Finance

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Charles A. Dana Professor Puddicombe; Professors Kabay and Mohaghegh; Associate Professors Benabess, Blythe, Jolley and Yandow; Assistant Professor Chung; Lecturer Pomeroy; Adjunct Instructors Alcorn, Faulkner, Fogg, Merolli, Rowley, Seipel and Verret.

Students seeking a minor in Finance must obtain the approval of the School Director and complete each of the required courses with a grade of C or higher.

Finance Minor

Students must complete all of the six courses listed below, each with a grade of C or higher.

FN 311Corporate Finance3
FN 407Corporate Finance II3
FN 412Investments3
EC 310Money and Banking3
Any two of the following:6
Intermediate Accounting I3
Intermediate Accounting II3
Taxation I3
Advanced Accounting4
Public Finance3
International Economics3
International Dimensions of Business3
Total Credits18

Courses

FN 311 Corporate Finance 3 Credits

Development of the basic theoretical framework for decision-making in financial management, emphasizing the time-value of money and hte analysis of cash flows. Areas of concentration are financial institutions and markets, financial statement analysis, the role of time value in finance, bond and stock valuation,capital budgeting decision process, risk and return analysis, cost of capital and dividend policy. Prerequisites: AC 206 or AC 201, EC 202, QM 213 or permission of the instructor.

FN 407 Corporate Finance II 3 Credits

Special topics in financial management including: international managerial finance, mergers and acquisitions, hybrid and derivative securities, working capital management, short-term and long-term financing, financial planning, leverage analysis and capital structure theory. Prerequisites: QM 213, FN 311. Offered in the spring-odd years.

FN 412 Investments 3 Credits

Methods of security analysis and portfolio management, including the current theoretical literature and thought. Discussion and analysis of current events and their implications for stock price behavior. Prerequisistes: QM 213, FN 311. Offered in the spring-even years.