Courses Offered
Finance: FIN
Upper-Division Courses
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); and one of the following: Management Information Systems 301 and a statistics course, Management Information Systems
310 and a statistics course, or Management Information Systems 302F (or 311F). Statistics courses that may be counted toward this requirement are Aerospace Engineering 201, Biology 318M, Biomedical
Engineering 303, 335, Chemical Engineering 253K, Civil Engineering 311K, 311S, Economics 329, Educational Psychology 371, Electrical Engineering 312, 351K, Mechanical Engineering 218 (or 204), Petroleum
and Geosystems Engineering 310, Psychology 317, 418, Social Work 318, Statistics 309, and 309H.
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.
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. Offered on the pass/fail basis only. 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. Prerequisite: Completion of forty-five semester hours of college coursework and consent of the departmental internship coordinator.
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.
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.
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, 312 or 312H, Economics 304K and 304L, and Statistics 309 or 309H; and credit or registration for Business Administration 324 or 324H.
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, 312 or 312H, Economics 304K, Statistics 309 or 309H, credit or registration
for Business Administration 324 or 324H, and credit or registration for Economics 304L.
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.
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. Prerequisite:
Finance 357 or 357H, and Statistics 371G or 371H.
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; 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
- 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:
Credit or registration for Finance 367; and Mathematics 408D or 408L.
- 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 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.
- 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:
Credit or registration for Finance 367.
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.
179C, 379C. Problems 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.