FINA 5310 Managerial Finance and Economics

[3 credit hours]

This course combines key elements of economics and financial management for students with limited prior experience in these areas. The economics segment covers both microeconomics, focusing on individual and firm-level decision-making, and macroeconomics, addressing broader economic policies and issues like unemployment and inflation. In the financial management portion, students will learn essential skills for financial analysis, investment decisions, understanding the time value of money, and exploring stock and bond valuation. The course emphasizes the interplay between economic principles and financial strategies, preparing students for effective decision-making in business contexts.

Prerequisites: ACCT 5000 (may be taken concurrently) with a minimum grade of C or BUAD 2040 (may be taken concurrently) with a minimum grade of C and BUAD 2050 (may be taken concurrently) with a minimum grade of C or ACTG 1040 (may be taken concurrently) with a minimum grade of C and ACTG 1050 (may be taken concurrently) with a minimum grade of C

Term Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall

FINA 6130 Advanced Corporate Finance

[3 credit hours]

The course emphasizes the application of financial decision making tools, techniques and theory. Specific topics include advanced capital budgeting, cost of capital, enterprise valuation, mergers and acquisitions, real options and corporate governance.

Prerequisites: BUAD 6200 with a minimum grade of C

Term Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall

FINA 6140 Investments And Security Analysis

[3 credit hours]

This course covers portfolio analysis and asset pricing models such as CAPM, APT, and index models. It also examines bond and stock valuation. In addition, it discusses investment characteristics of individual securities and markets in which these securities are traded, as well as performance evaluation of portfolios.

Prerequisites: FINA 5310 with a minimum grade of C

Term Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall

FINA 6150 Financial Institutions And Markets

[3 credit hours]

This course covers operations of financial institutions and financial markets. Topics include interest rate theory, the monetary policy of the Federal Reserve, financial instruments characteristics, banking management, and internationalization.

Prerequisites: FINA 5310 with a minimum grade of C

Term Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall

FINA 6340 Derivative Securities

[3 credit hours]

It examines the valuation of and institutional characteristics of derivative securities such as options, futures, forward contracts, and swaps among others. The course covers the Black-Scholes and binomial option-pricing models. It also introduces the risk management aspect of derivative securities.

Prerequisites: FINA 5310 with a minimum grade of C

Term Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall

FINA 6370 MBA International Financial Management

[3 credit hours]

Techniques and theory of financial management in an international environment. The role of international markets in risk reduction and profit maximization are emphasized.

Prerequisites: FINA 5310 with a minimum grade of C

Term Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall

FINA 6480 Student Managed Portfolio

[3 credit hours]

Course provides selected students active portfolio management training utilizing an endowed portfolio. Student Portfolio Managers apply equity selection analysis and portfolio risk analytics, with fiduciary responsibilites.

Prerequisites: FINA 5310 with a minimum grade of C or FINA 3480 with a minimum grade of C

Term Offered: Spring, Fall

FINA 6750 Research In Finance

[1-3 credit hours]

This course fullfils the need for students who would like to do research on specific area of finance supervised by a faculty member.

Prerequisites: BUAD 6200 with a minimum grade of C

Term Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall

FINA 6890 Financial Modeling

[3 credit hours]

This course is a technical introduction to Excel with a particular emphasis on building financial models and learning practical Excel. We will cover time value of money, capital budgeting, and firm valuation. We will build detailed pro forma financial statements for estimating firm value and capital constraints. We will manipulate and analyze datasets using PowerPivot and PowerBI, and learn how to import data from non-excel data sources. We will briefly cover the Visual Basic language in order to program custom macros. Finally, students will build a personal financial workbook that includes a monthly and annual budget and retirement plan.

Prerequisites: FINA 5310 (may be taken concurrently) with a minimum grade of C

Term Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall