FINANCE (FIN)

Enrollment in junior- and senior-level FIN courses requires junior standing. All business majors must have completed the Basic Business Program.

FIN 2000. Personal Finance.  Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Financial concepts and practices relevant to personal financial decision making. (In order to receive credit toward a degree in business, this course must be taken prior to enrolling in Finance 3210 or its equivalent.)

FIN 3210. Principles of Managerial Finance. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: ECON 2010, ECON 2020, and ACCT 2120 (or ACCT 3720 for non-business majors ONLY). Financial theory and procedures required for the financial decision-making function of business organizations.

FIN 3220. Intermediate Financial Management. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: FIN 3210. Leasing, dividend policy, capital structure, long-term financing, convertibles and warrants.

FIN 3410. Principles of Real Estate. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Basic concepts, procedures, and analysis of real estate, property rights and liabilities, real estate instruments, estates and liens.

FIN 3430. Real Estate Finance and Appraisal. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Principles of financing real estate transactions, including valuation, sources of funds, cost of financing and real estate appraisal.

FIN 3610. Risk Management and Insurance. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Fundamentals underlying the insurance method of handling risk, including the cost and functions of insurance contracts related to business and personal decision-making.

FIN 3830. Fundamentals of Investment. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: ECON 3610, FIN 3210 or consent of instructor. Investment alternatives, markets and techniques of security valuation and analysis with emphasis on stock markets.

FIN 4230. Advanced Financial Decision Analysis. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: FIN 3220, ECON 3610, FIN 3830. Cash-flow analysis, budgeting, NPV, financial ratio analysis, financial planning and use of microcomputers in finance.

FIN 4470-80.  Investment Challenge I-II.  Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites:  FIN 3830 and permission of instructor.  Advanced portfolio theory through actual management of a real investment portfolio.

FIN/ECON 4510. International Trade and Finance. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: ECON/FIN 3320. International trade and monetary exchange, balance of payments and foreign investments. Co-listed as ECON 4510 (5510).

FIN 4800. Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: FIN 3830. Investments in a portfolio context. Analysis and management of portfolios.

FIN 4900. Commercial Banking. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: ECON 3320. Bank operations, including policy making and management of assets, liabilities and capital.

FIN 4910. Multinational Financial Management. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: FIN 3210. International markets and instruments, global financing strategies, global capital budgeting, global working capital management and international tax planning.

FIN 4930. Integrative Case Studies in Finance. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: FIN 3220. Case studies simulating the role of the modern financial manager in financial decision making.

FIN 4990. Special Topics. Credit 3-6.
Directed study and research on a selected topic in finance. Consent of departmental chairperson.

FIN 5020. Basic Finance. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Co-requisite or prerequisite: ACCT 5010. Introduction to the concepts and procedures needed for basic financial decision making in a corporate environment. Includes problem solving using spreadsheet templates.