May 18, 2024  
2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses


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Course Lists by Special Designations

 

Finance

  
  • FINA 1904 - Personal Finance


    3

    May not count toward business core or concentration area. Introduction to managing personal finances. Topics include investing and retirement planning, career planning, money management and budgeting, taxes, consumer credit, and purchasing strategies (home, auto, insurance).
  
  • FINA 2244 - Legal Environment of Business


    3 F,S,SS

    US system of jurisprudence, sources of law, regulation of business, and principles of tort law, contracts, labor law, and property. Legal aspects of business organization.
  
  • FINA 3004 - Survey of Financial Management


    3 F,S,SS

    May not substitute for FINA 3724 . May not substitute for any College of Business major requirement. P: ACCT 2101  or ACCT 2401 ; ECON 2113 ; MATH 2283 . Survey from a practical perspective. Includes TVM, capital budgeting techniques, cost of capital, risk and return analysis, leverage, and financial management of a firm.
  
  • FINA 3144 - Financial Markets


    3 F,S

    P: ECON 2113 . Banks and financial intermediaries as sources of funds. Monetary system, structure, and organization of commercial banking. Nonbank intermediaries, monetary policy, and international markets.
  
  • FINA 3154 - Principles of Risk Management and Insurance


    3 F,S

    P/C: MATH 2283 FINA 2244 . Fundamentals of risk management and insurance, including property and liability insurance, workers compensation, employee benefits, and social security.
  
  • FINA 3500 - Money Management for Entrepreneurs


    3

    P: MGMT 3500. Financial aspects of running a business including assessing financial need, creating budgets, managing cash flow, handling taxes, insurance, payroll and developing profitability.
  
  • FINA 3544 - Commercial Property Insurance


    3 F

    P/C: FINA 3154 . Principles of the commercial property insurance marketplace.
  
  • FINA 3554 - Principles of Real Estate


    3 F,S

    P: ACCT 2401 ; ECON 2133 . Economics of real estate. Legal instruments used in real estate transactions, real estate markets, and real estate businesses, and interactions of public and real estate activities.
  
  • FINA 3564 - Commercial Liability Insurance


    3 F

    P/C: FINA 3154 . Principles of the commercial liability insurance marketplace.
  
  • FINA 3724 - Financial Management


    3 F,S,SS

    P: ECON 2113 ; MATH 2283 ; P/C: ACCT 2521 . Financial control, capital budgeting techniques, cost of capital, rates of return, financial leverage, dividend policy, working capital management, and timing of financial policy.
  
  • FINA 3824 - Financial Analysis and Planning


    3 F,S

    P: FINA 3724 . Analysis of financial and accounting information and applications to financial planning, forecasting, and budgeting.
  
  • FINA 3904 - Investments


    3 F,S

    P: ECON 2133 ; FINA 3724 . Corporate and other securities as investments. Organization of capital markets and analysis and evaluation of securities and portfolios.
  
  • FINA 4244 - Insurance Law


    3 S

    P: FINA 3154 . Legal issues in the insurance industry, including licensing, regulation, and sales.
  
  • FINA 4404 - Security Analysis and Portfolio Management


    3 S

    P:   . Techniques and theories used in analyzing securities. Selection, management, evaluation, and revision of portfolios.
  
  • FINA 4414 - Derivatives and Financial Risk Management


    3 S

    P:   . Structure and use of derivative-based financial instruments (options, futures, forward contracts, and swaps). Valuation models and the use of derivatives for hedging, tactical asset allocation, and speculation.
  
  • FINA 4454 - International Finance


    3 S

    P:  . Financing international trade and investments. Financial tools, principles, and problems of managing multinational business.
  
  • FINA 4500 - Risk Management I


    3 F,S

    P/C: FINA 3544 FINA 3564 . Corporate risk management process, with special emphasis on risk exposure identification, analysis and treatment.
  
  • FINA 4600 - Risk Management II


    3 F,S

    P/C: FINA 4500 . Risk financing variables and the optimal financing of corporate risk exposures. Enterprise risk management as it applies to both public and private entities.
  
  • FINA 4604 - Real Estate Financing


    3 F

    P: FINA 3824 . Relationships among real estate, financial, and investor communities. Financing of real property assets.
  
  • FINA 4654 - Commercial Bank Management


    3 F

    P: FINA 3144 , FINA 3824 . Managing a commercial bank. American economy as viewed by commercial bank manager.
  
  • FINA 4700 - Advanced Risk and Insurance Topics


    3 F,S

    P: FINA 3154 . Advanced topics and current events in insurance, insurer operations and management, and the global insurance environment.
  
  • FINA 4734 - Financial Management II


    3 F,S

    P: FINA 3824 . Applies various financial management decision-making techniques to complex business problems.
  
  • FINA 4750 - Insurance Market Operations


    3 F,S

    P: FINA 3154 . Principles of the insurance marketplace including insurer operations, insurer regulation, and agency operations and management.
  
  • FINA 4854 - Employee Benefits and Retirement Planning


    3 S

    P: FINA 3724 . Benefit regulations and estate planning strategies, including legal constraints and tax issues.
  
  • FINA 4964 - Topics in Finance


    3

    May be repeated for credit with change of topic and consent of chair. Consideration of new and advanced topics.
  
  • FINA 4984 - Topics in Real Estate


    3

    P: Consent of chair. Selected topics.