Undergraduate Finance Courses

2301: Personal Finance
Cr. 3. (3-0). May not apply to a business major or minor. Survey of financial markets and instruments. Major financial decisions faced by individuals, including saving, home financing, and insurance.

3332: Principles of Financial Management
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: junior standing, ACCT 2331, MATH 1313 and 1314. Time value of money, principles of corporate financial management and investments.

3333: Money and Capital Markets
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: junior standing, ACCT 2332, and ECON 2304. Survey of the behavior of money, credit, debt, and the financial system, including both domestic and international aspects.

3399:4399: Senior Honor Thesis
Cr. 3 per semester. (3-0). Prerequisites: approval of department chair and Bauer College's Office of Undergraduate Business Programs.

4198;4298;4398: Special Problems
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: junior standing and approval of chair.

4310: Behavioral Finance (also MANA 4310)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: FINA 3332 and DISC 3331 or equivalents. Examination of individual decision behavior within a financial market context. Evaluation of psychological explanations for market movements and anomalies. Emphasis on the application of psychological principles to decision-making behavior.

4320: Investment Management (formerly FINA 4366)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: junior standing, FINA 3332 or equivalent, DISC 3331, and ECON 2304. Techniques of securities evaluation, portfolio optimization, and the relationship between risk and return on financial securities.

4322 Security Financial Analysis Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: FINA 4320 and junior standing. In-depth analysis of methods used to analyze and value individual stocks. Analysis of factors affecting security risk and return.

4330: Corporate Finance (formerly FINA 4332)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: FINA 3332 or equivalent, DISC 3331, and ECON 2304, and junior standing. Capital budgeting, capital structure, and dividend policy of the firm.

4334: Managerial Analysis (formerly FINA 3334)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: junior standing, ACCT 2332, MATH 1313, MATH 1314, and ECON 2304. Allocation of resources within the business enterprise. Emphasis on profit maximization in the context of alternative market structures.

4340: Financial Systems (formerly FINA 4376)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: junior standing, FINA 3332 or equivalent, DISC 3331, and ECON 2304. Analysis of financial intermediation. Consideration of bank and nonbank financial intermediaries as they relate to the supply and demand of loanable funds.

4341: Commercial Bank Management (formerly FINA 4337)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: junior standing, FINA 3332 or equivalent, DISC 3331, and ECON 2304. Survey of commercial banking principles and analysis of banking issues.

4350: Options and Futures (formerly FINA 4339)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: junior standing, FINA 3332 or equivalent, DISC 3331, and ECON 2304. Concepts and applications of options and futures.

4354: Risk Management (formerly FINA 4388)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: junior standing, FINA 3332 or equivalent, DISC 3331, and ECON 2304. Commercial risk analysis evaluation, abatement, transfer, insurance, and self-financing.

4355: International Risk Management (formerly FINA 4389)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: junior standing, FINA 3332 or equivalent, DISC 3331, and ECON 2304. International issues in risk management.

4356: Insurance Operations
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ECON 2304, FINA 3332, DISC 3331, and junior standing. Survey of insurance industry operations, including underwriting, marketing, loss control, claims, reinsurance, and investments.

4357: Commercial Liability
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ECON 2304, FINA 3332, DISC 3331, and junior standing. Survey of commercial liability principles and analysis of current issues.

4358: Commercial Property
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ECON 2304, FINA 3332, DISC 3331, and junior standing. Survey of commercial property principles and analysis of current issues.

4359: Energy Insurance and Risk Management
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ECON 2304, FINA 3332, DISC 3331, and junior standing. Survey of energy insurance and risk management techniques.

4360: International Financial Management (formerly FINA 4386)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: junior standing, FINA 3332 or equivalent, DISC 3331, and ECON 2304. International financial markets and financial decision making in the global economy.

4380: Real Estate Financial Analysis (formerly FINA 4333)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: junior standing, FINA 3332 or equivalent, DISC 3331, and ECON 2304. Survey of real estate finance principles and analysis of current issues.

4390: Current Issues in Finance
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: junior standing, FINA 3332 or equivalent, DISC 3331, and ECON 2304. Selected key issues, financial innovations, and important new developments in finance.