2003-2005 - Graduate School - The University of Alabama

244 The University of AlabamaFI 442 Business Risk Management. Three hours.The role of insurance in serving business fi rms and governmental bodies exposed toeconomic loss.FI 443 Property and Liability Insurance. Three hours.Current fi nancial, legal, and social problems concerning the property-liability insuranceindustry. Role of government in providing insurance and topics in the management ofproperty-liability insurance companies and agencies.FI 444 Life and Health Insurance. Three hours.Detailed analysis of life insurance and health insurance with emphasis on their role inemployee-benefi t planning. Specifi c provisions of qualifi ed retirement plans. Currentproblems facing the life insurance industry and analysis of the distribution system forlife and health insurance. Topics in management of life and health insurance companiesand agencies.FI 452 Economics of Reg u lat ed In dus tries (same as EC 452). Three hours.An ex am i na tion of the form of regulation and its impact on American industries, encompass ing both traditional public-utility regulation and newer, social regulation (e.g.,en vi ron men tal and health-and-safety regulation).FI 491 Independent Study. Variable credit.FI 492 Internship. Three hours.FI 497 Special Topics in Finance. Three hours.FI 504 (M.B.A.) Foundations of Financial Management. Three hours.Corporate fi nancial planning and decision making; working capital man age ment, capitalbudgeting, fi nancing, risk-return analysis, valuation, and dividend policy.FI 505 Corporate Valuation. Three hours.Prerequisite: FI 504 (M.B.A.) or equivalent.A case study course designed to give the student an opportunity to apply fi nancial theoryto specifi c business problems.FI 506 Mergers and Acquisitions. Three hours.Prerequisite: FI 504, FI 510, or equivalent.An examination of corporate acquisitions, including fi rm valuation, bidding contests, anddefense managers, as well as the corporate tax and legal environment.FI 510 Financial Management. Three hours.Prerequisite: FI 302 or permission of the instructor.A course concerned with the man age ment of corporate capital. Emphasis is on analysisof problems.FI 512 Money and Capital Markets. Three hours.A detailed analysis of the role of money and capital markets in the fi nancial process andof the infl uence outside forces have on these markets.FI 514 Investments. Three hours.Prerequisites: FI 301 and FI 302 or equivalents.An overview of the investment decision process. Areas covered are fi nancial statementanalysis, risk measures, stock-price valuation models, and portfolio man age ment.FI 515 Quantitative Investment Analysis. Three hours.Prerequisite: FI 514 or permission of the graduate adviser.Acquaints the student with the quantitative approaches used in modern portfolio theoryand investment analysis.FI 516 Monetary Theory and Policy (same as EC 516). Three hours.Prerequisites: EC 510 and EC 511 or equivalents.Theoretical and empirical analysis of the money supply process, the demand for money,the impact of money on the economy, and the implementation of monetary policy.FI 519 Financial Engineering. Three hours.Prerequisite: FI 514 or equivalent.A study of options and futures markets, with emphasis on the nature of speculativetransactions, pricing, and method of trading.