Finance Courses

FINA 100. Cooperative Program I. 2 crs.  Offers career-related training consistent with student’s interest. FINA 200. Cooperative Program II. 2 crs. Continuation of FINA 100, with additional responsibilities to enhance career development. 

FINA 210. Personal Money Management. 3 crs. This course is designed to give students exposure to personal financial-making decisions. The course is open only to non-business majors. The objectives are to give students information in the following areas: credit issues, banking, taxes, record keeping, real estate, insurance, savings and investments, estate planning, retirement, and employee benefits. Non- Business majors only. 

FINA 300. Cooperative Program III. 2 crs. A comprehensive phase of assignments consistent with student’s career objective. FINA 311. Finance Principles. 3 crs. An introduction to the general principles of business finance. Prereqs.: ACCT 202, ECON 001 and ECON 002. Course designed for non-finance majors. 

FINA 312. Business Finance. 3 crs. The Finance function in business with emphasis on valuation and working capital management. Prereqs.: ECON 001, ECON 002 and ACCT 202. 

FINA 313. Financial Management. 3 crs. An analysis of the major parameters in the financial decision-making process with an emphasis on long-term financing. Prereq.: FINA 311 or FINA 312. 

FINA 320. Principles of Personal Financial Planning. 3 crs. A comprehensive analysis of the personal financial planning process as it relates to planning the total financial and estate affairs of individuals and families. Prereq.: FINA 311 or FINA 312. 

FINA 322. Financial Markets and Institutions. 3 crs. An analysis of financial markets and their impact on the creation, operation, and public regulation of financial institutions. Prereq.: FINA 311 or FINA 312. 

FINA 323. Commercial Banking. 3 crs. The study of commercial banking as a profit-seeking enterprise. The course also focuses on loan policy, credit documentation, investigation, analysis, and decision making. Prereq.: FINA 311. 

FINA 330.  Principles of Investments. 3 crs. The study of conceptual foundations and the practical pursuit of investment objectives. Prereq.: FINA 311 or FINA 312. 

FINA 331. Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management. 3 crs. The development and application of Modern Portfolio theory. A comparison of investment alternatives. Prereqs.: FINA 330. 

FINA 357. Independent Study in Finance I. 1-3 crs. A specialized finance project or preparation for professional finance examinations. Prereq.: FINA 313. 

FINA 358. Independent Study in Finance II. 1-3 crs. A specialized research into finance problems or preparation for professional finance examinations. Prereq.: FINA 357. 

FINA 360. Seminar in Finance. 3 crs. Readings, research, and the discussion of advanced finance topics. Prereqs.: FINA 313 and permission of the instructor. 

FINA 361. Bank Credit Administration. 3 crs.  Covers loan policy, credit documentation, investigation, and analysis. Prereq.: FINA 311 or FINA 312. 

FINA 363. Computer Application of Financial Analysis. 3 crs. An introductory course in computer application to business and financial decision-making. Prereqs.: FINA 311 or FINA 312. 

FINA 364. Investment Banking. 3 crs.  An analysis of the issues and operations of investment banking. Topics include fixed income securities, mergers and acquisitions, IPO’s, seasoned issues, venture capital, ethics, trading, financial engineering, etc. Prereqs.: FINA 313. FINA 365. Financial Derivatives. 3 crs. An in-depth analysis of options, futures, and other derivatives. Prereqs.: FINA 313 and FINA 330. 

FINA 370. Bond Markets: Analysis and Strategies. 3 crs.  An in-depth analysis of fixed-income securities. Topics include: measuring yields, bond price volatility (duration and convexity); the term structure of interest rates; non-U.S. bonds; treasury and agency securities markets; corporate and municipal debt instruments; convertible bonds; collateralized mortgage obligations; mortgage-backed securities; other asset-back securities; interest rates; futures, options, swaps and agreements. Also includes bond portfolio management strategies. Prereq.: FINA 313. 

FINA 371. Venture Capital. 3 crs. A review of the overall process of venture capital from both the venture capitalist’s perspective and the entrepreneur’s perspective. The role of venture capital in both the U.S. economy and developing economies is discussed. A complete overview of the venture capital process is provided, including the proposal, the commitment letter, the closing, and the exit. Focus will be on the organization and management of a venture capital firm. The instructional method used in this course will be both lecture and case analysis. Prereq.: FINA 311. 

FINA 380. Business Finance Policy and Decision Making. 3 crs. The case method is used to identify, analyze, and make decisions concerning business problems that have financial implications. Prereq.: FINA 313. 

BECN 330. Managerial Economics. 3 crs. Analyzes decision-making in the enterprise. Emphasizes the market environment measurement of the influence of policy and non-policy variables on sales,, costs,, and profits. Prereqs: ECON 001, ECON 002, INFO 311. 

BECN 331. Business Fluctuations and Forecasting. 3 crs. Studies the historic framework of business fluctuations, the methods of making business forecasts., and macroeconomic theory. Prereqs: ECON 001, ECON 002, INFO 311.