FINA 143Financial Wellness3
- Subject
- FINA
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- catalog.iup.edu
Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus · Courses
FINA
19 courses with the subject FINA, 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.
FINA 300Personal Finance3
- Subject
- FINA
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- catalog.iup.edu
- Prerequisite
- MATH 107 / MATH 108 and ACCT 201 Description: Provides an opportunity for students to gain an in-depth understanding of the importance of personal finance. It is the first course as part of a track for those who are interested in becoming a Certified Financial Planner (CFP). This course does not fulfill the Dimensions of Wellness course requirement.
FINA 310Fundamentals of Finance3
- Subject
- FINA
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- catalog.iup.edu
- Prerequisite
- ACCT 201 AND (MATH 114 OR MATH 117 OR MATH 117A OR MATH 216 (MATH 114 recommended))
- Corequisite
- NONE Restriction: NONE Description: Analyzes financial statements to assess performance and forecast outcomes. Applies valuation models, capital budgeting techniques, and working capital concepts to financial decision-making. Examines capital market structures and financial institutions. Evaluates risk and return and extends the risk-return relationship to the security valuation framework.
FINA 315Financial Analysis Using Electronic Spreadsheets3
- Subject
- FINA
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- catalog.iup.edu
- Prerequisite
- CMSC 101 or ITMG 101 or ITMG 110 and FINA 310
- Corequisite
- FINA 310 Dual Listed: May be dual listed with FIN 515. Description: Develops the financial students’ computer modeling and analysis skills. Teaches how to utilize current computing resources, electronic spreadsheet, and other computing software to analyze, model, and solve a variety of financial problems.
FINA 320Corporate Finance3
- Subject
- FINA
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- catalog.iup.edu
- Prerequisite
- Grade of “C” or better in FINA 310 Description: The study of corporate financial management and decision making, its theory, and application. Provides a higher level of study and many of the same topics covered in FINA 310 , particularly in the area of capital budgeting. Other topics include capital asset pricing models, costs of capital, capital structure, leasing bond refunding, and financial distress.
FINA 323Retirement Planning3
- Subject
- FINA
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- catalog.iup.edu
- Prerequisite
- FINA 300 and FINA 310 Description: Introduces retirement planning concepts from both the employer/employee and individual client perspectives, via theory based lectures and case studies. Examines the relationships between retirement plans and legal, tax, insurance, and other concepts as they relate to effective financial planning.
FINA 324Principles of Investments3
- Subject
- FINA
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- catalog.iup.edu
- Prerequisite
- FINA 310 Description: An introduction to securities markets, trading, and valuation. Topics include security types and characteristics, the mechanics of trading, valuation models for fixed-income securities and common stock, mutual fund evaluation, basics of options and futures, and tax-advantaged investments.
FINA 360Insurance and Risk Management3
- Subject
- FINA
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- catalog.iup.edu
- Prerequisite
- FINA 310 Description: Covers the nature of risk, the application of the risk management process to business risk management problems, and the essentials of insurance contracts and insurance markets. Discusses appropriate methods of risk control and risk financing. The primary focus is on accidental losses resulting from situations involving pure risks, although financial risk management techniques for dealing with speculative risks are introduced.
FINA 365Student Managed Investment Portfolio I–Valuation1.5
- Subject
- FINA
- Credits (min)
- 1.5
- Credits (max)
- 1.5
- Credit unit
- Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- catalog.iup.edu
- Prerequisite
- FINA 310 Restriction: Finance and accounting majors or instructor permission. Description: Applies empirical and theoretical concepts to real-world portfolio management and investment decisions. Different investment strategies and valuation models are used to reinforce investment principles and practices learned in previous finance courses.
FINA 366Student Managed Investment Portfolio II–Performance1.5
- Subject
- FINA
- Credits (min)
- 1.5
- Credits (max)
- 1.5
- Credit unit
- Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- catalog.iup.edu
- Prerequisite
- FINA 365 Description: Students assess the performance of a stock portfolio managed by their peers. Performance measures focus on risk and return and include financial ratio analysis and benchmark comparisons.
FINA 400Estate Planning3
- Subject
- FINA
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- catalog.iup.edu
- Prerequisite
- At least 90 earned credit hours Description: Introduces legal, tax, insurance, financial, and other principles relating to estate planning via a combination of theory-based lectures, case studies, and simulations.
FINA 410Financial Institutions and Markets3
- Subject
- FINA
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- catalog.iup.edu
- Prerequisite
- FINA 324 Dual Listed: May be dual listed with FIN 510. Description: A review of the structure of financial institutions and money and capital markets. Provides the knowledge of the theory and practices of managing financial institutions, with particular emphasis on the management of financial risks.
FINA 422Seminar in Finance3
- Subject
- FINA
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- catalog.iup.edu
- Prerequisite
- FINA 320 , FINA 324 , seniors only Description: Primarily for the senior finance major, covers topics in all areas of finance by using recent articles, cases, discussions, speakers, and a financial simulation game.
FINA 424International Financial Management3
- Subject
- FINA
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- catalog.iup.edu
- Prerequisite
- FINA 310 Dual Listed: May be dual listed with ECON 524. Description: The financial management concepts, useful in a single-country context, are adapted for the international variables and constraints caused by being international. Provides insight into unique issues and problems the manager of the multinational enterprise will face, such as working capital management, capital budgeting process, financing and investing abroad, capital and money markets, foreign exchange markets, and risk management.
FINA 425Financial Derivatives3
- Subject
- FINA
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- catalog.iup.edu
- Prerequisite
- FINA 320 and FINA 324 or equivalent/permission for FIN 425 and FINA 324 or equivalent/permission for FIN 525 Dual Listed: May be dual listed with ECON 525. Description: Provides an understanding of how the derivatives markets work, how they are used, and how prices are determined. Includes the common types of derivatives, their characteristics and properties, and trading methods and strategies. Also, covers fundamental pricing models based on arbitrage pricing theory, binomial, and Black-Scholes models.
FINA 426Seminar in Financial Planning3
- Subject
- FINA
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- catalog.iup.edu
- Prerequisite
- FINA 300 , FINA 324 , FINA 400 Description: Integrates coursework in various personal finance areas with actual case applications.
FINA 481Special Topics3
- Subject
- FINA
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- catalog.iup.edu
- Prerequisite
- As appropriate to course content Description: Offered on an experimental or temporary basis to explore topics not included in the established curriculum. A given topic may be offered under any special topic identity no more than three times. Special topics numbered 481 are offered primarily for upper-level undergraduate students.
FINA 482Independent Study3
- Subject
- FINA
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- catalog.iup.edu
FINA 493Finance Internship3-12
- Subject
- FINA
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 12
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- catalog.iup.edu
- Prerequisite
- FINA 310 and permission of the department chair and the dean, Eberly College of Business, and minimum cumulative 2.0 GPA and major 2.5 GPA. Description: Provides practical experience in the finance field to develop knowledge and provide application of theory to actual problems in a nonclassroom situation. Three credits are awarded for at least 120 hours of on-site work, up to 12cr for at least 480 work hours. A maximum of 3cr may be applied toward the finance major area elective requirements. Additional internship credits must be used as business electives only.
Source: Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59