Finance
Courses
FIN 601 Corporate Financial Management 3.0 Credits
The objective of this course is to develop the intuition and tools to analyze corporate financial decisions. The topics to be covered include the time value of money, capital budgeting, stock and bond valuation, the link between risk and return, the cost of capital, and business valuation.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: BUSN 501 [Min Grade: C] or ACCT 510 [Min Grade: C]
FIN 602 Advanced Financial Management 3.0 Credits
Provides an in-depth treatment of long-term financing decisions, including estimation of the cost of capital, financial leverage, dividend policy, and capital structure determination.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: FIN 601 [Min Grade: C]
FIN 605 Business Valuation 3.0 Credits
This course provides a framework to understand value creation and maximization. The primary focus is on the valuation of equity in a public corporation, but the methods also apply to the valuation of private companies and small businesses. Topics include the analysis and projection of financial performance and the application of discounted cash flow and price-multiple valuation models.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: FIN 601 [Min Grade: C]
FIN 610 Corporate Governance 3.0 Credits
Corporate governance determines how strategic financial decisions are made in a firm. Topics include how incentives are set for executives in compensation contracts; the role of external constituents such as regulators, security analysts, and activist investors; the structure and purpose of the board of directors; and the consideration of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors on corporate structure and policy. The course will explore the success and failure of strategic decisions and the role governance plays in shaping them. The material will be delivered via lecture, student-driven discussion, and real-world case analysis.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
FIN 615 Environmental and Social Issues in Finance 3.0 Credits
This course focuses on how policies related to environmental and social (ES) issues affect firm performance. Using a mix of case studies, readings, discussions, and assignments, this class critically assesses ES issues affecting corporations today. Specific topics include activist and regulatory pressure, motivation for ES policies, greenwashing, and consequences for corporations that do and do not address these issues.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: FIN 601 [Min Grade: C]
FIN 622 Financial Institutions & Markets 3.0 Credits
Analyzes the economic functions of financial markets and intermediaries. Examines monetary policy formation and its impact on financial markets.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: FIN 601 [Min Grade: C]
FIN 624 Risk Management 3.0 Credits
Provides a fundamental understanding of risk and return, modern portfolio theory, asset pricing models, performance evaluation, and the use of derivatives to hedge and manage risk.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: FIN 601 [Min Grade: C] and (STAT 601 [Min Grade: C] or STAT 610 [Min Grade: C] or STAT 510 [Min Grade: C] or ECON 540 [Min Grade: C])
FIN 626 Investment Management 3.0 Credits
Covers theoretical and analytical frameworks used to value securities such as common stocks and bonds.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: FIN 601 [Min Grade: C]
FIN 635 Entrepreneurial Finance 3.0 Credits
The purpose of the course is to bring financial management decision, tools and techniques typically applied in corporate contexts into the realm of entrepreneurship. This course presents the importance of understanding and applying entrepreneurial finance methods and tolls to help ensure a successful venture.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: FIN 601 [Min Grade: C]
FIN 639 FinTech 3.0 Credits
This course focuses on the growing area of fintech, defined as the set of new technologies and innovations that strive to compete with traditional financial methods in the delivery of financial services. Specific topics include cryptocurrencies, peer-to-peer lending, crowdfunding, initial coin offerings, the technology-based alternatives to personal advising / trading, and regulatory issues. For each, we will consider both the benefits of these ‘fintech’ innovations, as well as their limitations.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: FIN 601 [Min Grade: C]
FIN 640 Mergers and Acquisitions 3.0 Credits
Covers internal vs. external growth, forces of expansion, analysis of relevant quantitative factors, accounting and tax problems, and forms of expansion.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: FIN 602 [Min Grade: C]
FIN 642 Business Conditions and Forecasting 3.0 Credits
Introduces various techniques such as trend analysis, time series analysis, and econometric methods to forecast business fluctuations and financial asset prices.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: FIN 601 [Min Grade: C] and (STAT 601 [Min Grade: C] or STAT 610 [Min Grade: C] or STAT 510 [Min Grade: C] or ECON 540 [Min Grade: C])
FIN 645 Behavioral Finance 3.0 Credits
This course provides an introduction to the topic of behavioral finance. Much of traditional economics and finance is based on market participants and managers behaving rationally. However, financial decisions in the laboratory and in the field systematically deviate from rational benchmarks, despite large monetary incentives to get it right. Behavioral finance examines these deviations and their implications for investor welfare and asset prices.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: FIN 626 [Min Grade: C]
FIN 648 International Financial Management 3.0 Credits
Uses analytical tools and data to formulate optimal financing and investment strategies in global markets. Analyzes exchange rate determination and international asset price linkages.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: FIN 601 [Min Grade: C]
FIN 650 Derivative Securities 3.0 Credits
The analysis and pricing of derivative securities including futures and options; applications to risk management and portfolio management.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: FIN 624 [Min Grade: C]
FIN 790 Seminar in Finance 3.0 Credits
Requires students to present the results of research on the application of financial theory to the establishment of financial policy. Requires oral report and written paper of graduate quality.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: FIN 602 [Min Grade: C]
FIN 794 Seminar in Investments 3.0 Credits
Requires students to present the results of research on the application of theory to portfolio management problems.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: FIN 626 [Min Grade: C]
FIN 910 Doctoral Seminar in Corporate Governance 3.0 Credits
Doctoral Seminar on research in Corporate Governance. Topics include board composition, executive compensation, and governance effects on mergers and acquisitions.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
FIN 921 Doctoral Seminar in Behavioral Finance 3.0 Credits
Much of finance research is based on market participants and managers behaving rationally. Financial decisions in the lab and the field systematically deviate from rational benchmarks, despite pecuniary incentives to get it right. Behavioral finance examines these deviations and their implications for welfare and prices. This course provides an introduction to the field for doctoral students in financial economics.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
FIN 922 Doctoral Seminar in Corporate Finance 3.0 Credits
Covers theoretical and empirical topics in corporate finance.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
FIN 924 Doctoral Seminar in Financial Markets 3.0 Credits
The course provides a theoretical framework to analyze the behavior of prices in financial markets.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
FIN 928 Doctoral Seminar in Financial Econometrics 3.0 Credits
The course provides econometric techniques for empirical analysis of financial economics.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
FIN 998 Dissertation Research in Finance 1.0-12.0 Credit
College/Department: LeBow College of Business
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
FIN I599 Independent Study in FIN 0.0-12.0 Credits
Self-directed within the area of study requiring intermittent consultation with a designated instructor.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
FIN I699 Independent Study in FIN 0.0-5.0 Credits
Self-directed within the area of study requiring intermittent consultation with a designated instructor.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
FIN I799 Independent Study in FIN 0.0-12.0 Credits
Self-directed within the area of study requiring intermittent consultation with a designated instructor.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
FIN I899 Independent Study in FIN 0.0-12.0 Credits
Self-directed within the area of study requiring intermittent consultation with a designated instructor.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
FIN I999 Independent Study in Finance 3.0 Credits
Self-directed within the area of study requiring intermittent consultation with a designated instructor.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated 3 times for 12 credits
FIN T580 Special Topics in Finance 0.0-12.0 Credits
Topics decided upon by faculty will vary within the area of study.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
FIN T680 Special Topics in Finance 0.5-9.0 Credits
Topics decided upon by faculty will vary within the area of study.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
FIN T780 Special Topics in Finance 0.0-12.0 Credits
Topics decided upon by faculty will vary within the area of study.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
FIN T880 Special Topics in Finance 0.0-12.0 Credits
Topics decided upon by faculty will vary within the area of study.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
FIN T980 Special Topics in Finance 0.0-9.0 Credits
Topics decided upon by faculty will vary within the area of study.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit