Department of Finance

Unless otherwise stated in the description below, each class meets for three lecture hours a week for one semester.

Finance: FIN

Upper-Division Courses

320F. Foundations of Finance.

Principles of effective financial management, including planning, organization, and control; financial intermediaries; securities markets; evaluating alternative assets, debt, and capital structures. May not be counted toward the Bachelor of Business Administration degree. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing, and Accounting 310F and Management Information Systems 311F or their equivalents.

354. Money, Banking, and Economic Conditions.

The monetary system, financial markets, national income components, and their relationship to business activity. Only one of the following may be counted: Economics 322, Finance 354, 354H. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing, Economics 302 and 303, Accounting 311, and credit or registration for Management Information Systems 324.

354H. Money, Banking, and Economic Conditions: Honors.

The monetary system, financial markets, national income components, and their relationship to business activity. Only one of the following may be counted: Economics 322, Finance 354, 354H. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing, Economics 302 and 303, Accounting 311H, and credit or registration for Management Information Systems 324H.

357. Business Finance.

Principles of finance, with application to all aspects of the business firm; particular attention to cost of capital, investment decisions, management of assets, and procurement of funds. Finance 357 and 357H may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing, Economics 302 and 303, Accounting 312, Statistics 309, and credit or registration for Management Information Systems 324.

357H. Business Finance: Honors.

Principles of finance, with application to all aspects of the business firm; particular attention to cost of capital, investment decisions, management of assets, and procurement of funds. Finance 357 and 357H may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing, Accounting 312H, Statistics 309H, and credit or registration for Management Information Systems 324H.

367. Investment Management.

Investment theory, alternatives, and decision making under differing uncertainties and constraints; formulation of objectives and strategies; development of conceptual managerial perspectives and philosophies for investment environments. Prerequisite: Finance 357 with a grade of at least C.

370. Integrative Finance.

Restricted to graduating seniors in the Department of Finance. Integrates financial decision making in functional areas of finance; utilizes various concepts to promulgate strategies, policies, and procedures in managing funds to achieve objectives. Prerequisite: Finance 354 and 357 with a grade of at least C in each, Finance 367 or 377L, three additional semester hours in finance or real estate, and Management Information Systems 324.

371M. Money and Capital Markets.

Development of modern financial markets, with emphasis on the factors that determine interest rates; institutional characteristics and pricing mechanisms of various interest-sensitive securities. Prerequisite: Finance 354 with a grade of at least C.

374C. Financial Planning and Policy for Large Corporations.

An in-depth study of theory and practice of corporate financial management in establishing major financial and investment policies; techniques for analysis, evaluation, and control. Prerequisite: Finance 357 with a grade of at least C.

374S. Financial Planning and Policy for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses.

Development, implementation, and control of financial plans, strategies, and policies by owner-managers of small and medium-sized firms; analysis of alternatives and decision making. Prerequisite: Finance 357 with a grade of at least C.

375F. Banking and Financial Intermediation.

Theory of financial intermediation, regulatory environment, interest rates, and asset/liability management with a focus on commercial banking; depository and contractual intermediation. Prerequisite: Finance 354 with a grade of at least C.

376. International Finance.

The international financial environment, with emphasis on the factors affecting exchange rates and how exchange rate changes affect the firm. Prerequisite: Finance 357 with a grade of at least C.

377L. Portfolio Analysis and Management.

Quantitative applications and the underlying theory in the analysis and management of securities and portfolios; designed for students with career goals in investment. Prerequisite: Finance 357 with a grade of at least C.

Real Estate: R E

Upper-Division Courses

358. Introduction to Real Estate and Urban Land Development.

Principles of real estate and urban land economics, including an examination of investment, valuation, financing, and public policy in real estate and mortgage markets. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing and Economics 302 and 303.

376G. Real Estate Appraisal and Investment.

Study of the setting and measurement of property values in real estate markets and an analysis of real estate assets as investments. Prerequisite: Real Estate 358 with a grade of at least C.

378K. Real Estate Finance and Syndication.

Debt and equity financing of residential and commercial properties; mortgage markets and instruments; lender and investor decisions in real estate financing. Prerequisite: Real Estate 358 with a grade of at least C.

Related Course

Legal Environment of Business 363. Real Estate Law.

See Department of Management Science and Information Systems.

International Business

See Department of Marketing Administration.

Legal Environment of Business

See Department of Management Science and Information Systems.


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