Undergraduate Catalogue - UPRM

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
FINA 4037. INVESTMENTS. Three credit hours.
Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite:
FINA 3006.
Investment, speculation and gambling; various
types of investment media; the test of safety,
income, and marketability in the selection of
securities; diversification and vigilance in
individual portfolio management; techniques for
critical analysis and interpretation of corporate
reports from the investment point of view; the
influence of business cycles on the stock market
and upon investment opportunities.
FINA 4039. PUBLIC SECTOR FINANCES.
Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week. Prerequisites: ECON 3021 and ECON
3022.
The study of the allocation, distribution, and
stabilization functions of the modern state and their
effects on the business firm; analysis of public
sector budget policies from the point of view of
income and expenditure, theories of taxation;
public expenditure, budget incidence and effects,
public debt; and their effect on the business
decision-making process.
FINA 4040. CURRENT FINANCIAL TRENDS.
Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week. Prerequisites: FINA 4037, FINA 4046 and
FINA 4035.
Current developments in the field of money,
banking, foreign exchange, corporation finance,
investment, and allied fields. Special attention is
given to the developments in Puerto Rico, and to
those developments abroad which affect Puerto
Rico.
FINA 4046. CORPORATE FINANCIAL
POLICY. Three credit hours. Three hours of
lecture per week. Prerequisite: FINA 3006.
Advanced problems in corporate financial
management, emphasizing long-term financing,
dividend policy, internal financing, and
intermediate-term financing; corporate external
growth; mergers and holding companies, failure,
reorganization, and liquidation; the timing of
financial policy and the financial life cycle of the
firm; consolidation.
FINA 4047. INVESTMENT ANALYSIS AND
PORTFOLIO SELECTION. Three credit hours.
Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite:
FINA 4037.
Extended study of the field of investments:
portfolio theory and management, investment
policies, risk handling, and timing of investment
decisions.
FINA 4048. CREDIT AND COLLECTION.
Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week. Prerequisite: FINA 3006.
Theory, principles, and practices of credit and
collection management. Investigation and analysis
of credit risk.
FINA 4995. FINANCE INTERNSHIP. One to six
credit hours. Four hours of work per week per
credit during fifteen weeks or its equivalent during
a summer session; can be repeated until a
maximum of six credits are attained. Prerequisites:
FINA 4046, FINA 4035 and authorization of the
Dean of the Faculty.
Work experience in the area of finance, in an office
or business enterprise, under the supervision of a
faculty member in coordination with an immediate
supervisor at the workplace.
INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT
GERE 4007. OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT.
Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week. Prerequisites: MATE 3049 or MATE 3011
and ESTA 3002.
An introduction to the concepts, analytical
techniques and decision-making procedures in the
management of operations. Operation management
problems common to different types of business are
discussed, with consideration given to the
following: location, management of materials,
management of maintenance of facilities, statistical
control of operations, cost and budget control.
GERE 4008. QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN
MANAGEMENT. Three credit hours. Three
hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: GERE
4007 or GERE 4022.
Development of certain mathematical models and
techniques in operations research applicable to the
analysis of such industrial problems as allocation of
resources, inventory control, scheduling and traffic
flow. Stochastic as well as determinative models
are considered giving emphasis to linear and
dynamic programming and queuing theory.
Attention is centered on the formulation of
problems and the evaluation of methodology.
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