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FIN 3595 AYA-Special Topics Finance
3 cr.
This course is only offered through UNO’s Academic Year Abroad
(AYA) in Innsbruck Austria and can be repeated once for credit.
FIN 3999 Special Topics - Finance
3 cr.
Prerequisite: Consent of Department. Topic will vary from semester
to semester. May be repeated once for credit.
FIN 4222 Cash & Liquidity Management
3 cr.
Prerequisite: FIN 3300. An examination of the theory and practice
of working capital management. Topics include cash management,
credit and accounts receivable management, collections and cash
concentrations, short-term investments and borrowing, forecasting
cash flows, financial risk management, and international cash
management.
FIN 4222G Cash & Liquidity Management
3 cr.
Prerequisite: FIN 3300. An examination of the theory and practice
of working capital management. Topics include cash management,
credit and accounts receivable management, collections and cash
concentrations, short-term investments and borrowing, forecasting
cash flows, financial risk management, and international cash
management.
FIN 4232 Capital Budgeting
3 cr.
Prerequisite: FIN 3300 or ECON 2000. An examination of the analytical
methods used to evaluate the economic worth of capital
investments. The course focuses on capital budgeting under uncertainty
and in imperfect markets and includes topics such as capital
rationing, inflation, leasing, and strategic management.
FIN 4232G Capital Budgeting
3 cr.
Prerequisite: FIN 3300 or ECON 2000. An examination of the analytical
methods used to evaluate the economic worth of capital
investments. The course focuses on capital budgeting under uncertainty
and in imperfect markets and includes topics such as capital
rationing, inflation, leasing, and strategic management.
FIN 4242 Econ of State & Local Finance
3 cr.
Prerequisite: ECON 1203 or 2200. This is a course designed to analyze
the functions of state and local governments relating to the
provision of public goods. The demand for and the supply of public
goods as well as the production of these goods will be examined.
Optimal methods of financing these government services will be
investigated. The tax incidence and the equity of various financing
forms will be presented. Grants-in-aid, revenue sharing, and other
federal policies affecting intergovernmental relations in a federal
system will also be analyzed.
FIN 4242G Econ of State & Local Finance
3 cr.
Prerequisite: ECON 1203 or 2200. This is a course designed to analyze
the functions of state and local governments relating to the
provision of public goods. The demand for and the supply of public
goods as well as the production of these goods will be examined.
Optimal methods of financing these government services will be
investigated. The tax incidence and the equity of various financing
forms will be presented. Grants-in-aid, revenue sharing, and other
federal policies affecting intergovernmental relations in a federal
system will also be analyzed.
FIN 4301 Financial Theory
3 cr.
Offered each semester. Prerequisite: FIN 3300. Analysis of the financial
theory of the business enterprise from the viewpoint of an
internal decision-maker. In addition to the study of theories themselves,
the course will cover empirical evidence as tests of theories.
Topics to be covered will include: risk and uncertainty in investment
and financial decisions, asset and security valuation theory,
cost of capital and capital structure theory, dividend decisions,
capital budgeting, and portfolio analysis. Students may not receive
graduate credit for both FIN 4301 and FIN 6301.
FIN 4301G Financial Theory
3 cr.
Offered each semester. Prerequisite: FIN 3300. Analysis of the financial
theory of the business enterprise from the viewpoint of an
internal decision-maker. In addition to the study of theories themselves,
the course will cover empirical evidence as tests of theories.
Topics to be covered will include: risk and uncertainty in investment
and financial decisions, asset and security valuation theory,
cost of capital and capital structure theory, dividend decisions,
capital budgeting, and portfolio analysis. Students may not receive
graduate credit for both FIN 4301 and FIN 6301.
FIN 4304 Finance Capstone
3 cr.
Offered each semester. Prerequisites are Finance 3300, Finance 3302
or Finance 3321, and senior standing. Emphasis on financial decision-making
that requires integrating the core finance areas of corporate
finance, investments, portfolio management, and financial
institutions. This course is not open to graduate students.
FIN 4305 Business Cycles & Forecasting
3 cr.
(ECON 4205 and FIN 4305 are cross-listed) Prerequisite: ECON 1203,
1204, and QMBE 2786. Univariate forecasting models; multiple time
series model building. Applications to business trends and business
cycles.
FIN 4305G Business Cycles & Forecasting
3 cr.
(ECON 4205 and FIN 4305 are cross-listed) Prerequisite: ECON 1203,
1204, and QMBE 2786. Univariate forecasting models; multiple time
series model building. Applications to business trends and business
cycles.
FIN 4307 Portfolio Analysis
3 cr.
Prerequisite: FIN 3302 and QMBE 2786, or consent of department.
Demonstration of portfolio analysis techniques used by individuals
and institutions. The course will utilize the computer to demonstrate
and explore the various implications of portfolio analysis.
FIN 4307G Portfolio Analysis
3 cr.
Prerequisite: FIN 3302 and QMBE 2786, or consent of department.
Demonstration of portfolio analysis techniques used by individuals
and institutions. The course will utilize the computer to demonstrate
and explore the various implications of portfolio analysis.
FIN 4308 Speculative Markets
3 cr.
Prerequisite: FIN 3302 or consent of department. An examination of
the organization structure of speculative markets and the performance
of speculative assets. Topics include the institutional nature
of options and futures markets; investment and hedging strategies;
and the valuation of options on stocks, interest rates, and futures
contracts as well as the analysis of commodity, interest rate, stock
index, and foreign exchange futures prices.
FIN 4308G Speculative Markets
3 cr.
Prerequisite: FIN 3302 or consent of department. An examination of
the organization structure of speculative markets and the performance
of speculative assets. Topics include the institutional nature
of options and futures markets; investment and hedging strategies;
and the valuation of options on stocks, interest rates, and futures
contracts as well as the analysis of commodity, interest rate, stock
index, and foreign exchange futures prices.
FIN 4322 Money & Capital Markets
3 cr.
Prerequisite: ECON 2221. The money and capital markets their composition
regulation and operations; their influence in modern business;
sources and uses of funds; commercial paper; acceptances;
bank loans; call loans; negotiable certificates of deposit; investment
banking and the Securities and Exchange Commission; the open
market functions and activities of the Federal Reserve System.
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