or program approval required.
Credit Hours: 3
- FIN462 - Working Capital Management
Liquidity analysis and management with a focus on managing cash, marketable securities, accounts receivable, inventory, banking relationships and short-term financing. Prerequisite: FIN 361 with a grade of C or better or concurrent enrollment. Restrictions: College of Business and Analytics majors or minors, junior standing or higher; or program approval required.
Credit Hours: 3
- FIN463 - Forecasting and Capital Budgeting
Long-term forecasting techniques used in business; alternative approaches to capital structure decisions, cost of capital measurement; and performance measurement for investment decisions including mergers and leasing; explicit consideration of certainty, risk, and uncertainty in investment analysis; theory and applications in private and public sectors. Prerequisite: FIN 361 with a grade of C or better or concurrent enrollment. Restrictions: College of Business and Analytics majors or minors, junior standing or higher; or departmental approval required.
Credit Hours: 3
- FIN464 - International Financial Management
Examine decision-making in International Finance by studying issues encountered when investments and business operations cross national boundaries. Topics include foreign exchange markets, parity conditions, exchange rate exposure and hedging, global financing, multinational capital budgeting, working capital management and international portfolio diversification. Not available for students with credit for BA 582. Prerequisite: FIN 331 with a grade of C or better. Restrictions: College of Business and Analytics majors, junior standing or higher; or program approval required.
Credit Hours: 3
- FIN469 - Financial Analysis and Security Valuation
Study of the corporation's financial problems and their causes and solutions. Emphasis given to the impact of these financial problems on how the market values securities. Topics include liquidity and leverage analysis, analysis of profitability, and other financial analysis tools. Prerequisite: FIN 361 with a grade of C or better. Restrictions: College of Business and Analytics majors, junior standing or higher; or school approval required.
Credit Hours: 3
- FIN491 - Readings in Finance
Readings in classical and current writing on selected topics in various areas in the field of finance not available through regularly scheduled courses. Not for graduate credit. Consent of program chair required. Mandatory Pass/Fail. Restrictions: College of Business and Analytics majors, junior standing or higher, and an outstanding record in Finance. Special approval needed from the program.
Credit Hours: 1-6
- FIN495 - Internship in Finance
Designed to provide an opportunity to relate certain types of work experience to the student's academic program and objectives. Approved internship assignments with cooperating companies in the fields of finance are coordinated by a faculty member. Course may be repeated in a subsequent semester, but only three semester hours may be applied toward the Finance major. Additional credit hours may only satisfy the 300-400 level College of Business and Analytics prefix elective or general elective requirements. Mandatory Pass/Fail. Not for graduate credit. Restrictions: Finance majors, junior standing or higher, and an outstanding record in Finance. Special approval needed from the program.
Credit Hours: 3
