Finance Major Requirements
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. May not be counted toward the Bachelor of Business Administration degree. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing, and Accounting 310F and Management Information Systems 311F or their equivalents.
FIN 353. Internship in Finance.
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 353C, 353F, 353H, 353K, 353M, 353S, Finance 353, Management 353, Management Information Systems 353, Marketing 353. May not be counted toward the student's major requirement. Prerequisite: Completion of forty-five semester hours of college coursework, admission to a business major, and consent of the departmental internship coordinator.
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FIN 354. Money, Banking, and Economic Conditions.
The monetary system, financial markets, national income components, and their relationship to business activity. Only one of the following may be counted: Economics 322, Finance 354, 354H. Prerequisite: Accounting 311, Economics 304K (or 303) and 304L (or 302), and admission to a business major.
FIN 354H. Money, Banking, and Economic Conditions: Honors.
The monetary system, financial markets, national income components, and their relationship to business activity. Only one of the following may be counted: Economics 322, Finance 354, 354H. Prerequisite: Admission to the McCombs School of Business Honors Program, forty-five semester hours of college coursework, Accounting 311H, Economics 304K (or 303) and 304L (or 302), and Mathematics 403K and 403L.
FIN 357. Business Finance.
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. Finance 357 and 357H may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Accounting 312, Economics 304K (or 303) and 304L (or 302), Statistics 309, and admission to a business major.
FIN 357H. Business Finance: Honors.
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. Finance 357 and 357H may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Admission to the McCombs School of Business Honors Program, forty-five semester hours of college coursework, Accounting 312H, Statistics 309H, Economics 304K (or 303), and credit or registration for Economics 304L (or credit for 302).
FIN 366P. Finance Practicum.
Restricted to business 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.
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. Prerequisite: Finance 354 and 357.
FIN 370. Integrative Finance.
For finance majors only. Integrates financial decision making in functional areas of finance; utilizes various concepts to promulgate strategies, policies, and procedures in managing funds to achieve objectives. Prerequisite: Ninety semester hours of college coursework; Finance 354, 357, and 367; credit or registration for an internship or practicum course in the McCombs School of Business; and three additional semester hours of coursework in finance, real estate, or risk management.
FIN 371M. Money and Capital Markets.
Development of modern financial markets, with emphasis on the factors that determine interest rates; institutional characteristics and pricing mechanisms of various interest-sensitive securities. Prerequisite: Finance 354 and 357.
FIN 374S. Entrepreneurial Finance.
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. Prerequisite: Finance 354 and
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FIN 375F. Banking and Financial Intermediation.
Theory of financial intermediation, regulatory environment, interest rates, and asset/liability management with a focus on commercial banking; depository and contractual intermediation. Prerequisite: Finance 354 and 357.
FIN 376. International Finance.
The international financial environment, with emphasis on the factors affecting exchange rates and how exchange rate changes affect the firm. Prerequisite: Finance 354 and 357.
FIN 377.2 Financial Risk Management.
How corporations manage their myriad business risk exposures and which of these exposures derivative securities are designed to address; an overview of capital and derivative markets and the participants in those markets; the risk management process; comparison of forward, futures, insurance, and option markets; theory of hedging, speculation and arbitrage. Prerequisite: FIN 354 and FIN 357.
FIN 377.3 Security Analysis.
Application of fundamental analysis and valuation techniques. For finance majors only, must be accepted into Financial Analyst Program. Only one of the following may be counted: Accounting 327, Finance 377 (Topic 3), 377 (Topic 4). Additional Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
FIN 377.4 Financial Analysis.
Application of fundamental analysis and valuation techniques. Only one of the following may be counted: Accounting 327, Finance 377 (Topic 3), 377 (Topic 4).
179C, 379C. Problems in Finance.
Conference course. Only two of the following may be counted toward the Bachelor of Business Administration: Accounting 179C, 379C, Business Administration 179, 379, Finance 179C, 379C, International Business 179C, 379C, Legal Environment of Business 179, 379, Management 179C, 379C, Management Information Systems 179, 379, Marketing 179C, 379C, 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 354 or 357 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.
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358. Introduction to Real Estate and Urban Land Development.
Principles of real estate and urban land economics, including an examination of investment, valuation, financing, and public policy in real estate and mortgage markets. Prerequisite: Admission to a business major, sixty semester hours of college coursework, and Economics 304K (or 303) and 304L (or 302).
376G. Real Estate Appraisal and Investment.
Study of the setting and measurement of property values in real estate markets and an analysis of real estate assets as investments. Prerequisite: Real Estate 358.
378K. Real Estate Finance and Syndication.
Debt and equity financing of residential and commercial properties; mortgage markets and instruments; lender and investor decisions in real estate financing. Prerequisite: Real Estate 358.
179C, 379C. Problems in Real Estate.
Conference course. Only two of the following may be counted toward the Bachelor of Business Administration: Accounting 179C, 379C, Business Administration 179, 379, Finance 179C, 379C, International Business 179C, 379C, Legal Environment of Business 179, 379, Management 179C, 379C, Management Information Systems 179, 379, Marketing 179C, 379C, 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.
