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FIN Courses

FIN 3400 QI

Corporate Finance – 3 credits
How corporations raise and manage capital. Study of modern financial principles, methods, policies, and institutions. Corporate organization, creation, and reorganization.
Prerequisites: MATH 1050; ACCT 2010; choose one statistics course from: STAT 1040, 2300, 3000, or PSY 2800; admittance to a USU major, cumulative GPA of 2.67 or higher, completion of at least 40 credits
Semester(s) Taught: F,Sp,Su

FIN 4300

International Finance – 3 credits
Overview of international financial management, including international financial markets, exchange rate behavior, and financing international trade.
Prerequisites: Grade of B- (2.67) or better in FIN 3400; admittance to a USU major, cumulative GPA of 2.67 or higher, completion of at least 40 credits.
Semester(s) Taught: F,Sp

FIN 4410

Financial Institutions – 3 credits
Role of domestic and international financial institutions in supplying services to consumers, businessmen, and government.
Prerequisites: Grade of B- (2.67) or better in FIN 3400; admittance to a USU major, cumulative GPA of 2.67 or higher, completion of at least 40 credits.
Semester(s) Taught: F,Sp

FIN 4420

Insurance – 3 credits
Studied from the standpoint of insurance services consumers, course explores types of life, property, and casualty insurance contracts; nature and uses of life and property insurance; and the organization, management, and government supervision of insurance companies.
Prerequisites: Grade of B- (2.67) or better in FIN 3400; admittance to a USU major, cumulative GPA of 2.67 or higher, completion of at least 40 credits.
Semester(s) Taught: F

FIN 4430

Real Estate Finance – 3 credits
Covers theory, principles, and techniques of real estate investment, emphasizing present value and cash-flow approaches to real estate investment decisions.
Prerequisites: Grade of B- (2.67) or better in FIN 3400; admittance to a USU major, cumulative GPA of 2.67 or higher, completion of at least 40 credits.
Semester(s) Taught: Sp

FIN 4450

Fundamentals of Valuation – 3 credits
Augments and extends the basic equity valuation material in corporate finance to the specific and complex setting of valuing equity securities. Covers valuation models (i.e., dividend discount model) as well as multiples and technical approaches.
Prerequisites: Grade of B- (2.67) or better in FIN 3400; admittance to a USU major, cumulative GPA of 2.67 or higher, completion of at least 40 credits.
Semester(s) Taught: F,Sp

FIN 4460

Investments – 3 credits
Provides an understanding of security analysis and portfolio management. Market operations; risk and return; stock, bond, and option analysis; and portfolio theory and creation.
Prerequisites: Grade of B- (2.67) or better in FIN 3400; admittance to a USU major, cumulative GPA of 2.67 or higher, completion of at least 40 credits.
Semester(s) Taught: F,Sp

FIN 4900

Independent Research and Readings – 1-3 credits
Semester(s) Taught: F, Sp, Su

FIN 4950

Senior Honors Thesis/Project – 3 credits
Creative project that will then be written up, and presented, as a Senior Thesis as required for an Honors Plan.
Semester(s) Taught: Sp

FIN 5350

Quantitative Financial Modeling and Applications – 3 credits
Introduction to quantitative methods and computer applications applicable in financial modeling. Covers financial statement modeling, asset allocation, risk analysis, scenario generation, and option pricing through the introduction and proper uses of spreadsheet modeling, decision analysis, simulation, and optimization techniques.
Prerequisites: FIN 3400 and MIS 2100. Also taught as MIS 5350
Semester(s) Taught: Sp

FIN 5420

Risk Management – 3 credits
Examines a common set of techniques which can be used in dealing with pure risk, including risk assumption, prevention, diversification, and transfer via insurance and noninsurance market mechanisms.
Prerequisites: FIN 3400 and 4460
Semester(s) Taught: Sp

FIN 5460

Advanced Investments – 3 credits
Advanced topics in investment instruments, portfolio management, markets, and financial modeling techniques impacting financial decisions.
Prerequisites: FIN 3400 and 4460.
Semester(s) Taught: F

FIN 6410

Corporate Finance Essentials – 1.5 credits
Introduction of corporate finance principles for students entering a master's degree program in the Huntsman School of Business.
Prerequisites: Acceptance into a Huntsman School of Business master's degree program.
Semester(s) Taught: Su

FIN 6420

Financial Problems – 3 credits
Corporate finance case course, dealing with problems in working capital management, capital budgeting, cost of capital problems, and corporate restructuring.
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: FIN 3400 (undergraduate course) or FIN 6410 (Accelerated Business Core)
Semester(s) Taught: F

FIN 6440

Financial Decision Making – 3 credits
Presentation of financial modelling techniques impacting firm decisions.
Semester(s) Taught: Sp