Courses: Finance (FINA)College: C. T. Bauer College of Business

Any TCCN equivalents are indicated in square brackets [ ].

FINA 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.

FINA 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.

FINA 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.

FINA 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.

FINA 4198: Independent Study
Cr. 1. Prerequisites: junior standing and approval of department chair.

FINA 4298: Independent Study
Cr. 2. Prerequisites: junior standing and approval of department chair.

FINA 4310: Behavioral Finance (also MANA 4310)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: FINA 3332 and STAT 3331 or equivalents. 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.

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

FINA 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.

FINA 4323: Investments and Mutual Fund Management
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: junior standing, ECON 2304, FINA 3332, and STAT 3331. Security analysis and portfolio performance evaluation techniques. Development of tools to systematically analyze stocks and form justifiable opinions about those stocks. Characteristics of the asset management industry, developing portfolio strategies, and evaluation of the portfolio manager's performance against stated objectives.

FINA 4326: Private Equity and Investment Banking
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: junior standing, ECON 2304, FINA 3332, and STAT 3331. Structure and objectives of private equity with a focus on venture capital and entrepreneurial finance. Analysis of investment opportunities, structuring, financing and growing portfolio companies and small businesses.

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

FINA 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.

FINA 4340: Financial Systems
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: junior standing, FINA 3332 or equivalent, STAT 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.

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

FINA 4350: Derivatives I: Options
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ECON 2304, FINA 3332, and STAT 3331. Provides a thorough analysis of the theory of options and its applications in practice. Emphasis is on risk management by investors and firms of all sizes.

FINA 4351: Derivatives II: Forwards, Futures and Swaps
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ECON 2304, FINA 3332, and STAT 3331. Provides a thorough analysis of the theory of forwards, futures and swaps, and their applications in practice. Emphasis is on the use of these derivatives in risk management by investors and firms of all sizes.

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FINA 4352: Personal Financial Planning 
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: junior standing, ECON 2304, FINA 3332, and STAT 3331. Elements of the personal financial planning process. Includes budgeting, credit management and cash flow management, personal income taxes and insurance, investing, retirement planning, financial security and independence.

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FINA 4353: Practicum in Personal Financial Planning 
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: FINA 4352. Analysis of various family scenarios with application of personal financial planning techniques in order to recommend plans to attain personal financial goals for each situation.

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

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

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

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

FINA 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.

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

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

FINA 4370: Energy Trading
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: junior standing, ECON 2304, FINA 3332, STAT 3331, and approval of department chair. Comprehensive introduction to the trading of energy contracts. Examination of risk-management objectives and organization of energy trading. Valuation of the principal energy contracts. Organization and trading of petroleum, natural gas, and power markets.

FINA 4371: Energy Value Chain
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: junior standing, ECON 2304, FINA 3332, and STAT 3331. The nature of energy assets, operations and products produced, and the economics of each component of the EVC.

FINA 4372: Upstream Economics
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: junior standing, ECON 2304, FINA 3332, and STAT 3331. The energy industry's upstream (E&P) segment, discussing geological processes that form and trap hydrocarbons, describing the techniques used to find, produce, and process energy discoveries. Ownership, operational decision making, finding and lifting costs, risk assessment and mitigation, reserve accounting, financing, and unconventional hydrocarbons.

FINA 4373: Petrochemical and Refining Economics
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: junior standing, ECON 2304, FINA 3332, and STAT 3331. Consideration of economic concepts and analysis of the structure and behavior of global refining and petrochemical industries. Exploration of current issues facing the industry, global and local supply constraints, industry profitability and investment, impact of changes in relative hydrocarbon values, regulatory impacts, unconventional crudes, alternative transportation fuels, and the role of the industry in economic development.

FINA 4375: Economics of Energy
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: junior standing, FINA 3332, STAT 3331, and ECON 2304 or ECON 3332, or consent of instructor. Description and analysis of supply and demand fundamentals and pricing mechanisms for oil, refined petroleum products, natural gas, and electricity.

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

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

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FINA 4396: Finance Internship 
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: FINA 3332, a declared finance major or minor, and approval of department chair. Enhancement of concepts and techniques learned in the classroom through work experience directly related to the finance profession. Written report required.

FINA 4397: Selected Topics in Finance
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: junior standing and approval of department chair or program director. May be repeated when topics vary.

FINA 4398: Independent Study
Cr. 3. Prerequisites: junior standing and approval of department chair.

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Catalog Publish Date: August 22, 2012
This Page Last Updated: April 17, 2013