7 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 231Managerial Finance4
Relevant theories of financial management of business organizations, with emphasis on corporate form. Combines theoretical and environmental frames of reference to determine how firms maximize value. Topics include real and financial-asset valuation, risk and rates of return, cost of capital, portfolio choice, and long- and short-term financing decisions.
ECON 152 and ACCT 157 and ECON 156 or MATH 107 or ECON 153 and ECON 154 Credit Type Code: Letter Grade
FIN 235Current Topics in Finance4
Assesses contemporary issues in financial markets and institutions, corporate finance, investments, and the global economy. Topics, including digital currency and FinTech companies, are chosen to reflect the dynamic and revolutionary nature of financial markets in a globalizing and technologically sophisticated environment. Recommended: ECON 220.
Building upon the basic concepts of managerial finance, this course explores methods and models to determine the value of stocks, bonds and projects, analyze the optimal decisions a financial manager has under different situations, and evaluate a company’s financial decisions from the perspective of investors, managers, and the government. This course will be focused on how firms’ financial decisions affect their valuation.
This course relaxes the traditional assumption of rationality and discusses the impact of irrational cognitive biases on financial decision-making. The course aims to provide students with a systematic knowledge in behavioral finance theories and applications. We will study how these biases affect managerial decisions and asset pricing.
Principles underlying investment analysis and policy; salient characteristics of governmental and corporate securities; policies of investment companies and investing institutions; relation of investment policy to money markets; forces affecting securities prices; construction of personal and institutional investment programs. Determination of investment values, portfolio analysis, optimal investment planning. Securities and Exchange Commission regulations.(WI)
A survey course covering essential principles, practices, and basic legal aspects of risk management and insurance from the perspective of the individual, the finance manager, and the government. An analysis of the attributes of various alternative types of insurance (life insurance, health insurance, social insurance, etc.) from a risk management perspective will be a central theme of this course. Self-insurance will also be examined.
Management of the Amrhein Investment Fund, with a maximum of one full unit of credit given if specific academic requirements are met. Pass/no credit only.
