Finance (FINA)

FINA801
Quantitative Methods in Finance

Prerequisites: Admission to MS Finance, MBA, MPA and MS Business Analytics programs in the College of Business, or by permission

Description: Practical use of statistical and quantitative methods that have wide applicability in business and financial decision making.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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FINA802
Fixed Income Analysis

Prerequisites: Admission to MS Finance, MBA, MPA and MS Business Analytics programs in the College of Business, or by permission

Description: Basic understanding of fixed-income markets, fixed-income securities, and tools employed by market participants to the analysis of fixed-income investments.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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FINA803
Case Studies in Financial Management

Prerequisites: Admission to MS Finance, MBA, MPA and MS Business Analytics programs in the College of Business, or by permission

Description: Development and implementation of financial strategies and policies. Cases will cover financial statement analysis, working capital management, capital structure planning, cost of capital, and capital expenditure analysis.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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FINA804
Portfolio Management II & Ethics

Prerequisites: FINA 863

Description: Covers elements of the investment management process. Investment management process considers risk, return, and investment constraints. Ethical considerations of this investment management industry.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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FINA807
Property and Liability Insurance

Prerequisites: FINA 307

Description: Open to masters level and PhD students only. Analysis of risk theory, property and liability risks, and the economic functions of property insurance. Traditional and modern theories of risk, property and liability coverages, and functional insurance areas. The role of property and liability insurance in meeting current economic and social problems in urban core areas of major central cities.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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FINA812
Life and Health InsuranceCrosslisted with FINA 412

Prerequisites: 2.5 cum GPA; FINA 338.

Description: The economic functions of life insurance. The human-life value concept and the basic forms of life insurance and annuities used in insuring life values. Life insurance pricing, functional company operations, legal aspects, and contractual provision. Health and other specialized forms of human-life value insurance.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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FINA820
Employee Benefit PlansCrosslisted with FINA 420

Prerequisites: ECON 210, or 211 and 212; FINA 307

Description: Analysis of group life insurance, group medical expense and disability income insurance, private pension plans, profit sharing and thrift plans, Section 401(k) plans, individual retirement accounts (IRAs), Keogh plans for the self-employed, group property and liability insurance, and other employee benefits. An analysis of major public policy issues.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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FINA838
Enterprise Risk ManagementCrosslisted with FINA 438

Prerequisites: FINA 338.

Description: Major and minor pure loss exposures facing business firms, the alternative risk management techniques for dealing with these exposure, the most appropriate technique(s) for controlling each exposure, and the financial results so the risk management program remains effective. Actual risk management audits of business firms and case studies are used to integrate the concepts, techniques, and tools.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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FINA850
Multinational Financial Analysis

Prerequisites: GRBA 811 and permission

FINA 850 is open to masters level and PhD students only.

Description: International aspects of financial management. Exchange risk analysis and management. Accessing international capital markets. International capital budgeting. Numerical optimization technique.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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FINA855
Capital Markets and Financial Institutions

Prerequisites: FINA 365

Open to masters level and PhD students only.

Description: Analysis of the development and functions of the various financial institutions, with emphasis on the nonbank financial intermediary. Sources and uses of funds for each of the major types of intermediary, the nature and structure of financial markets, the behavior of financial institutions, and the theories of interest rate determination.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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FINA861
Advanced FinanceCrosslisted with FINA 461

Prerequisites: 2.5 cum GPA; FINA 361/361H with a grade of C or above; or ACTS 440/840.

Description: Advanced development of the corporate finance tools used in financial management. Application of quantitative techniques used in financial statement forecasting, advanced capital budgeting, advanced cost of capital estimation, corporate valuation, and external financing policy of the firm.

This course is a prerequisite for: FINA 475

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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FINA862
Security Valuation and the Buffett Investment Method

Prerequisites: GRBA 811 or equivalent

Description: This course covers methods used to value publicly-traded and private equities. Methods used by Warren Buffett are emphasized.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded
Offered:FALL

Credit Hours:3

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FINA863
Portfolio Management

Prerequisites: GRBA 811

Description: The workings of securities markets. The fundamental intuition of the risk-return trade-off. The role of information in financial markets. All major asset pricing models and application to risk management in a portfolio context.

This course is a prerequisite for: FINA 467, FINA 867; FINA 804

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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FINA865
Bank ManagementCrosslisted with FINA 465

Prerequisites: 2.5 cum GPA; FINA 361/361H with a grade of C or above or ACTS 440/840; and FINA 365.

Description: Bank asset management; policy and practices for reserves, loans and investments. Internal organization of commercial banks. New problems and recent innovations in commercial banking.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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FINA867
Options, Futures and Derivative SecuritiesCrosslisted with FINA 467

Prerequisites: 2.5 cum GPA; FINA 338 or 367 or 863.

Description: The use of derivative securities in risk reduction and portfolio management strategies.

This course is a prerequisite for: ACTS 405

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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FINA867A
Options, Futures and Derivative Securities for Actuarial ScienceCrosslisted with FINA 467A

Prerequisites: ACTS 441 and STAT 380.

Description: Introduction to financial mathematics related to pricing of derivative securities, including standard options, exotic options and interest rate and bond derivatives. Covers required material for the Society of Actuaries Models for Financial Economics (MFE) exam.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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FINA871
Nonprofit Financial Management

Prerequisites: Admission to the MBA or MPA program or by permission of the MBA director.

Description: Financial Managment for the non profit firm examines the planning process for operating, capital expenditure, and cash budgets. This process includes long-term financial planning and the importance of capital structure and investment policies that are aligned to the organization's strategic objectives. All these topics build on the foundation of nonprofit accounting and nonprofit financial statements.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded
Offered:SPRING

Credit Hours:3

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FINA882
Real Estate FinanceCrosslisted with FINA 482

Prerequisites: FINA 382.

Description: Consideration of procedure, instruments, techniques, and trends in financing urban real property; an examination of realty credit markets and sources of funds (private and public); valuation of real property for lending and investment purposes; and measurement of investment performance.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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FINA899
Masters Thesis

Prerequisites: Admission to masters degree program and permission of major adviser

Course details
Credit Hours:1-10
Max credits per semester:10
Max credits per degree:99
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-10

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FINA907
Insurance Seminar
Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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FINA960
Financial Management

Prerequisites: Completion of the MBA core requirements

Description: Open to masters level and PhD students only. Assuming a background of knowledge which includes the finance function in business and the technique of financial analysis, this course confronts the student with the unique role of financial management which relates both to the company as an operating entity and to the interest of the owners in the results of the operation.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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FINA961
Advanced Theory of Finance

Prerequisites: FINA 361

Description: Open to masters level and PhD students only. Critical examination of the relation of the capital markets to the external financing problems of the firm. Advanced developments of the finance specialization with major emphasis on the theoretical issues.

This course is a prerequisite for: FINA 994

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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FINA962
Research Methods in Finance and Accounting

Prerequisites: Admitted to PhD degree program in Economics or the College of Business Administration

Description: This class covers the research methods used in accounting and finance. Emphasis is on empirical testing using statistical and mathematical programming languages.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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FINA963
Survey of Teaching Methods in Business

Prerequisites: Admission to PhD degree program in Finance

Description: This course is a primer to help facilitate new PhD candidates in their transition from student to teacher. The course is largely self-directed study, however there is mentoring from a faculty member. The course is based around four accountabilities. The student will learn strategies to develop: 1) an environment conducive to learning, 2) a curriculum, 3) a delivery system for the curriculum, and 4) an evaluation system. The course culminates with the construction of a teaching portfolio.

Course details
Credit Hours:1
Max credits per semester:1
Max credits per degree:1
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:1

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FINA965
Seminar in Banking
Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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FINA966
Seminar in Investments
Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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FINA968
Seminar in Finance
Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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FINA969
Finance Seminar
Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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FINA994
Seminar in Selected Subjects: Special Topics

Prerequisites: FINA 961

Open to PhD students only.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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FINA996
Directed Reading or Research
Course details
Credit Hours:1-3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:24
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:1-3

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FINA999
Doctoral Dissertation

Prerequisites: Admission to doctoral degree program and permission of supervisory committee chair

Course details
Credit Hours:1-24
Max credits per semester:24
Max credits per degree:99
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-24

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