Department of Finance
Listing of all Finance Graduate Courses

5320 Financial Management I (3:3:0). Prerequisite: ACCT 5300 or equivalent. Survey of financial management covering financial mathematics, capital budgeting, sources of capital, and financial analysis. Emphasis on working capital management.
5321 Financial Management II (3:3:1). Prerequisite: FIN 5421 or equivalent. In-depth analysis of financial decision-making in areas of capital budgeting, risk, capital structure, financial analysis, dividend policy, mergers, financial failure. Case studies and computer financial models are used.
5325 Seminar in Security Analysis and Investments (3:3:1). Prerequisite: FIN 55421 or equivalent. Evaluation of various investment media (stocks, bonds), investment analysis (both fundamental and technical analysis), and the concept of efficient markets and market risk.
5326 Seminar in Portfolio Theory and Management (3:3:1). Prerequisite: FIN 5325. New developments in portfolio theory. Efficient markets and capital asset pricing model. Evaluation and management of portfolios
5327 Student-Managed Fund (3:3:0). Prerequisite: FIN 5325 or equivalent and consent of instructor. Advanced application of the process of selecting securities, and forming and managing a portfolio involving real money. Focus is on managing risk and return. May be repeated for credit.
5328 Options and Futures (3:3:1). Prerequisite: FIN 5421or equivalent. Role of financial options and futures in hedging of financial risk. Develops relationships between options, futures, interest rates, and underlying assets.
5329 The Money and Capital Markets (3:3:1). Prerequisite: ACCT 5401 or any 5000-level finance course. Determination of saving-investment, demand for funds, theory of interest rates, portfolio selection, security pricing. Examination of money markets, bond markets, mortgage markets, tax-exempt markets.
5333 The U.S. Financial System in a Global Environment (3:3:0). Prerequisite: ACCT 5401 or any 5000-level finance course. Introduction to operations, mechanics, and structure of the financial system. Financial institutions, money and capital markets, financial instruments, regulations, monetary policy, international financial system.
5334 Real Estate Finance (3:3:0). This course covers primary and secondary mortgage markets, alternative mortgage instruments, creative financing, loan underwriting, and risk management.
5336 Individual Study in Finance (3). Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Directed individual study of advanced finance problems. May be repeated for credit.
5338 Multinational Financial Management (3:3:0). Prerequisite: FIN 5421 or equivalent. This course investigates issues in corporate financial management for multinational firms; including foreign exchange forecasting and risk management, multinational capital budgeting, multinational capital structure, and international financial markets.
5345 Real Estate Analysis (3:3:0). A survey of the law, valuation, and financing of real estate, including secondary market analysis. Also, investigation into investment property ownership, feasibility, cash flow, and return calculations.
5382 Internship in Finance (3). This course permits students to enhance their knowledge within their field of specialization through application of concepts, principles, and techniques learned in the classroom.
5421 Financial Management Concepts (4:4:0). Prerequisite: ACCT 5401 or concurrent, ISQS 5345 or concurrent. Essential financial management concepts with applications to financial decision making in organizations. Special emphasis on cases and computer financial models.
6122 Research Seminar in Finance (1:1:0). Seminar in current research topics and methodology in finance. Should be taken by doctoral students each semester of the program.
6331 Seminar in Finance Foundations (3:3:0). Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Doctoral seminar introducing students to  foundational theories in finance and economics and to databases and software programs used by finance researchers.
6332 Seminar in Corporate Finance (3:3:0). Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Doctoral seminar covering major theories and empirical studies that have been developed in the area of corporate finance.
6333 Seminar in Investments (3:3:0). Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Doctoral seminar covering the major theories and empirical studies that have been developed in the investment area of finance.
6334 Seminar on Financial Institutions (3:3:0). Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Doctoral seminar covering the major theoretical and empirical studies in the area of financial institutions.
6335 Seminar in Financial Markets (3:3:0). Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Doctoral seminar covering the major theoretical and empirical studies that have been developed in the area of financial markets.
6336 Seminar in Special Topics in Finance (3:3:0). Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Doctoral seminar covering the major theoretical and empirical studies in the area of finance as determined by the instructor.