Finance (FIN)

Prerequisite: Graduate standing and departmental permission. The goal of this course is to provide a working knowledge of fundamental concepts in financial management and the ability to apply these concepts to real-world problems. The student should learn the following subjects: time value of money, interest rates, risk and return, stock and bond valuation, cash flow analysis, and capital budgeting. (Irreg.)

Prerequisite: Graduate standing and departmental permission. The purpose of this course is to provide the fundamentals of investment analysis. This course will place an emphasis on topics such as risk and return, asset pricing models, portfolio theory, hedge funds, behavioral finance, bond valuation, introduction to futures markets and options, and basics on financial instruments and trading of securities. (Irreg.)

Prerequisite: Graduate standing and departmental permission. The purpose of this course is to provide the fundamentals of investment analysis. This course will place an emphasis on topics such as risk and return, asset pricing models, portfolio theory, hedge funds, behavioral finance, bond valuation, introduction to futures markets and options, and basics on financial instruments and trading of securities. (Irreg.)

Prerequisites: Graduate standing. The aim of this course is to provide a strong foundation for an understanding of financial markets and the main types of securities traded in these markets. The topics covered in the course include trading structure, present value calculations, risk and return portfolio theory, asset pricing models, market efficiency and an introduction to the nature and valuation of equities, bonds, futures, and options. The course will strike a balance between the theoretical paradigms and the empirical literature, and the important links between theory and the real world. The emphasis will be both on principles and on problem solving. The lectures and examinations will focus both on quantitative and conceptual foundations.

Prerequisites: Graduate Standing and 5302 This course aims to provide students with the basic analytical and conceptual skills required in the modern practice of corporate financial management. Students enrolled in this class will already have been exposed to the concepts of risk and return, the determination of financial security prices, and models useful in predicting the required returns demanded by investors. In addition, students enrolled in this class will already have been exposed to the fundamentals of financial statements and the analysis of such statements. The course will focus on three key areas of financial management: (1) the optimal allocation of capital; (2) the optimal choices for raising capital; (3) the optimal management of risk in conjunction with (1) and (2). The course includes application of finance theory to solving real business problems, and emphasizes the importance of technology and globalization to the modern practice of finance. (Irreg.) 2.000 Credit hours 2.000 Lecture hours

Prerequisite: graduate standing and 5312. This course is intended for students aspiring to careers in financial management in corporations, banks and other financial institutions. It is designed to strengthen the corporate finance framework developed in 5312 (Corporate Finance) and extend it into the realm of real world applications. The course will cover a broad range of topics that are relevant to the corporate financial management function, including advanced capital project evaluation, financing, dividends and other corporate financial decisions, corporate risk management, and mergers, acquisitions and corporate restructuring. While the course will be rigorous and solidly grounded in the conceptual aspects of corporate finance, including current research. The course will provide a thoroughly applied perspective on the topics covered. (Irreg.)