| Subject | Number | Title | Hours | Catalog Description |
| FIN | 300 | Introduction to Finance | 3 hours. | Description of financial markets. Time value of money. Risk and return. Market valuation of securities. Capital budgeting, capital structure and dividend policy of firms. Recommended background: ACTG 210 and ECON 130. |
| FIN | 301 | Introduction to Managerial Finance | 3 hours. | Introduces students to managerial finance: the valuation of future cash flows, capital budgeting, capital structure, and banking. Current events and policy issues are discussed. |
| FIN | 302 | Introduction to Investments | 3 hours. | Introduces students to investments: risk/return, models of risk, efficient markets, derivative securities, fixed income securities, international aspects. Current events and policy issues are discussed. |
| FIN | 310 | Investments | 3 hours. | Organization of security markets. Legal and institutional environment, mechanics of trade, financial intermediation, security classification. General principles of asset valuation with application to specific securities. Prerequisite(s): FIN 300. |
| FIN | 320 | Managerial Finance | 3 hours. | Short-term asset management, capital budgeting under certainty and uncertainty, capital structure and dividend policy, valuation and risk, capital asset prices, financial policy for firms. Prerequisite(s): FIN 300. |
| FIN | 330 | Quantitative Methods | 3 hours. | Introduces students to the quantitative methods needed for advanced finance coursework: point/interval estimation, hypothesis testing, regression, cross-section analysis, time series analysis, portfolio modeling, advanced topics. Prerequisite(s): IDS 270. Recommended background: FIN 301 and FIN 302. |
| FIN | 340 | International Financial Markets | 3 hours. | Evaluation of exchange rate regiments and international financial institutions; develop critical understanding of the asset approach to exchange rates and international financial markets. Prerequisite(s): FIN 300; or FIN 301 and FIN 302. |
| FIN | 371 | Introduction to Urban Real Estate | 3 hours. | Introductory survey of urban real estate; business, legal, economic and financial perspectives. Same as ECON 371. Prerequisite(s): ECON 220. |
| FIN | 396 | Independent Study | 1 TO 3 hours. | Independent study, under the direction of a faculty member, must be arranged before the start of the semester. May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the department head. |
| FIN | 404 | Financial Strategies and Text Analysis | 3 OR 4 hours. | Learn the developments made in analyzing textual information. Discuss implications for financial regulations and trading strategies (including high frequency trading). 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): Credit or concurrent registration in IDS 371; or ECON 346. Recommended background: FIN 310; or FIN 510 for graduate students. |
| FIN | 412 | Portfolio Management | 3 hours. | Development of portfolio theory; establishment of portfolio objectives for individuals, corporations, banks, pension and mutual funds; evaluation of portfolio performance. Prerequisite(s): FIN 310. |
| FIN | 415 | Fixed Income Securities | 3 hours. | Valuation of fixed income securities, term structure estimation and arbitrage trading with practical application using real data. Prerequisite(s): FIN 310. |
| FIN | 416 | Options and Futures Markets | 3 hours. | History and institutional structure of options and futures markets. Uses of futures and options for arbitrage, speculation and hedging by managers of domestic and multinational organizations. Analysis of factors which determine futures and options prices. Prerequisite(s): FIN 310. |
| FIN | 418 | Commodities, Energy, and Related Markets | 3 OR 4 hours. | Covers markets; physicality; laws and regulations; market participants; fundamentals (ags, metals, petroleum, electricity, emissions, and shipping); spreads; options; and, risk management. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s) Credit or concurrent registration in IDS 371 or Credit or concurrent registration in ECON 346 or Credit or concurrent registration in STAT 481 or Credit or concurrent registration in IE 345; or graduate standing. Recommended background: Credit or concurrent registration in FIN 310 or Credit or concurrent registration in FIN 510; and Credit or concurrent registration in FIN 416 or Credit or concurrent registration in FIN 516. |
| FIN | 430 | Introduction to Money and Banking | 3 hours. | Payment and banking systems; credit and market risk management; The Federal Reserve System; globalization of monetary, banking, and regulatory systems. Prerequisite(s): FIN 300. |
| FIN | 431 | Management in the Financial Services Industry | 3 hours. | The principles of management of corporations in the financial services industry, emphasizing commercial bank management and risk. Methodology includes computerized bank management simulation or case studies. Prerequisite(s): FIN 300. |
| FIN | 435 | Capitalism, Finance, and American Culture | 3 hours. | Considers how financial theory influences other aspects of American Culture. It will also encourage critical discussion and writing to help students become more effective financial managers. Prerequisite(s): FIN 300; or FIN 301 and FIN 302. |
| FIN | 442 | International Corporate Financial Management | 3 hours. | Financial management within an international context. International monetary system and financial markets, management of foreign investments, working capital management, exchange risks, taxation and earnings reports. Prerequisite(s): FIN 300; or FIN 301 and FIN 302. |
| FIN | 444 | Small Business Finance | 3 hours. | Aspects of acquiring funds for small business enterprises. Topics include the trade-off of liquidity and profitability, management of working capital, and capitalization. Prerequisite(s): FIN 300. |
| FIN | 449 | Applied Equity Investment Management | 3 OR 4 hours. | Puts financial theory to practice by giving students real life, hands-on experience in managing an equity investment process, from stock selection to portfolio management. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): FIN 310. Recommended background: A keen interest/ passion for the markets in general and the equity markets in particular. |
| FIN | 455 | Asset Management | 1 TO 4 hours. | Applied course in Investments. The emphasis is on modern quantitative techniques for asset management. Students will use real data, and learn to create their own spreadsheet optimization programs in MS excel. Prerequisite(s): FIN 310 or 510; or consent of the instructor. Recommended Background: FIN 300. Students must be comfortable with linear regressions matrix algebra, basic calculus. Spreadsheet proficiency is essential. |
| FIN | 465 | Property and Liability Insurance | 3 OR 4 hours. | Using property and liability insurance to manage risk. Topics may include fire, marine, consequential loss, crime, title, automobile, and workers' compensation insurance. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): FIN 300; or consent of the instructor. |
| FIN | 466 | Life and Health Insurance | 3 OR 4 hours. | Types, uses, and evaluation of life and health insurance. Economics of the industry. Regulation and taxation. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): FIN 300; or consent of the instructor. |
| FIN | 472 | Real Estate Finance | 3 OR 4 hours. | Finance principles applied to real estate; financing of residential and income-producing real estate; real estate development finance; secondary mortgage market; taxation and real estate finance. Same as ECON 472. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May not be used to satisfy the economics credit requirement for the MA in Economics and Ph.D. in Economics. Elective credit only will be applied toward these degrees. Prerequisite(s): ECON 220. |
| FIN | 473 | Introduction to Risk Management | 3 hours. | Introduction to risk management. Loan and credit management; credit scoring. Risk measurements and reserves; banking and insurance capital requirements, the BASEL accord, tail events and catastrophic event insurance. Financial contracts and hedging. Same as IDS 473. Prerequisite(s): FIN 300 and IDS 371. |
| FIN | 479 | Enterprise Risk Management | 3 OR 4 hours. | Overview of enterprise-wide risk management strategies and techniques: strategies that firms employ to enhance value and minimize exposure; techniques used to identify, measure, reduce, and transfer risk. Same as IDS 479. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): FIN 300; or consent of the instructor. Recommended background: IDS 473 or FIN 473. |
| FIN | 480 | Market Microstructure and Electronic Trading | 3 OR 4 hours. | Details of how financial markets work. Market structures; models of price discovery; limit order models; liquidity and price impact; time effects; and, how electronic traders use these ideas to improve trading and research. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): Credit or concurrent registration in IDS 371 or Credit or concurrent registration in ECON 346; or 300-level undergraduate standing or graduate standing. Recommended Background: Credit or concurrent registration in FIN 310; or Credit or concurrent registration in FIN 510. |
| FIN | 494 | Special Topics in Finance | 1 TO 4 hours. | An intensive study of a selected topic in finance. Topics vary by sections and by term. 1 to 3 undergraduate hours. 2 to 4 graduate hours. May be repeated if topics vary. Students may register for more than one section per term. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 hours for undergraduates; may be repeated to a maximum of 8 hourse for graduate students. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| FIN | 495 | Competitive Strategy | 4 hours. | Multidisciplinary analysis of organization strategy and policy using case method and/or business simulation. Assignments involve extensive library research as well as oral and written reports. Prerequisite(s): Senior standing in the College of Business Administration and completion of all other CBA core courses, or consent of the instructor. |
| FIN | 499 | Research Experience | 1 TO 3 hours. | Research experience under the supervision of a faculty member. The faculty member and student will determine the research project. Each student must submit a written report and each student must participate at a research event on campus. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |