Finance (FI)

Michael E. Stephens College of Business

 

372 Business Finance, 3 credit hours
Financial analysis, profit planning, budgeting, valuation of the firm, current asset management, and short- and long-term financing. Prerequisites: AC 221 and sophomore standing.

401 Money and Banking, 3 credit hours
The functions of money, credit, and financial institutions in our economy. Details the structure of interest rates and investigates the determination of the level of domestic rates of interest and their implications for international currency markets. Prerequisites: EC 231, FI 372, and junior standing.

411 Risk Management and Insurance, 3 credit hours
This course examines the various risk control and financing techniques available to manage risk exposures. The course includes risk identification, risk evaluation, and risk financing methods for managing property, liability, and life, health, and retirement exposures to loss. Prerequisite: FI 372.

421 Financial Information Systems, 3 credit hours
This course discusses the basics of financial information systems, including their analysis, design, development, and maintenance. The course covers tools for financial transaction and data analysis and their application for defining present and future values, positive and negative cash flows, calculating depreciation, taxes, and amortization tables. The course also considers what-if analyses. Prerequisites: FI 372, MIS 161.

472 Advanced Business Finance, 3 credit hours
Theory and applications of financial management of the firm, structure and cost of capital, working capital management, divided policy, long-term financial planning and forecasting. Prerequisite: FI 372.

473 Investments, 3 credit hours
The structure and operation of securities markets, introduction to portfolio management and capital market theory, the valuation of common stocks and fundamental analysis, determinants of option prices, determinants of future prices, portfolio performance measurement and risk management, international portfolio management and international investing. Prerequisite: FI 372.

474 Financial Planning, 3 credit hours
Development of financial planning principles and their application to the design of insurance, savings, and investment programs for individuals. Topics include property, health, life insurance, deposit-based and marketable savings alternatives, fixed income and equity investment alternatives including mutual funds. Prerequisite: FI 372.

475 Special Topics, 3 credit hours
Study of a select range of topics relating to banking and finance and may include market efficiency, behavioral finance, asset pricing theories, international banking and finance, options theory and productivity and performance in financial institutions, international trade, and foreign direct investments. Prerequisites: FI 372 and consent of instructor.

476 Applied Research in Finance, 3 credit hours
Research project under the supervision of an assigned faculty member. Course may be repeated for a total of 6 credit hours. Prerequisites: FI 372, junior standing, and consent of instructor.