FIN X94 FIN 294, 394 Topics in Seminar: Financial Management and Theory 2-3 Hours
2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
For each semester hour of credit earned, one lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and Business Administration 285T or 385T.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Advanced Corporate Finance. Advanced corporate financial management in the global marketplace: valuation concepts, optimal capital structure, risk management, corporate control and restructuring, and mergers and acquisitions. Additional prerequisite: Credit or registration for Finance 286.
Topic 2: Financial Strategies. An integrated analysis of the interaction between the investment and operating policies of a corporation and its financial strategies. Additional prerequisite: Finance 286, 394 (Topic 1), and credit or registration for Finance 397 (Topic 1: Investment Theory and Practice).
Topic 3: Global Finance. Additional prerequisite: Finance 286, 394 (Topic 1), and 397 (Topic 1: Investment Theory and Practice).
Topic 4: Financial Management of Small Business. Additional prerequisite: Finance 286.
Topic 5: Financial Technology. Analyzes the effect technology has on the delivery of financial services and products in the areas of lending, clearing and trading. Finance 294 (Topic: FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY) and 294, 394 (Topic 5) may not both be counted.
Topic 6: Special Topics in Corporate Finance.
Topic 7: Raising Capital. An analysis of the decision to raise capital, including sources of debt and equity, financial distress, restructuring, and financing acquisitions. Additional prerequisite: Finance 286, 394 (Topic 1), and credit or registration for Finance 397 (Topic 1).
Topic 8: Financial Strategies for Energy Firms. An integrated analysis of the interaction between the investment and operating policies of a corporation and its financial strategies, with special emphasis on firms in the energy industry. Additional prerequisite: Finance 286, 394 (Topic 1), and credit or registration for Finance 397 (Topic 1).
Topic 9: Advanced Valuation and Financial Modeling for Energy Firms. Construction and use of financial models for valuation and decision-making, with applications to the energy industry. Additional prerequisite: Finance 286, 394 (Topic 1), and 397 (Topic 1).
Topic 10: New Venture Finance. Explore the process to building a new venture from idea to liquidation event from the perspectives of both the founders as well as sophisticated venture investors. Develop a common financial framework to parse financial instruments through which we can demonstrate the salient points of a new venture's value proposition to its stakeholders. Use this framework to scale the model to express managerial controls, confidence, and ultimately the core values such that the founding team could reasonably expect to raise sophisticated capital. Finance 394 (Topic: New Venture Finance) and 294, 394 (Topic 10) may not both be counted.
Topic 11: Private Equity. An examination of the application of advanced corporate finance concepts in the private equity markets. Additional prerequisite: Finance 286, 394 (Topic 1: Advanced Corporate Finance), and credit or registration for Finance 397 (Topic 1: Investment Theory and Practice).
Topic 12: Energy Development and Corporate Strategies. Introduction to the legal, engineering, business, and financial aspects of energy development and operations. Additional prerequisite: Finance 286 and credit or registration for Finance 394 (Topic 1: Advanced Corporate Finance).
Topic 13: Valuation of Energy Investments. Covers the theory and practice of the evaluation and financing of energy investments with a focus on application to upstream oil and gas projects. Develop financial modeling skills, from detailed discounted cash flow models to advanced option pricing models utilizing a variety of computational approaches. Finance 294 (Topic: VALUTN OF ENERGY INVSTMNTS) and 294, 394 (Topic 13) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Finance 286.
Topic 14: Venture Capital Fellows Program. Additional prerequisite: Credit or registration for Finance 286 and 394 (Topic 1).
Topic 15: Energy Finance Practicum. Additional prerequisite: Credit or registration for Finance 286.
Topic 16: Corporate Finance and Financial Markets. Restrictions: Restricted to students admitted to the McCombs School of Business.
Topic 17: Advanced Valuation and Financial Modeling. Construction and use of financial models for valuation and decision-making. Additional prerequisite: Finance 286, 394 (Topic 1: Advanced Corporate Finance), and 397 (Topic 1: Investment Theory and Practice).
Topic 18: Corporate Finance Fellows I. Only one of the following may be counted: Finance 394 (Topic: Corporate Finance Fellows), 294 (Topic 18), 394 (Topic 18). Restrictions: Restricted to students admitted to the Corporate Finance Fellows program.
Topic 19: Economic Principles of Managerial Decisions. Study of how economic principles are used to think strategically about business decisions. Only one of the following may be counted: Finance 394 (Topic: Economic Principals of Managerial Decision), 294 (Topic 19), 394 (Topic 19).
Topic 20: Corporate Finance Fellows II. Restrictions: Restricted to students admitted to the Corporate Finance Fellows program.
Topic 21: Advanced Valuation Techniques for Consulting. Examine financial reporting, the application of various valuation techniques (to measure the fair value of intangible assets), contingent consideration, valuation of synergy, the impact of geography on value, and the effect of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) policies on company valuations.
Topic 22: Introduction to Financial Analytics. Restrictions: Restricted to students in the Master of Science in Business Analytics program.
Topic 23: Financial Modeling and Testing. Restrictions: Restricted to students in the Master of Science program.
Topic 24: Valuation II. Discuss financial modeling, derivatives in corporate finance, business valuation, and value-based management. Finance 294 (Topic: Valuation II) and 294 (Topic 24) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Finance 294 (Topic 25). Restrictions: Restricted to students in the Master of Science in Finance program.
Topic 26: Mergers and Acquisitions. Finance 394 (Topic: Mergers and Acquisitions) and 394 (Topic 26) may not both be counted.
Topic 27: Investment Banking Practicum. Participate in the investment banking practicum. Develop a team-based pitch book and mergers and acquisitions idea through project and speaker series. Discuss discounted cash flow, comparable, and leveraged buyouts and mergers and acquisitions analyses. Finance 394 (Topic: WSFM Investment Bank Practicum) and 394 (Topic 27) may not both be counted.