Certain courses in the evening program are not offered in the day, and are designated as "E" (evening only) courses.  Credits from these courses may be applied to the Associate and Bachelor of Business Administration degrees, but not to the Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degrees.  Any specific course prerequisites are stated in the course description.  The credit value of each course, expressed in semester hours, is printed in parentheses.

FIN-206. Financial Management (4)
Basic principles underlying the financing of the corporate structure.  Short and long term financing instruments. Expansion, failure and reorganization of the corporation.
Prerequisite: ACCT-111, ECON-102, MATH-103E.

FIN-308E. International Finance & Policy (4)
This course combines a strong foundation in international finance theory with current, practical applications.  Thorough, up-to-date treatments of cutting edge international finance issues along with traditional treatment of international financial management.  Topics include exchange rate behavior, international financial market instruments and management of international exposure risks.
Prerequisite: FIN-206, ECON-101, 102.

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FIN-313e. Public Finance and Taxation (4)
Principles of public expenditures, public revenues, public indebtedness, and financial administration. Principles and workings of the federal income tax law.  Extensive assignments in analyzing and solving income tax problems.
Prerequisite: ECON-101, 102.

FIN-409e. Advanced Financial Management (4)
This is an advanced course in financial planning especially at the firm level.  Major topics include developing financial policies of the organization, working capital management and analyzing capital expenditure decisions.  Students are required to analyze, interpret, discuss, and solve problems posed in a set of case studies.   Written and oral presentation required.  
Prerequisite: FIN-206.

FIN-410Ee Investments (4)
This course presents a fundamental approach to the analysis of investment securities and markets. Valuation models dealing with both risks and returns are studied.  There is emphasis on fixed income issues, equities, portfolio theory, and applications.  Market history and current market conditions are studied.  Course applies algebra and statistics, and requires students to solve word problems with a financial calculator.  Students complete three major projects requiring research and problem solving.
Prerequisites: FIN-206, MATH-241Q, CS-100D (or demonstrated user competency in Excel) and ability to use high-school algebra.

FIN-420We. Seminar in Corporate Finance and Policy (4)
Capstone course in the major.  Assignments and discussion targeted to deepen understanding of less conventional finance topics and to question and analyze existing practice.  Significant independent research and problem solving using case method, plus written and oral presentation of major project.
Prerequisite: All courses in the Finance major.

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