2006-2008 HBU Catalog - Houston Baptist University

FINA 6333 International FinancePrerequisite: FINA 6330Studies of the factors that influence international financial decision making and theinstitutions and instruments that facilitate international trade and investment. Includesthe international payments system, foreign exchange rates, and international capitalmovements. Graduate Business programs only.FINA 6334 Financial PolicyPrerequisites: FINA 6330 plus 6 semester hours selected from FINA 6331, 6332, 6333, 6335, 6336An investigation of the firm’s investment and financing activities, including workingcapital management, capital budgeting, capital structure strategies and valuationtheory. The practical application of financial policy is stressed for decision-makingpurposes. Emphasis will be placed on the ethical dimensions of financial policy. Casemethodology will be used. Graduate Business programs only.FINA 6335 Risk ManagementPrerequisite: FINA 6330Decision-making under uncertainty and the management of risk by corporations,recognizing the relationship between risk management and the overall goals of thefirm. Emphasis is placed upon the identification, measurement and management ofcorporate risks. Risk exposures due to complex financial structures are also coveredin this course. Graduate Business programs only.FINA 6336 Applied Financial ManagementPrerequisite: FINA 6330An active, hands-on class that applies financial theory to real world problems in acase study environment. Students, acting in the role of financial managers, financialconsultants, or firm owners, will use financial planning and financial analytical skillsto make decisions about capital budgeting, capital structure, dividends, differentfinancing tactics, enterprise valuation, and acquisitions and buyouts. Graduate Businessprograms only.FRENCHFREN 1314, 1324 Beginning French ProficiencyFocus is on achieving beginning proficiency in communication in French developing theskills of listening, speaking, reading, writing, viewing, and showing in the interpersonal,interpretive and presentational communicative modes and on acquiring an initialknowledge and understanding of cultures of the French speaking world. Students learnto use and understand the language necessary for expressing basic needs, wants, andcourtesies. They practice vocabulary and structures for meeting immediate survivalneeds. Not open to students with more than two years of high school French or withproficiency level above Novice.Courses / 279