2007-2008 UVSC Catalog

Courses

FIN 1060 (Active)
Personal Finance
3.0 : 3.0 : 0.0 F, Sp
Designed as elective credit toward a business degree and for individuals interested in acquiring personal financial planning skills. Covers personal financial management with emphasis on decision making, budgeting, financial institutions, personal and family risk management, credit management, and estate planning. Methods include lectures, guest speakers, films, tapes, computer simulations and research. Completers should be able to prepare complete personal budgets and other family financial planning instruments.

FIN 3100 (Active)
Principles of Finance
3.0 : 3.0 : 0.0 Su, F, Sp; DE
Prerequisite(s):ECON 2020, MGMT 2340, and ACC 2020 or ACC 3000 and MATH 1100 or MGMT 2240
For bachelor's degree business management majors. Examines financial management in the business environment; time value of money; fundamentals of security valuation; the capital asset pricing model and capital budgeting. Introduces finance terminology and quantitative techniques used in financial analysis. Covers financial ratios and financial statement analysis, cost of capital, working capital policies, dividend policy, and a brief overview of international finance.

FIN 3150 (Active)
Financial Management
3.0 : 3.0 : 0.0 F
Prerequisite(s):FIN 3100
Examines financial aspects of firm decisions; presents theoretical underpinings for financial management, together with quantitative techniques used to analyze financial questions. Covers financial analysis and planning; valuation methods; determination of required return; effect of capital structure decisions; funding alternatives; and corporate risk management. Requires analysis of a capital budgeting problem, including a written paper, quantitative analysis and presentation.

FIN 3400 (Active)
Investment Management
3.0 : 3.0 : 0.0 F
Prerequisite(s):FIN 3100
Overviews the field of investments. Introduces stocks, bonds, put and call options, commodity and financial futures. Emphasizes both theory and practical aspects of investment management. Includes security valuation, market hypothesis, capital asset pricing, strategies of portfolio construction, performance measures, and risk/return relationships.

FIN 4100 (Active)
Management of Financial Institutions
3.0 : 3.0 : 0.0 Sp
Prerequisite(s):FIN 3100
Studies the U.S. financial system and its primary institutions and markets. Includes the role of the Federal Reserve System, American and international financial markets. Explores the impact of monetary policy on financial institutions and financial intermediation. Presents the term structure of interest rates, money, capital and mortgage markets, and management of thrift institutions and insurance companies.

FIN 4160 (Active)
Portfolio Management
3.0 : 3.0 : 0.0
Pre- or Corequisite(s):FIN 3400
Examines portfolio theory and applied techniques used in selecting appropriate securities and managing the risk and return of a portfolio, with a focus on meeting investment objectives. Considers both stock and bond portfolios, and includes discussion of market efficiency, diversification, measurement of risk and of performance, bond duration and portfolio immunization, advanced bond pricing principles, bond swaps, term structure of interest rates, asset allocation, and portfolio hedging strategies.

FIN 4170 (Active)
Derivative Securities
3.0 : 3.0 : 0.0
Prerequisite(s):FIN 3100
Covers characteristics and institutional information about derivative securities, including forward and futures, options and swaps. Examines pricing models for these securities, risk inherent in derivative investments, and the role of derivatives in risk management. May include discussion of real options and other topics dealing with financial engineering.

FIN 4180 (Active)
International Finance Management
3.0 : 3.0 : 0.0 Sp
Prerequisite(s):FIN 3100 and MGMT 330G and (FIN 3150 or FIN 3400 or FIN 4100)
Corequisites(s):FIN 3150 or FIN 3400 or FIN 4100
Examines financial aspects of firms operating in an international business environment. Includes currency valuation and forecasting; international flow of funds; foreign and international capital markets; valuation of multinational enterprises; and the effect of decisions about structure of the business and its transactions on firm value; and management of currency, political, and other risks arising from multinational operations.

FIN 457R (Active)
Advanced Topics in Finance
3.0 : 3.0 : 0.0
Prerequisite(s):FIN 3100 and Instructor Approval
Uses case method, examination of current academic and professional literature and/or student research to explore selected finance topics in considerable detail. Emphasizes student analysis, exposition and presentation of information. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits toward graduation.

FIN 6150 (Active)
Financial Management
3.0 : 3.0 : 0.0
Prerequisite(s):Acceptance in the MBA program
Discusses corporate financial management cases and analyses dealing with problems of working capital management, capital budgeting, cost of capital evaluation, and corporate restructuring.