Undergraduate Catalog Finance
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS (See Business Administration, Communication, Graphic Design, Political Science and Social Work.)
dividend policy and derivatives. Prerequisites: FIN 285 and BUS 220. Offered fall. 3 credits
FIN 235 Principles of Investment
FIN 374 Risk Management
Students are introduced to problems and procedures of investment management, including types of risk, types of investments, timing, selection, and basic determinants of investment value and risk. The course provides fundamental and technical analyses and sources of information. Prerequisite: FIN 285. Offered fall. 3 credits
This course is designed to be an introduction to the fundamentals of risk management and insurance and will provide a broad perspective of risk management that will emphasize traditional risk management and insurance as well as introduce other types of risk management. Offered spring, alternate years. 3 credits
FIN 285 Business Finance I
FIN 403 Mergers & Acquisitions
Students are introduced to the financial functions of business. Topics include cash management, cash flow analysis, and profit planning. Prerequisites: Completion of math requirement, ACC 210. Offered fall and spring. 3 credits
This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of basic mergers and acquisitions principles and analysis grounded in current market dynamics. Prerequisites: FIN 285 and FIN 371. Offered spring, alternate years. 3 credits
FIN 302 Financial Markets
FIN 405 Capital Budgeting
This course explores the working of money markets, capital markets, futures markets, and options markets. The course will highlight the role of investment bankers, money market instruments, futures market contracts, and options trading. There also will be a thorough study of interest rate determination, term structure of interest rates, and yield curves. Offered fall. 3 credits
The student will learn capital expenditure project evaluation, allocation and management of capital assets and how to calculate rates of return as well as cost of capital. Also studied will be the impact of capital budgeting decisions on the debtto-equity balance, long-term profit planning, and the impact of these decisions on shareholder wealth. Prerequisite: FIN 371 or permission of department chair. Offered spring, alternate years. 3 credits
FIN 306 International Finance This course examines investment and financing strategies of multinational corporations. Topics covered include: capital acquisition in international environments, international borrowing decisions, currency swaps, hedging techniques, and international risk management instruments. Prerequisites: ECO 132 and FIN 285. Offered spring. 3 credits
FIN/POL 307 Public Finance This course deals with public finance at the federal, state and local level. It is an introductory course into the main issues facing the public arena, such as: tax equity and incidence for all types of taxes, allocation and efficiency of public goods, and the budgeting and allocation process of the Fiscal Federalism system in the United States. Offered spring, alternate years. 3 credits
FIN 342 Financial Statement Analysis This course studies the methods of investors, creditors, and other groups in examining financial statements of a business firm for a variety of important decisions. Prerequisite: ACC 211. Offered spring, alternate years. 3 credits
FIN 371 Business Finance II This course continues the work in FIN 285 with the application of analytical tools and concepts used in the business decision process. Topics include acquisitions, debt and equity-funding,
FIN 431 Investment Portfolio Management This course studies the security markets with discussions of both technical and fundamental analysis techniques. Portfolio management problems are considered. Prerequisite: FIN 235. Offered spring, alternate years. 3 credits
FIN 454 Finance Seminar This course is the capstone for students majoring in finance. It is designed to combine various quantitative skills, financial analyses, and current topics in the financial community in an integrated way that includes the development of a strategic financial plan. Prerequisites: FIN 371 or permission of department chair. Offered spring. Open only to all seniors majoring in finance. 3 credits
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