Finance (FN) Lower Level - hours
FN 101 - Personal Finance - 3
Selected aspects of finance encountered by an individual during his or her lifetime. Lower-level elective credit only.
Upper Level
FN 301 - Survey of Finance/Non-Business Majors - 3
A survey course of financial management principles emphasizing time value of money, relationship between risk and return, security valuation, and capital budgeting. Intended for users of financial information. Prerequisites: AC 200 and EC 210
FN 310 - Fund of Financial Management - 3
Basic principles of financial management emphasizing time value of money, stock and bond valuation, and capital budgeting; risk/return analysis, cost of capital, capital structure, and cash flow analysis. Prerequisites: AC 200 and AC 201 and EC 210
FN 311 - Short-Term Financial Management - 3
Multidisciplinary approach to analysis of financial statements and working capital management. Financial planning, corporate liquidity, and short-term financial policy issues.
FN 320 - Financial Research Methods - 3
Introduction to commercial and publicly available financial research databases and the basics of data analysis. Prerequisites:
FN 340 - Principles of Insurance - 3
Insurance from purchaser's point of view. Risk-insuring devices and insurance industry.
FN 350 - Equity Portfolio Management - 3
Investment theory with emphasis on risk-return tradeoff; equity investment instruments and environment, sources and interpretation of investment information, portfolio theory, market indices, options and futures, and international investing. Prerequisites: FN 310 Upper division course designed to provide the student with a solid foundation for making real estate decisions. Course involves computer-based assignments. Prerequisites: FN 310
FN 370 - Principles of Real Estate - 3
FN 410 - Advanced Financial Management - 3
Analysis of long-term corporate financial management; detailed stock and bond valuation, cost of capital, capital budgeting, cash-flow analysis, capital structure, and dividend policy. Prerequisites: FN 310
FN 411 - Case Studies in Financial Management - 3
Case method approach to study of applied and special topics in financial management; spreadsheet applications used in analysis of initial public offerings, imbedded options, leases, mergers, bankruptcy, and pension plan management. Prerequisites:
FN 412 - International Financial Management - 3
Financial analysis and decision making in international context. All traditional areas of corporate finance explored. Prerequisites:
FN 420 - Financial Sales & Trading - 3
This course introduces interactive trading in financial instruments. Students learn the principles of asset price discovery through real-time trading in a variety of markets, including equities, bonds, options and derivatives. Topics addressed include asset valuation, portfolio management, and risk management in the context of real-time trading of financial instruments. Prerequisites: FN 310 and FN 350 and FN 351
FN 452 - Management Financial Intermediaries - 3
Roles, activities, and functions of financial institutions and their interrelationships. Prerequisites: EC 301 and FN 351
FN 453 - Financial Risk Management - 3Domestic and international risk management issues. Tools to measure and manage interest rate; exchange rate and commodity price risks. Prerequisites: FN 350 and FN 410 and FN 412 and IB 412
FN 460 - Finance Internship - 3A work experience to enable students to better integrate academic knowledge with practical applications and to enhance students' educational experiences by making subsequent study more meaningful. Prerequisites: FN 350 and FN 410 or (FN 412 or IB 412) and 3.0 Finance GPA, and permission of the instructor.
FN 470 - Real Estate Finance - 3A study of the instruments, techniques and institutions of real estate finance and the use of financial analysis in real estate decisions. Prerequisites: FN 370
FN 490 - Advanced Topics in Finance - 3Issues and problems in selected areas of finance.
FN 495 - Invest & Institutions Capstone - 3This course consists of selected case studies to be presented in class by student teams. The objective is to encourage the students to develop the ability to identify problems, apply the tools of finance, evaluate alternatives and arrive at viable solutions to the problems in each case. Prerequisites: FN 310 and FN 320 and FN 350 and FN 351 and AC 320 and (IB 412 or FN 412) and (EC 420 or QM 420)
FN 496 - Financial Management Capstone - 3This course requires students to integrate, extend, analyze, and apply knowledge gained in the financial management curriculum to demonstrate mastery of the financial management discipline. Concepts from working capital management, capital budgeting, capital structure, dividend policy, and financial risk management, among other special topics, will be considered. The course is conducted in a seminar format through case analysis and a major research project. Prerequisites: FN 310 and FN 453 and FN 411 and FN 311 and FN 320 and FN 350 and AC 320 and FN 410 and (FN 412 or IB 412)
FN 499 - Directed Readings in Finance - 1 to 3
Supervised study of specific areas of finance.