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  • 3.00 Credits

    This course deals with the principles and applications of modern portfolio theory from the point of view of both the institutional and the individual investor.More specifically, the course analyzes portfolio objectives, efficient portfolio construction, performance evaluation, and portfolio risk management using derivatives.(Prerequisite: FI 210) Three credits.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course deals with options and futures on financial assets, as well as commodities.The course covers the basic uses of these instruments and the various pricing methodologies based on equilibrium conditions.(Prerequisite: FI 210) Three credits.
  • 3.00 Credits

    The course emphasizes extensive Excel-based valuation including the creation and analysis of financial statements, scenario analyses, and simulations including the use of simulated trading software for corporate valuation and investment analysis.Data for analyses are obtained from Reuters, Datastream, and Compustat.Contemporary issues in valuation may also be explored, which include real options, EVA, and hedging.The course culminates in either a business plan for a real business or a simulated merger and acquisition.(Prerequisite: FI 215) Three credits.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course examines and applies the principles developed in financial management and investments in a domestic and international context with the objective of integrating finance practice and theory using case studies.Simulations are used including trading simulations.(Prerequisites: FI 210, FI 215, and senior status) Three credits.
  • 6.00 Credits

    Students take up to two semesters of a department-approved internship.Students must have a GPA of 2.5 or higher, have junior standing, and complete an internship in their major area.Three or six credits.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This is a special program that involves contemporary or specialized topics in finance and may be offered as an independent study format under faculty guidance.(Prerequisites: open only to seniors majoring in finance, with approval by the department chair.Students must have an overall grade point average of 2.5 or better.) Three or six credits.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course investigates fundamental color theory through studio projects using contemporary and historical references.Students focus on the development and exploration of ideas using a variety of color media and study the practical mixing and application of pigments.The course stresses perception, visual awareness, sensitivity, attitude, and judgment, and is typically offered fall semester.Three credits.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Each semester that it is offered, this course takes up the study if one or more individual filmmakers - primarily directors - and surveys that person's body of work, examining major themes, techniques, motifs, topics, collaborations.In so doing, it seeks to measure and evaluate his or her contribution to the history and craft of film.Filmmakers have included Alfred Hitchcock, Woody Allen, John Huston, D.W.Griffith and Charlie Chaplin, Lon Chaney and Buster Keaton, Quenton Tarantino and the Coen Brothers.This course fulfills a VPA core requirement in history.Formerly listed as FM 102.Three credits
  • 3.00 Credits

    Whatever is happening in the country culturally and historically, one way or another finds its way into the popular media.This course examines how the films of a given 10-year period consciously and unconsciously reflect the era in which they were made.Each decade in the series has a focus indicated by the full title, so as to provide a theme that can be traced through the selected films.The course fulfills a VPA core requirement in history.Formerly listed as FM 103.Three credits.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course may survey a number of important countries' cinemas, or focus on a particular country, language, or area of the world.Emphasis is placed on indigenous cinema, reactions to the U.S.film industry and culture, important themes and topics, the socio-political climate of a country, and historical moments, such as the French New Wave, Cinema Novo, or Italian Neo-Realism.It also includes major filmmakers such as Fellini, Fassbinder, Kurosawa, Truffaut, and Bu uel.Films are shown in original languages with English subtitles.This course fulfills a VPA core requirement in history.Formerly listed as FM 104.Three credits.
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