Finance

FINAN3356 Applied Corporate Finance Students will apply concepts and analytical tools that are used to solve problems and make decisions in corporate finance. In particular, we will focus on applications related to three essential strategic decisions that every firm faces-the investment decision, the financing decision, and the dividend decision. Cases will be used, in part, as a problem-solving context. Fall semester. 4 credits Prerequisites: MGMT3305 and junior standing

FINAN3366 Portfolio Management Students will develop and understanding of the portfolio management process. Emphasis will be on equities and will include discussions on fixed income securities. In this course the students will simulate a real world management process covering the research and analysis of individual securities, formulation of these securities into portfolios and the use of derivative securities to modify the risk /return profile of the portfolio. Spring semester. 4 credits Prerequisites: MGMT1101, ACCT1201, ACCT2201, ECON1101, ECON1103, MATH1111 or MATH1121, MATH1118, ECON2010, ECON3105, FINAN3356, MGMT3105, MGMT2301, MGMT3305

FINAN3496 Finance Internship The Finance Internship involves experiential learning in a firm related to the student’s major and prospective career. The course requires that students apply theory to practice while gaining experience in their chosen career. In addition to working at their internship site, students attend seminar or individual sessions that cover the theory, practice and ethical aspects of work. Together with the internship supervisor, a project is defined that will add value to the organization and that will build expertise in the student in an area of mutual interest. Fall & Spring semesters. 4 credits Prerequisites ACCT2201, MGMT2301, MGMT3302, MGMT3305

FINAN4303 Financial Modeling The course presents the theory and practice of financial management, emphasizing excel-based modeling and forecasting as well as traditional methods. Students use spreadsheets to analyze the impacts of financial decisions related to financial statement analysis, cash budgeting, and cost of capital determination, capital budgeting, and capital structure choices. The course covers a variety of techniques, such as sensitivity and scenario analysis, optimization methods, Monte Carlo simulation,and regression analysis. Spring semester. 4 credits Prerequisites ACCT1201, ACCT2201, ECON1101, ECON1103, MATH1111, MGMT1101 or MATH1118, MATH1121, MGMT 2301, MGMT3302, MGMT3305