FIN 331. Business Finance (3)

Examinations of the functions of financial managers, the financial environment, and the tools of financial analysis, including financial planning and control, working capital management, intermediate and long-term financing, and an introduction to the costs of capital and capital budgeting. Prerequisite: MATH 132.

FIN 332. Corporate Finance (3)

This course provides an extensive coverage of corporate finance theory and the applicability of this theory for the financial manager. Topics include: capital budgeting under uncertainty; the relevance of capital structure decisions on security valuation and riskiness; the theory and practice of dividend policy; implications of financial market efficiency, financial engineering; corporate restructuring and bankruptcy. Prerequisite: FIN 331 or permission of the instructor.

FIN 333. Investments (3)

The course provides an understanding of the investment process. Topics includes; a study of securities markets and functions; securities legislation; sources of investment information; evaluation of alternative investments; the valuation of bonds and stocks; risk-return analysis and portfolio strategies. Prerequisites: MATH 132 or permission of instructor.

FIN 336. Financial Options and Futures (3)

Examines the use of financial derivatives in managing the risks of decisions in financial markets as well as an overview of financial derivatives, option principles, pricing and strategies. A review of pricing spot assets futures and forward contract principles, pricing and strategies is addressed. Prerequisites: ECON 231 or permission of instructor.

FIN 338. Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management (3)

Conceptual and Analytical framework for formulating investment policies, analyzing securities, and constructing portfolios. Prerequisite: ECON 231 or permission of instructor.

FIN 339. Money and Banking (3)

Emphasis on the major issues facing managers of financial institutions focusing primarily on commercial banks. Topics include asset, liability, and capital management, the regulatory environment, and special topics. Prerequisites: ECON 231 or permission of instructor.

FIN 430. Financial Markets and Institutions (3)

A study of the functions and operations of financial institutions and their relationship to the general economy. Prerequisite: ECON 231 or permission of instructor.

FIN 431. International Finance (3)

A course in international finance, focusing on international sources of funds, structure of international money, stock and bond markets, users of international markets, and a comparative analysis between the different sources relative to the cost of financing, liquidation, volume and risk. Prerequisite: FIN 331 or permission of instructor.

FIN 432. Personal Finance (3)

Basic principles of personal financial planning, and investments. Prerequisite: ECON 231 or permission of the instructor.

FIN 436. Risk and Insurance (3)

Principles and practices of insuring individuals and personal property. Prerequisite: ECON 231 or permission of instructor.

FIN 437. Entrepreneurial Finance (3)

This course provides a broad exposure to the asset-and debt-based methods of financing a new small business and to the composition of the small business sector. A student will gain a greater and more realistic assessment of the risks involved in starting a new small firm. It will also give students a realistic understanding of how one begins an actual small business by developing a business plan. Prerequisite: FIN 331 or permission of instructor.

FIN 438. Advanced Finance (3)

This course examines advanced phases of finance with; emphasis on applications of concepts. Prerequisites: FIN 331or permission of instructor.