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  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is an advanced introduction to modern corporate finance. Topics include cash flow forecasting, optimal dividend policies, mergers and acquisitions, structured finance, capital at risk, and the risk of adjusted return on capital. The philosophical foundation of the course is the concept of shareholder value added. Students will learn how financial decisions can contribute to the value of modern corporation. 3. 000 Credit Hours 3. 000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Stuart School of Business College Business Administration Department
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course provides a systematic exposition of the primary mathematical methods used in financial economics. Mathematical concepts and methods include logarithmic and exponential functions, algebra, mean-variance analysis, summations, matrix algebra, differential and integral calculus, and optimization. The course will include a variety of financial applications including compound interest, present and future value, term structure of interest rates, asset pricing, expected return, risk and measures of risk aversion, capital asset pricing model (CAPM), portfolio optimization, expected utility, and consumption capital asset pricing (CCAPM). 3. 000 Credit Hours 3. 000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Stuart School of Business College Business Administration Department
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is the first of three subjects that form the Financial Modeling Sequence. It is designed to provide students with the necessary programming skills necessary to create realistic financial models. It is an essential core subject and must be completed in order to obtain the MSF degree. Modeling I focuses on the implementation of financial models in MS Excel using Visual Basic for Application (VBA). 3. 000 Credit Hours 3. 000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Stuart School of Business College Business Administration Department
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course provides the foundation for understanding the price and risk management of derivative securities. The course starts with simple derivatives (e.g., forwards and futures) and develops the concept of arbitrage-free pricing and hedging. Based upon the work of Black, Scholes, and Merton, the course extends their pricing model through the use of lattices, Monte Carlo simulation methods, and more advanced strategies. Mathematical tools in stochastic processes are gradually introduced. Particular emphasis is given to the pricing of interest rate derivatives. 3. 000 Credit Hours 3. 000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Stuart School of Business College Business Administration Department
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course offers students a solid grounding in the theory and practice of new product development. Using a combination of theory-based lecture, hands-on exercises and assignments, and discussion, students will develop skills across the entire product development process--from opportunity identification through product launch. 3. 000 Credit Hours 3. 000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Stuart School of Business College Business Administration Department Course Attributes: Communications Requirement
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course places emphasis on the role of entrepreneurship and innovation in existing manufacturing companies, as well as exploring how to recognize, screen, and bring to market new manufacturing and industrial opportunities. Manufacturing for the purposes of this course considers all activities that combine labor, technology, and materials to produce products of greater value. This includes engineered products, food, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals to name a few. Topics covered in this course include opportunity recognition and new venture formation, building competitive advantage, managing technology and innovation, marketing and sales, management of operations, and financing for growth. 3. 000 Credit Hours 3. 000 Lecture hours Levels: Graduate Doctoral, Graduate Business, Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Stuart School of Business College Business Administration Department
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course introduces the fundamentals of science and technology entrepreneurship. Science and technology entrepreneurship, in itself, is a spirited approach to business leadership that involves identifying high-potential, science and technology-intensive commercial opportunities, gathering resources and capital, and managing rapid growth and significant risks using principled decision-making skills. This course is designed for graduate students in all majors, particularly science, engineering, and design students. Topics introduced in this course are not only relevant to future entrepreneurs, but also to future engineers and scientists in industry. This course introduces the student to the basic tools necessary to successfully identify a true business opportunity, and to start, grow, and maintain a science and technology enterprise. 3. 000 Credit Hours 3. 000 Lecture hours Levels: Graduate Doctoral, Graduate Business, Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Stuart School of Business College Business Administration Department
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course offers practical management tools that are needed to build a new venture into a significant enterprise. The competencies, strategies and structures of successful high performance businesses are studied through cases, videos and guest lecturers. Topics include leadership, internal growth strategies, merger, acquisition and franchising. 3. 000 Credit Hours 3. 000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Stuart School of Business College Business Administration Department
  • 3.00 Credits

    The Marketing Management course is designed to provide students with an overview of the decision making process in marketing. Marketing decision-making is a process that is essentially wrapped around the fundamental goal of creating value in the marketplace. This requires a professional knowledge of market drivers, competitors' capabilities, technological trends, and the market dynamics of value. The orientation is toward the kinds of marketing decisions that managers must make within the modern business environment. A primary goal of this course is to provide a thorough understanding of the rapidly changing business environment and the various stakeholders that influence the marketing management function. 3. 000 Credit Hours 3. 000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Stuart School of Business College Business Administration Department Course Attributes: Communications Requirement
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course provides students with a detailed exposure to state-of-the-art marketing research techniques and their applications. Topics include: problem definition, research design, exploratory research, the use of secondary and syndicated data sources and questionnaire development and analysis. Course exercises and projects will emphasize the use of research information for effective marketing decision making. 3. 000 Credit Hours 3. 000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Stuart School of Business College Business Administration Department Course Attributes: Communications Requirement, Ethics Content
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