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2.00 Credits
Offered in the Executive MBA Program only. This course is designed to introduce and critically examine the key principles of selecting investments, financing them, extracting value and managing the investment portfolio. Investment analysis and management, including the role of financial organizations, financial statements and industry analysis, the valuation of financial instruments, portfolio management and capital market efficiency will also be explored.
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3.00 Credits
Offered in the Executive MBA Program only. Corporate financial decisions are explored from the perspective of the chief financial officer. Given the goal of increasing firm value, students explore several key financial decisions related to capital investment, financing and risk management. Investment topics include portfolio selection and allocation decisions, as well as capital budgeting under risk and M&A. Financing topics examine decisions about optimal capital structure in terms of debt/equity; how companies return value to shareholders through dividends; and other "payback" strategies.
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2.00 Credits
Offered in the Executive MBA Program only. Managing executive compensation and incentives, as well as an executive's own personal finances, has become increasingly challenging. This course provides an overview of the latest concepts, tools and practices associated with these topics. Students are provided several tools and resources for improving organization incentive practices and their own personal financial planning.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
A study of selected topics of major interest in Finance not covered in other course offerings. May be taken for credit more than once, if different topic.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
A study of related Finance topics that is closely supervised by a faculty member. Activities will normally be conducted by students out of the classroom with periodic meetings and evaluation by the faculty member who is mentoring the project. May be taken for credit more than once, but only 3 credit hours will be counted toward satisfying the degree requirements.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: FIN 534. Investigates the various investment alternatives available to individuals in the capital markets and develops the concepts of risk and return in a portfolio context. Major topics include portfolio theory, performance evaluation, market efficiency, equity and bond management strategies, the use of derivative securities in portfolio management, and mutual funds. The course investigates the entire process of investing in financial assets, from the analysis of individual securities to the final combination of securities into portfolios. This practicum provides students valuable hands-on experience in securities research, valuation of risky assets, and asset allocation by managing actual investments in the Davis Family Endowed Investment Fund.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: FIN 534. Basic concepts of finance are applied to the entrepreneurial venture beginning with company start-up and concluding with the "harvest." Entrepreneurial decisions and alternatives are analyzed in terms of their effect on firm value. The central focus of the course is to understand the financing of entrepreneurial ventures, including ways investors identify and commit resources to create and finance them. Lectures, in-depth discussions, and cases are used to address specific concepts and skills relevant to developing and financing a new venture. These concepts will include: evaluating the opportunity, financing the venture, valuing the emerging company, and harvesting the ventures by selling it or going public. An integral part of the course pedagogy is participation in the Springboard Angel Investor Capital Fund.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: FIN 534. This course offers a rigorous application of financial principles to real-world business problems. Topics include modern portfolio theory, efficient market theory, the Modigliani- Miller propositions, and the capital asset pricing model. In addition to the standard classical approach to corporate finance, behavioral finance will also be discussed extensively in the course and students will have an opportunity to explore selected topics in behavioral finance in detail (such as noise trader risk, market overreaction, forward discount bias, and the hubris hypothesis of corporate takeovers). Students are required to perform a net present value analysis of at least one publicly traded firm and present their findings to the seminar. Case studies will allow students to come as close as possible, within the context of a classroom, to the experience of real world decision makers in corporation and investment banks, to recognize the uncertainty and ambiguity that is present in every such decision, and to strengthen skills at group brainstorming.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ACCT 522 and FIN 534, or permission of the Accounting and Finance Chair. Students will critically analyze financial statements with an emphasis on identifying items that may indicate unrecognized value, undisclosed or inadequate disclosure of problems, and aggressive accounting. Classes will primarily use case studies with an emphasis on current events. Students will conduct a detailed company examination and prepare a report using public information such as annual reports, 10-Ks, 10-Qs and other SEC filings. Although not a prerequisite, it is highly recommended that a student have as a background a course in Intermediate Accounting or equivalent work experience.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ACCT 522 or permission of the Accounting and Finance Chair. Students will design financial models to facilitate strategic decision-making. The modeling process will allow students to analyze a wide range of financial issues and incorporate the notion of risk in strategic decisions. Major topics include investment analysis, performance evaluation, product mix decisions and valuation techniques.
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