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FIN 325
Financial Management
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This course provides an overview of the relationship between business decisions and the value of the firm, as determined by the marketplace. Students will study the composition of capital structure, capital budgeting, and cost of capital theory, including incremental analysis of investment situations.
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Credits: 3 hours
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FIN 340
Global Financial Markets and Institutions
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Students are introduced to global financial markets and institutions as well as the regulators. Topics include financial instruments, past and current global financial crises, financial restructuring and reforms, and the interrelationships between financial and real economies.
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Credits: 3 hours
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FIN 345
Investments
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The course develops the theoretical framework necessary for a systematic approach to portfolio management. Content includes consideration of investment objectives, measurement of risk and returns, alternative uses of invested funds, analysis of securities markets, and the techniques of security analysis. Students will have an opportunity for the creation and management of an investment portfolio.
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Credits: 3 hours
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FIN 419
Financial Statement Analysis
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Students will take an in-depth look at the external financial statements that are prepared by corporations, including the tools needed to organize, summarize, and understand corporate financial data for use in decision making. Ratio analysis, trend analysis, earnings forecasting, bankruptcy predictors, statistical methods important to finance, and financial data bases are among the topics that will be covered. Prerequisites: FIN 325 and must have Junior standing with a major or minor within the Bloch School of Management
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Credits: 3 hours
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FIN 427
Debt Instruments And Markets
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An overall view of the financing process and the role of financial markets. The course will cover the characteristics of instruments traded in money and capital markets; determinants of and the relationships between different asset prices; and international aspects of financial markets. In particular, topics that will be covered include: Interest rate theory, valuing fixed income securities, managing interest rate risk, derivative financial instruments, capital market equilibrium, managing currency risk and applications of structured fixed income products.
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Credits: 3 hours
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FIN 428
Commercial Bank Management
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This course presents an overview of financial management of the interest spreads, credit risk, liquidity, and capital positions of commercial banks. Topics to be covered include analysis of bank profitability, lending functions and policy, securities investment strategies, fund attraction, regulatory examination, capital adequacy, and integrated asset/liability management. Instructional media includes cases and computerized bank management simulation. Prerequisites: ECON 202 and FIN 325.
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Credits: 3 hours
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FIN 435
Advanced Corporate Finance
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The course focuses on the finance function of the firm from the managerial perspective. Topics include working capital management, capital budgeting, financial structure, merger and reorganization, capital rationing, and analysis of risk. Students will use cases and computer techniques.
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Credits: 3 hours
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FIN 496
Internship: Finance
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An opportunity for students to integrate their academic studies via employment with a business/organization in the community. Note: Internship coursework is evaluated on a credit/no credit basis.
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Credits: 1-3 hours
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FIN 497
Special Topics: Finance
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Study and research in areas of special interest under individual faculty direction.
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Credits: 1-3 hours
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FIN H428
Commercial Bank Management
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This course presents an overview of financial management of the interest spreads, credit risk, liquidity, and capital positions of commercial banks. Topics to be covered include analysis of bank profitability, lending functions and policy, securities investment strategies, fund attraction, regulatory examination, capital adequacy, and integrated asset/liability management. Instructional media includes cases and computerized bank management simulation. Prerequisites: ECON 202 and FIN 325.
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Credits: hours
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