35 courses with the subject FIN, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
FIN 151PERSONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT I1
(formerly BUS 151) This application course is the first of three personal finance courses that provides the building blocks to achieve personal financial success. It is a hands-on interactive course that is a study of personal and family resources considered important in achieving financial success. This involves how people spend, save, protect and invest their financial resources and requires the student to create an online interactive personal financial plan and budget. (Offered Fall)
(formerly BUS 152) This application course is the second of three personal finance courses that focuses on investing, one of the building blocks to achieve personal financial success. It is a hands-on interactive course that provides an overview of how to get started as an investor. In this course, the students will build a personal investment plan and portfolio. (Offered Spring)
(formerly BUS 153) This application course is the third of three personal finance courses that focus on money management. It is a hands- on interactive course that provides an overview of how to manage your financial resources with emphasis on building and maintaining good credit, managing income taxes and effectively managing major purchases including vehicles and types of housing. (Offered Fall) 1 credit
This course serves as an overview of finance which includes: the instruments and operation of the money and capital markets, the role of financial intermediaries and the Federal Reserve, the importance of interest rates, time value of money and security valuation. The concept and calculation of risk and return and the risk/return tradeoff are also introduced.
This course serves as an overview of finance which includes: the instruments and operation of the money and capital markets, the role of financial intermediaries and the Federal Reserve, the importance of interest rates, time value of money and security valuation. The concept and calculation of risk and return and the risk/return tradeoff are also introduced.
(formerly FIN 1510) This application course is the first of three personal finance courses that provides the building blocks to achieve personal financial success. It is a hands-on interactive course that is a study of personal and family resources considered important in achieving financial success. This involves how people spend, save, protect and invest their financial resources and requires the student to create an online interactive personal financial plan and budget.
(formerly FIN 1520) This application course is the second of three personal finance courses that focuses on investing, one of the building blocks to achieve personal financial success. It is a hands-on interactive course that provides an overview of how to get started as an investor. In this course, the students will build a personal investment plan and portfolio.
(formerly FIN 1530) This application course is the third of three personal finance courses that focus on money management. It is a hands-on interactive course that provides an overview of how to manage your financial resources with emphasis on building and maintaining good credit, managing income taxes and effectively managing major purchases including vehicles and types of housing.
(formerly ECO 250, ECO 350 and BUS 350) This course addresses the two primary concerns of a Chief Finance Officer (CFO): Capital Budgeting - how to select investment projects; and Capital Structure - how to finance the firm.
BUS 343 and ECO 251 or ECO 252. (Offered Fall, Spring)
FIN 3500Corporate Finance3
This course addresses the two primary concerns of a Chief Finance Officer (CFO): Capital Budgeting - how to select investment projects; and Capital Structure - how to finance the firm.
This course provides students with the quantitative and qualitative skills needed to perform equity research and draft an equity research report. Students, both individually and in teams, will become equity research analysts and draft a professional equity valuation report that includes buy, sell or hold recommendations.
This course continues with different focus than FIN 3600 to provide students with the quantitative and qualitative skills needed to perform equity research and draft an equity research report. Students, both individually and in teams, will become equity research analysts and draft a professional equity valuation report that includes buy, sell or hold recommendations.
This course continues with different focus than FIN 3600 and FIN 3601 to provide students with the quantitative and qualitative skills needed to perform equity research and draft an equity research report. Students, both individually and in teams, will become equity research analysts and draft a professional equity valuation report that includes buy, sell or hold recommendations.
FIN 3604Finance and Economic Experiential Seminar3
This course is intended for students participating in the annual Federal Reserve Challenge and CFA Challenge. Students will analyze recent economic developments, formulate a forecast for the US economy, and propose a monetary policy prescription. Students will have the opportunity to make a presentation to the Federal Reserve Bank. This course will also provide students with the quantitative and qualitative skills needed to perform equity research. Students will have the opportunity to present their buy or sell recommendations to CFA judges.
FIN 3610Experiential Learning: Preparing for a Career in the Financial Securities Industry3
This course focuses on security markets and investment opportunities. Students are exposed to the concepts of market efficiency and risk and return in the context of valuations of equities, fixed income securities, and derivative securities. This course prepares students to take the Securities Industry Essentials® (SIE®) Exam SIE examination. The Securities Industry Essentials® (SIE®) Exam is a FINRA exam for prospective securities industry professionals. This introductory-level exam assesses a candidate’s knowledge of basic securities industry information, including concepts fundamental to working in the industry, such as types of products and their risks; the structure of the securities industry markets, regulatory agencies, and their functions; and prohibited practices.
(formerly BUS 402) This course prepares students to interpret and analyze financial statements for tasks such as credit and security analyses, lending, investment decisions and other decisions that rely upon financial data. Students develop a robust understanding of financial concepts and recording procedures and are able to interpret various disclosures in an informed manner. Students learn to compare companies financially, understand cash flow and grasp basic profitability issues and risk analysis concepts. Ultimately, students who complete this course develop a more efficient and effective approach to researching, interpreting and analyzing financial statements.
(formerly BUS 380) This course provides a framework for trading-off risk versus return in valuing stocks and bonds. In addition, this course evaluates how to aggregate securities into an optimal portfolio.
This course provides a framework for trading-off risk versus return in valuing stocks and bonds. In addition, this course evaluates how to aggregate securities into an optimal portfolio.
(formerly BUS 381) This course will provide a framework for making risk management and insurance decisions to increase business value and individual welfare. The course will familiarize students with insurance contracts and markets.
FIN 3810Risk Management Essentials: Financial Risks to Enterprise Risk Management3
This course will provide a framework for making risk management decisions to increase business value and assess how firms seek to determine an appropriate risk appetite. The course will focus mostly on bank risk solutions as a foundation for non-insurable risks, products and policies, and the transition by all firms into enterprise risk management. Cybersecurity, as part of ERM/Operational Risk, will be reviewed including the risk of loss resulting from inadequate or failed internal processes, people, systems or from external events. Derivative products (swaps, futures) will be introduced for mitigating risk. Understanding the various risk typologies and their application to real market events both, past and present, will be a steady theme throughout the class.
This course examines a wide range of topics related to identifying, assessing, and managing risks from the property and liability insurance industry perspective. Students will be exposed to how this industry operates and, more importantly, how risk management is a crucial concept in the insurance industry. There is an element of risk management in both our personal and professional lives. Insurance is one tool for risk management. Content will focus on issues and concepts in underwriting, marketing, claims and claims management, reinsurance, pricing, loss control and the regulatory environment. This class will feature three “panel discussions” with guests from the insurance industry. The topics will be Careers in Insurance; Underwriting/Actuarial Functions; and The Claims Process.
This course will survey the evidence and use psychology to guide alternative theories of financial markets. The class will then explore the evidence for both views in the context of capital structure, investment, dividend and merger decisions.
(formerly BUS 384; Real Estate Finance and Investments) This course relies on a case-study approach to an increasingly important field that requires excellent financial management skills. The course provides an overview of project finance employing the latest techniques for structuring transactions, including risk mitigation by financial intermediaries. Students will be introduced to substantial prioritization of tasks, policy formulation, the selection of world-class partners and on-the ground operational skills necessary to ensure timely completion of construction, budget adherence and efficient start-up. Large investment project across a variety of geographic regions, industrial sectors and stages of project execution are examined, including relevant data on default and loss characteristics.
This course relies on a case-study approach to an increasingly important field that requires excellent financial management skills. The course provides an overview of project finance employing the latest techniques for structuring transactions, including risk mitigation by financial intermediaries. Students will be introduced to substantial prioritization of tasks, policy formulation, the selection of world-class partners and on-the ground operational skills necessary to ensure timely completion of construction, budget adherence and efficient start-up. Large investment project across a variety of geographic regions, industrial sectors and stages of project execution are examined, including relevant data on default and loss characteristics.
(formerly BUS 387) This course focuses on international financial markets and exchange rates. Topics include pricing in the foreign currency and Eurocurrency markets, use of forward exchange for hedging, short-term returns and market efficiency in the international money markets, foreign currency options, international capital asset pricing, pricing of foreign currency bonds, currency swaps, Eurocurrency syndicated loans, foreign currency financing and exposure management.
This course focuses on international financial markets and exchange rates. Topics include pricing in the foreign currency and Eurocurrency markets, use of forward exchange for hedging, short-term returns and market efficiency in the international money markets, foreign currency options, international capital asset pricing, pricing of foreign currency bonds, currency swaps, Eurocurrency syndicated loans, foreign currency financing and exposure management.
(formerly BUS 388) This course focuses on Corporate Credit, Distressed Investments and Corporate Restructuring. It explores both the quantitative and qualitative elements of corporate credit and distressed analysis. While we will explore aspects of predicting financial distress, the more important portion of this course relates to the valuation and analysis of distressed firms and their outstanding securities – primarily bonds and bank loans. Discussion and analysis of the high yield, junk bond markets complements and distressed securities materials are covered. Reorganization in bankruptcy cases explore this unique period in a company’s “life cycle.”
This course introduces students to the role that fixed-income securities play in the global money and capital markets. Fixed-income instruments, including money markets, bonds, and derivatives, are described and their relative risk, return and liquidity characteristics are explored. Valuation techniques are covered including the calculation of total return, the bond pricing model, and the calculation of yield to maturity, duration, and convexity. Important relationships in the fixed-income markets are monitored throughout the semester including the term structure of interest rates (the yield curve); credit differentials and international interest rate differentials. The important role that the credit rating agencies play in this market are also discussed. The dominant role that the Federal Reserve and economic indicators play in interest rate determination and bond pricing are emphasized. Introduces basic concepts of bond portfolio management and trading strategies. Prerequisite: FIN 2500.
FIN 3890Fundamental Analysis and Company Valuation3
This course will explore the tools used by analysts to evaluate the financial position of a business from an investment and strategic perspective. Employing the core principles of fundamental and valuation analysis, students will examine in detail how financial statements and strategic positioning are used to value a company. Students will learn a variety of relative value techniques and understand how to construct an absolute discounted cash flow valuation.
(formerly BUS 403) This course covers treasury management principles and practices used to manage a company’s global liquidity, capital and risk management functions. Fundamental concepts of treasury management, working capital management and managing corporate global liquidity will be discussed.
This course covers treasury management principles and practices used to manage a company’s global liquidity, capital and risk management functions. Fundamental concepts of treasury management, working capital management and managing corporate global liquidity will be discussed.
