Department of Finance - Course Descriptions

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FIN/FINC - Finance

Department of Finance (FIN)

School of Professional Studies (FINC) 

Course Number	Course Title	Credit Hours	Course Description
FIN 161/FINC 161C	Personal Finance	3	Designed to serve the personal finance needs of students regardless of their major fields. Practical applications in personal and family financial planning, including credit, buying, borrowing, banking, insurance, investments, taxation, estate planning and home ownership. Course fee - Colonnade E-SB-SB
FIN 300	Career Readiness in Finance	1	Prerequisites: completion of or current enrollment in FIN 330; junior standing and reference code 664 or 664P. Introduction to preparation for a career in Finance including professional writing skills, professional resumes and cover letters, oral communications; interviewing skills, goal setting, ethical standards, and professional networking. This course is limited to juniors and seniors in the Finance program. Assignments my include travel. Course fee
FIN 330	Principles of Finance	3	Prerequisites:  ACCT 200, Math 123 or any calculus class or a Math ACT of at least 26 or a Math SAT of at least 310 and  ECON 202 or ECON 203
FIN 331	Applied Investments	3	Covers the basics of investing, emphasizing the management of personal investments, such as stocks, bonds and mutual funds. Utilizes investment-related web sites. Course fee
FIN 332	Investment Theory	3	Prerequisites:  FIN 330. An examination is made of investment institutions, market mechanics and investment media. The course deals with the setting of investment objectives, portfolio building and the problems of selection and timing. Course Fee
FIN 333	Advanced Topics in Personal Financial Planning	3	Prerequisites: FIN 330 and COBA Course Eligibility (Test Score: 2). An explanation of the federal income tax structure and the role taxes play in decision making.  The tax effects on personal investments and the tax factors in personal financial planning are given special emphasis. Major Restriction (s): Accounting, Accounting (Seeking Adm) Majors Excluded.
FIN 350	Risk Management and Insurance	3	Fundamental principles of risk and insurance and insurance and their application to risk situations. Provides the basic knowledge for intelligent solution of personal and business risk problems. Course fee
FIN 370	Principles of Real Estate	3	Prerequisites: FIN 330. Deals generally with urban real estate with emphasis on principles and practices of the real estate business: Course fee
FIN 389	Financial Analysis and Modeling	3	The course reviews fundamental finance concepts in a computerized spreadsheet framework. This course covers such topics at Time Value of Money (TVM), Capital Budgeting, Financial Statement Analysis and Pro-Formas statement development, Investment Analysis and Modeling, and Derivatives. All of this will be done using the Microsoft Excel Platform. Students will be required to have a basic understanding of finance principles and computing proficiency. Course fee
FIN 400	Personal Financial Planning Practice Management	2	Prerequisites: Completion of or current enrollment in FIN 331, FIN 332 and FIN 444. Restricted to B.S. Finance (Personal Financial Planning track) majors and Financial Planning Certificate enrollees. Corequisite: FIN 401. Counseling and communication techniques, as well as interviewing strategies for use in financial planning settings. Introduction to regulatory compliance as packages for financial planning and investment portfolio applications. Reviews of business models and staffing. Course fee
FIN 401	Personal Financial Planning Practice Management Lab	1	Prerequisites: Completion of or current enrollment in FIN 331, FIN 332 and FIN 444. Restricted to B.S. Finance (Personal Financial Planning track) majors and Financial Planning Certificate enrollees. Corequisite: FIN 400. A laboratory course correlated with FIN 400 for personal financial planning majors emphasizing the use of professional software packages for financial planning and investment management. Course fee
FIN 403	Security Licensing and Investments Accreditations Lab	1	Ehis course is for finance majors to study for and take career licensures and certification exams. This includes preparation for the Securities Industry Essentials® (SIE®) exam, or the first level of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) exam. Course fee
FIN 405	Legal and Regulatory Aspects of Personal Financial Planning	1.5	A study of the requirements relevant to financial planners under the 1933, 1934 and 1940 Securities Act, ERISA, state securities laws, registered investment adviser compliance, and CFP® Code of Ethics and Professional Standards of Conduct. Explores due diligence and compliance procedures and processes. Course fee
FIN 419	Behavioral Finance and Investing	1.5	This course takes an in-depth look at how behavioral biases impact day-to-day decision making in the area of Investments and Corporate Finance and the steps investors and managers can take to mitigate the effects of those biases. The course deals with current theory and practice in the area of Behavioral Finance. Course fee
FIN 422	Personal Financial Planning Practice Management	3	This course introduces students to counseling and communication techniques, as well as interviewing strategies for use in financial planning settings, advanced coursework in professional software packages for financial planning and investment portfolio applications, and reviews business models and staffing arrangements. Course fee
FIN 430	Selected Topics-Finance	3	Prerequisite: FIN 330 and permission of instructor. Conducted at selected times covering special topics of current interest to finance students. Class format varies with instructor. Course fee
FIN 433	Markets and Institutions	3	Prerequisite: FIN 330. An examination of the behavior of U.S. and world financial markets with a special emphasis on interest rate theories, funds flows, and the roll of financial institutions in these markets. Course fee
FIN 435	Commercial  Bank Management	3	Prerequisite: FIN 330. Study of the financial management of commercial banks. Emphasis on asset/liability management and the financial analysis of bank statements. Course fee
FIN 436	International Financial Management	3	Prerequisite: FIN 330. An examination of the international dimension of corporate finance. Topics covered include environment of international financial management, foreign exchange risk management, foreign investment analysis, and financing foreign operations. Course fee
FIN 437	Corporate Asset Management	3	Prerequisites: Completion of FIN 330 with a grade of "C" or better and completion of, or current enrollment in, ECON 307. Advanced level exposure to financing and dividend policy, short-intermediate, and long-term financing, and financial statement analysis. Deals with the current theory and practice of corporate finance in these areas. Course fee
FIN 438	Corporate Funds Management	3	Prerequisites: Completion of FIN 330 with a grade of "C" or better and completion of , or current enrollment in, ECON 307. Advanced level exposure to financing and dividend policy, short-intermediate, and long-term financing, and financial statement analysis. Deals with the current theory and practice of corporate finance in these areas. Course fee
FIN 439	Security Analysis and Portfolio Management	3	Prerequisites: FIN 332 with a grade of "C" or better. An advanced level exposure to fixed income and equity security valuation, and the theory and practice of portfolio management. Course fee
FIN 440	Internship in Finance	3	Prerequisites: FIN 330 and admission to departmental cooperative program. Supervised work with a cooperating organization that provides financial services and products to the public. Course fee
FIN 441	Entrepreneurial Finance	3	Prerequisites: FIN 330. This course focuses on gaining understanding of the financing of entrepreneurial ventures, including ways entrepreneurs identify and commit the necessary resources to create and finance their ventures. Course fee
FIN 444	Retirement Planning	3	Prerequisites: FIN 330. Emphasizes the practical knowledge needed for choosing the best financial plan and designing a retirement plan that will meet a client's needs from a tax, retirement and financial planning standpoint. Course fee
FIN 445	Estate Planning	3	Prerequisite: FIN 330. Survey of financial planning, estate and gift tax planning, the unified estate and gift tax system, and the transfer of property through trusts and wills. Course fee
FIN 449	Practicum in Portfolio Management	3	Prerequisites: FIN 332 with a grade of "C" or better and permission of instructor. Practical experience in managing an investment portfolio in a teamwork environment. Emphasis placed on Economics, industry and company analysis, security selection, report preparation, daily decision making, record keeping and performance evaluation. Students will be responsible for making all material decisions in managing an actual investment portfolio of real funds May be repeated for credit. Course fee
FIN 450	Financial Plan Development	3	Prerequisites: FIN 331 (may be taken concurrently), FIN 350 (may be taken concurrently), FIN 444 (may be taken concurrently), FIN 333 (may be taken concurrently). The student will be able to demonstrate understanding of financial planning by successfully formulating and presenting a comprehensive financial plan. Course fee