Department of Finance

Finance: FIN

Upper-Division Courses

FIN 320F. Foundations of Finance.

Principles of effective financial management, including planning, organization, and control; financial intermediaries; securities markets; evaluating alternative assets, debt, and capital structures. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. May not be counted toward the Bachelor of Business Administration degree. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing; Accounting 310F, or 311 or 311H and 312 or 312H.

FIN 140S, 240S, 340S, 440S, 540S, 640S, 740S, 840S, 940S. Topics in Finance.

This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. or the school's BBA Exchange Programs. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of Finance. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.

FIN 353. Internship in Finance.

Restricted to students in a business major. Focuses on students' career goals through academic discussion and evaluations, while placing students in professional internships with public and private enterprises. Internship and discussion hours to be arranged. Only one of the following may be counted toward the Bachelor of Business Administration: Accounting 353J, Business Administration 353H, Finance 353, Management 353, Management Information Systems 353, Marketing 353, Operations Management 353. May not be counted toward the student's major requirement. Offered on the pass/fail basis only. Prerequisite: Completion of forty-five semester hours of college coursework and consent of the departmental internship coordinator.

FIN 354. Money, Banking, and Economic Conditions.

Restricted to students in a business major. The monetary system, financial markets, national income components, and their relationship to business activity. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Only one of the following may be counted: Economics 322, Finance 354, 354H. Prerequisite: Accounting 311 or 311H; Economics 304K and 304L; and credit or registration for Business Administration 324 or 324H.

FIN 354H. Money, Banking, and Economic Conditions: Honors.

Restricted to students admitted to the McCombs School of Business Honors Program. The monetary system, financial markets, national income components, and their relationship to business activity. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Only one of the following may be counted: Economics 322, Finance 354, 354H. Prerequisite: Forty-five semester hours of college coursework, Accounting 311 or 311H, credit or registration for Business Administration 324 or 324H, Economics 304K and 304L, and Mathematics 408K and 408L.

FIN 357. Business Finance.

Restricted to students in a business major. Principles of finance, with application to all aspects of the business firm; particular attention to cost of capital, investment decisions, management of assets, and procurement of funds. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Finance 357 and 357H may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Accounting 311 or 311H, Economics 304K and 304L, and Statistics 309 or 309H; and credit or registration for Accounting 312 or 312H and Business Administration 324 or 324H.

FIN 357H. Business Finance: Honors.

Restricted to students admitted to the McCombs School of Business Honors Program. Principles of finance, with application to all aspects of the business firm; particular attention to cost of capital, investment decisions, management of assets, and procurement of funds. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Finance 357 and 357H may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Forty-five semester hours of college coursework, Accounting 311 or 311H, Economics 304K, and Statistics 309 or 309H; and credit or registration for Accounting 312 or 312H, Business Administration 324 or 324H, and Economics 304L.

FIN 366P. Finance Practicum.

Restricted to finance majors. Students apply skills in their major area and focus on additional project management skills through group projects conducted in a professional setting. Students may work with a private or a public enterprise. The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Forty-five semester hours of college coursework and consent of instructor.

FIN 367. Investment Management.

Restricted to students in a business major. Investment theory, alternatives, and decision making under differing uncertainties and constraints; formulation of objectives and strategies; development of conceptual managerial perspectives and philosophies for investment environments. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Finance 367 and 367Q may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Finance 357 or 357H; and credit or registration for Statistics 371G, 371H, 375, or 375H.

FIN 367Q. Investment Management: Quantitative.

Restricted to students in a business major. Quantitative approach to investments; decision making under differing uncertainties and constraints; portfolio theory and applications; formulation of investment strategies; introduction to option pricing; Monte Carlo simulation; and development of conceptual managerial perspectives and philosophies for investment environments. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Finance 367 and 367Q may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Finance 357 or 357H, and credit or registration for Statistics 375 or 375H.

FIN 370. Integrative Finance.

Restricted to students in a business major. Integrates financial decision making in functional areas of finance; utilizes various concepts to promulgate strategies, policies, and procedures in managing funds to achieve objectives. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Ninety semester hours of college coursework; Finance 357 or 357H, and 367 or 367Q; credit or registration for one of the following: Accounting 353J, 366P, Business Administration 353H, Finance 353, 366P, Management 353, 366P, Management Information Systems 353, 366P, Marketing 353, 366P, Operations Management 353, 366P; and three additional semester hours of coursework in finance or real estate.

FIN 371M. Money and Capital Markets.

Restricted to students in a business major. Development of modern financial markets, with emphasis on the factors that determine interest rates; institutional characteristics and pricing mechanisms of various interest-sensitive securities. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Finance 357 or 357H.

FIN 372. Advanced Topics in Finance.

Restricted to students in a business major. Advanced topics in finance with emphasis on theoretical and quantitative analysis. Three lecture hours a week for one semester, or as required by the topic. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Finance 357 or 357H.

FIN 373. Research Topics in Finance.

Restricted to students in a business major. The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Finance 357 or 357H, and consent of instructor.

Topic 1: Advanced Studies in International Finance. Students work in small research groups to write academic papers on topics in international finance and business. Designed to develop critical thinking skills, writing skills, sophisticated use of technology, and experience working across different cultures.

FIN 374C. Financial Planning and Policy for Large Corporations.

Restricted to students in a business major. An in-depth study of theory and practice of corporate financial management in establishing major financial and investment policies; techniques for analysis, evaluation, and control. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Finance 357 or 357H.

FIN 374S. Entrepreneurial Finance.

Restricted to students in a business major. Development, implementation, and control of financial plans, strategies, and policies by owner-managers of small and medium-sized firms; analysis of alternatives and decision making. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Finance 357 or 357H.

FIN 375F. Banking and Financial Intermediation.

Restricted to students in a business major. Theory of financial intermediation, regulatory environment, interest rates, and asset/liability management with a focus on commercial banking; depository and contractual intermediation. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Finance 357 or 357H.

FIN 376. International Finance.

Restricted to students in a business major. The international financial environment, with emphasis on the factors affecting exchange rates and how exchange rate changes affect the firm. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Finance 357 or 357H.

FIN 377. Advanced Investment Analysis.

Second course in investments, with emphasis on quantitative applications and the underlying theory in the analysis and management of securities and portfolios. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.

Topic 1: Portfolio Analysis and Management. Restricted to students in a business major. Additional prerequisite: Finance 367 or 367Q.
Topic 2: Financial Risk Management. Restricted to students in a business major. Finance 377 (Topic 2) and 377 (Topic 5) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Mathematics 408D or 408L, and credit or registration for Finance 367 or 367Q.
Topic 3: Security Analysis. For finance majors only. Finance 377 (Topic 3) and 377 (Topic 4) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Credit or registration for Finance 367 or 367Q, and consent of instructor.
Topic 4: Financial Analysis. Restricted to students in a business major. Application of fundamental analysis and valuation techniques. Finance 377 (Topic 3) and 377 (Topic 4) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Credit or registration for Finance 367 or 367Q.
Topic 5: Energy Financial Risk Management. Restricted to students in a business major. Finance 377 (Topic 2) and 377 (Topic 5) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Finance 367 or 367Q.

FIN 377L. Portfolio Analysis and Management.

Restricted to students in a business major. Quantitative applications and the underlying theory in the analysis and management of securities and portfolios; designed for students with career goals in investment. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Finance 367.

FIN 179C, 379C. Independent Research in Finance.

Restricted to students in a business major. Conference course. Only two of the following may be counted toward the Bachelor of Business Administration: Accounting 179C, 379C, Finance 179C, 379C, International Business 179C, 379C, Legal Environment of Business 179, 379, Management 179C, 379C, Management Information Systems 179, 379, Marketing 179C, 379C, Operations Management 179, 379, Real Estate 179C, 379C, Risk Management 179, 379. Prerequisite: Eighteen semester hours of coursework in business and economics, six of which must be upper-division; Finance 357 or 357H with a grade of at least C-; and consent of instructor. A student registering for this course must obtain written approval from the department chair's office, on forms provided for that purpose, before the first meeting of the course.

Real Estate: R E

Upper-Division Courses

R E 140S, 240S, 340S, 440S, 540S, 640S, 740S, 840S, 940S. Topics in Real Estate.

This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office or the school's BBA Exchange Programs. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of Finance. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.

R E 358. Introduction to Real Estate and Urban Land Development.

Restricted to students in a business major. Principles of real estate and urban land economics, including an examination of investment, valuation, financing, and public policy in real estate and mortgage markets. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing and credit or registration for Finance 357 or 357H.

R E 360. Special Topics in Real Estate.

Restricted to students in a business major. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Real Estate 358.

R E 376G. Real Estate Investment.

Restricted to students in a business major. Study of the setting and measurement of property values in real estate markets and an analysis of real estate assets as investments. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Real Estate 358.

R E 378K. Real Estate Finance and Syndication.

Restricted to students in a business major. Debt and equity financing of residential and commercial properties; mortgage markets and instruments; lender and investor decisions in real estate financing. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Real Estate 358.

R E 179C, 379C. Independent Research in Real Estate.

Restricted to students in a business major. Conference course. Only two of the following may be counted toward the Bachelor of Business Administration: Accounting 179C, 379C, Finance 179C, 379C, International Business 179C, 379C, Legal Environment of Business 179, 379, Management 179C, 379C, Management Information Systems 179, 379, Marketing 179C, 379C, Operations Management 179, 379, Real Estate 179C, 379C, Risk Management 179, 379. Prerequisite: Eighteen semester hours of coursework in business and economics, six of which must be upper-division; Real Estate 358 with a grade of at least C-; and consent of instructor. A student registering for this course must obtain written approval from the department chair's office, on forms provided for that purpose, before the first meeting of the course.