Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Principles and foundations of finance: time value of money, capital budgeting techniques, uncertainty and the risk/return trade-off, security market efficiency, cost of capital. Students may not receive credit for both FIN 256 and FIN 301.

Participation in a discipline or subject related experience. Student must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Permission in advance with the consent of the department chairperson, instructor, and dean. Limited to those in good academic standing.

Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.

Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Introduction to basics of finance: time value of money, capital budgeting techniques, uncertainty and the risk/return trade-off, security market efficiency, cost of capital. Students may not receive credit for both FIN 301 and FIN 256.

Problems and procedures of financial management encountered in normal operations of a corporation. Planning and controlling working capital needs. Capital budgeting. Financial capital needs. Dividend and expansion policies.

Analytical framework for investment decision making. Principles and techniques of analyzing industries and companies, managing specific portfolios.

General principles: organization and control of the banking system, commercial bank functions and operations, organization and operation of the Federal Reserve System, and monetary theory and policy.

Introduction to financial planning concepts, including analysis of personal financial statements, tax planning, credit management, retirement planning, estate planning, and insurance planning. Students may not receive credit for both FIN 378 and ECN 305.

Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

The nature of China's economic and financial environment. History and significance of China's reforms. China's economic relations and importance to global finance.

Introduction to corporate financial decision-making related to daily operations, including balanced scorecard use, financial forecasting, management of current assets and liabilities, international issues, and use of information technology. Case studies are emphasized. Additional work required of graduate students.

Analysis of the business, economic, and financial environment of emerging markets. Portfolio investment and corporate finance in emerging markets.

Introduction to downloading, preparing and using historical data on financial securities using RStudio. Modern analytical methods for decision-making in investment management and the financial industry. Topics include Capital Asset Pricing Model, portfolio diversification and optimization, and machine learning for financial classification and regression problems.

Exchange rate, determination and forecasting, currency exposure management, international capital budgeting, cost of capital, international financial markets, currency based derivative markets, international taxation, and banking. Foreign direct investment and theory of the multinational enterprise.

Goals, practices, and problems of various investing institutions. Modern portfolio theories and techniques.

Pricing, market structure, hedging, trading strategies, arbitrage relationships, and applications to corporate securities for options and futures contracts, swaps, and other derivative instruments. Additional work required of graduate students.

Overview of the major institutions, organizations and investors. Recent developments in fixed income. Traditional debt instruments and fixed income derivatives. Valuation and determinants of risk and return of fixed-income securities.

Build models for financial statement analysis, valuation, capital budgeting, capital structure, portfolio selection, interest rate risk, option valuation, and other areas of finance using a computer tool such as Microsoft Excel. Additional work required for graduate students.

Addresses techniques related to restructuring and reorganization to help solve business problems, conduct financial analyses and achieve sustained value creation. Covers topics such as mergers and acquisitions, buyouts, rollups, asset sales, equity splits and takeovers. Case-based focus.

The course focuses on the practical aspects and costs of trading, and will facilitate an understanding of the trading problem, including order types, order routing processes and latest developments in securities markets and regulations. Additional work required of graduate students.

Role and nature of securities markets in our economy and the needs they serve. Market concept; criteria for studying the effectiveness of securities markets.

The fundamentals of value investing through the analysis of public corporate businesses and the securities and credit instruments they issue. Investment vs. speculation. Real world cases and applications. Additional work required of graduate students.

Specialized work for advanced students on particular phase or topic in finance. Reading, reports, and thesis.

The course prepares you to understand, analyze and evaluate investments in the securities of companies in financial distress. Uses a practical approach to learning as well as hands on experience analyzing actual special situations.

Participation in a discipline- or subject-related experience. Students must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Limited to those in good academic standing.

Commercial banks, savings institutions, credit unions, finance companies, investment companies, securities firms, pension funds, insurance companies, bank regulations, bank-off balance sheet activities, interest rate and exchange rate determination, interest rate management in financial institutions, financial markets and instruments, international banking.

What control investors do and how they do it: friendly and hostile takeovers, leveraged buyouts and other contests for control are covered.

Introduction to alternative investments available to professional asset managers, and their characteristics: hedge funds, private equity, structured products, commodities, and real estate and other real assets. Additional work required of graduate students.

Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.

In-depth exploration of a problem or problems.  Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor or instructors and the department.

Completion of an Honors Capstone Project under the supervision of a faculty member.