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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
FIN 620 Long-Term Financial Management (3)
Prerequisite: FIN 610. An exploration of the long-term financial
needs of an organization and the roles of the capital markets.
Topics include the financial environment of organizations,
options and futures instruments, long-term financing, the capital
budgeting decision process, capital structure management,
dividend and share repurchase policy, and investment banking
and restructuring. Various types of long-term funding sources—
including term loans, derivatives, debt and equity securities, and
leasing—are analyzed. Alternate policies with regard to financial
leverage, capital structure, dividends, and the issuance of
preferred stock are evaluated. Mergers, leveraged buyouts, and
divestitures are examined as special situations to create value.
FIN 660 Strategic Financial Management (3)
Prerequisites: FIN 620 and 630. An integrative study of financial
management through applied problems and case studies.
Topics reflect the changing environment of financial management
in organizations and include capital investment decision
making, the role of intangibles in value creation, financial
performance metrics, strategic financial planning and control,
strategic valuation decisions, growth strategies for increasing
value, the restructuring of financial processes, corporate
governance and ethics, value-based management, strategic cost
management, and the impact of information technology on the
organization’s financial systems. A finance simulation is used as
an integrating mechanism.
FIN 630 Investment Valuation (3)
Prerequisite: FIN 610. An in-depth exploration and application
of valuation models to support managerial decision making
in a strategic framework. The theory, concepts, and principles
underlying the valuation of firms, business/product lines, and
mergers and acquisitions are addressed using extended exercises
and applications. The discounted cash flow model is used
as a tool. Discussion covers the financial drivers of value, including
assessing and determining risk, competitive advantage
period, and sales and earnings growth estimates. Other valuation
techniques using earnings, revenues, and price/earnings
multiples are also discussed and applied in selected examples.
FIN 640 Multinational Financial Management (3)
Prerequisite: FIN 610. A study of financial management issues in
multinational organizations. Topics include the environment of
international financial management, foreign exchange markets,
risk management, multinational working capital management,
and foreign investment analysis. The financing of foreign operations,
international banking, and the role of financial management
in maintaining global competitiveness are also considered.
FIN 645 Behavioral Finance (3)
Prerequisite: FIN 630. A study of the key psychological obstacles
to value-maximizing behavior and steps that managers can take
to mitigate their effects, using the traditional tools of corporate
finance. Focus is on understanding the underlying factors
and processes that result in nonoptimal decision making by
financial managers. Topics include perceptions about risk and
reward and financial decision making in the areas of investing,
trading, valuation, capital budgeting, capital structure, dividend
policy, agency conflicts, corporate governance, and mergers
and acquisitions. The key role played by emotions and recent
findings from neuroscience are explored.
HCAD (Health Care Administration)
HCAD 600 Introduction to Health Care Administration (3)
An introduction to the principles of management and leadership
as the foundations for the administration of health care
products and service delivery. Management principles and
practices are examined, and the bases for health care administration
are analyzed. Emphasis is on the management of global
health care systems in technological societies and the need for
innovation and creativity in health care administration. Focus is
on mastering graduate-level critical thinking, writing, and ethical
decision-making skills.
HCAD 610 Information Technology for Health Care
Administration (3)
An overview of the management perspective of information
technology (IT) and how health care administrators can use
IT to maximize organizational performance. Fundamental
principles of IT and data management and their implications for
health care administrators are reviewed. Discussion explores
the use of technology, databases, and other analytical tools to
structure, analyze, and present information related to health
care management and problem solving. Topics also include
strategic information systems planning, analysis, design, evaluation,
and selection. Current applications, such as patient care,
administrative and strategic decision support, managed health,
health information networks, and the Internet, are examined
to determine how they may be used to meet the challenges
facing health care administrators today and in the future. Focus
is on the legal and ethical issues related to IT and their practical
implications for the health care administrator.
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