Business Finance (FIN)

3000 Principles of Financial Management. Three credits. Prerequisite: ACTG 2110 or 3000. Will not substitute for FIN 3010. An overview of the fundamental concepts and tools for financial decision making within a business firm. (Not open to business majors.)

3010 Business Finance. Three credits. Prerequisites: ACTG 2120 or 3000; Q M 2610; junior standing. Theory of corporate finance, emphasizing wealth creation, valuation, risk, capital budgeting, and cost of capital.

3430 Public Finance. Three credits. (Same as ECON 3430.) Prerequisites: ECON 2410, 2420; junior standing. Economic foundations of federal tax and expenditure policies. Current issues in federal budget policy. Policy applications illustrating key concepts such as public goods, externalities, income distribution, tax incidence, tax equity, and allocative efficiency. Intergovernmental fiscal relations.

3810 Investments. Three credits. Prerequisite: FIN 3010. Introductory survey course focusing on investment markets and instruments. Emphasis on security characteristics, analysis, and valuation.

4010 Intermediate Financial Management. Three credits. Prerequisites: FIN 3010 with a minimum grade of C (2.00); MATH 1810 or 1910; Q M 3620. Reviews and extends the basics of risk, valuation, and the creation of wealth. Explores capital budgeting, capital structure, and their interactions.

4110 Managerial Finance. Three credits. Prerequisite: FIN 3010 with a minimum grade of C (2.00). A case course emphasizing the financial aspects of management. Topics include financial statement analysis, working capital management, capital budgeting, and cost of capital.

4390 Employee Benefits. Three credits. (Same as ECON 4390.) Pre-requisite: Junior standing. Includes descriptive review and taxation, legislative, and administrative dimensions of the major components of employee benefit plans such as retirement systems, deferred compensation plans, health insurance, death benefits, disability benefits, paid and unpaid time off. Technical analysis and problem solving emphasized to develop applied skills. Social insurance and international benefits integrated.

4810 Portfolio Theory and Management. Three credits. Prerequisites: FIN 3810; MATH 1810 or 1910; Q M 3620. Rigorous development of investment theory from its origins to current extensions and alternatives. Emphasis on investor rationality, efficient portfolio selection, capital asset pricing and options valuation models, and market efficiency.

4860 International Financial Management. Three credits. Prerequisite: FIN 3010 with a minimum grade of C (2.00). International capital markets, exchange rate exposure, risk management, and other multinational finance issues. Essential not only for United States exporters, but also for those facing competition from abroad.

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