FIN 1200. Managing Your Personal Finances. (3 Hours)
Introduces the practical finance skills that enable students to identify their personal financial goals—such as budgeting, saving and investing, borrowing, retirement, home buying, insurance needs, and estate planning—within their careers and incomes. Offers students an opportunity to plan and make financial decisions that will help them reach those goals.
FIN 1990. Elective. (1-4 Hours)
Offers elective credit for courses taken at other academic institutions. May be repeated without limit.
FIN 2105. Introduction to Corporate Finance. (3 Hours)
Studies the basic theory, techniques, and application of financial analysis tools needed for business financial administration and decision making.
FIN 2990. Elective. (1-4 Hours)
Offers elective credit for courses taken at other academic institutions. May be repeated without limit.
FIN 3100. Finance for New Ventures. (3 Hours)
Focuses primarily on startup ventures and the methods most useful to early stages companies, including microfinance, crowdfunding, angel investing, and venture capital. Covers the financing mechanism of a startup, including nonprofit companies and social entrepreneurship ventures.
Prerequisite(s): ACC 2100 with a minimum grade of D-
Attribute(s): NUpath Creative Express/Innov
FIN 3310. Financial Institutions and Markets. (3 Hours)
Explores the structure and functioning of the U.S. and international financial markets and institutions. Topics covered include banking theory; instruments of various financial markets; the roles of traditional and nontraditional financial intermediaries; and the impact of securitization, international financial competition, financial system stability, and financial regulation.
Prerequisite(s): FIN 2105 with a minimum grade of D-
Attribute(s): NUpath Societies/Institutions
FIN 3330. Risk Management and Insurance. (3 Hours)
Explores risk management and insurance while examining how emerging technologies are transforming the industry. Topics include fundamental principles of risk, risk transfer, rating, and insurance contracts across personal and commercial lines. Analyzes applications of data analytics, artificial intelligence, and blockchain in underwriting, pricing, compliance monitoring, and claims management. Emphasizes predictive modeling, loss forecasting, and technology-driven approaches that enhance risk evaluation and strengthen the role of insurance in financial planning, enterprise risk management, and public policy.
Prerequisite(s): ACC 2100 with a minimum grade of D- ; ACC 2200 with a minimum grade of D- ; FIN 2105 with a minimum grade of D-
FIN 3340. Investments. (3 Hours)
Explores the functioning of securities and digital asset markets, the mechanics and costs of trading, and the strategies investors use to optimize returns in a technology-driven environment. Applies risk–return analysis, quantitative modeling, and data analytics to evaluate stocks, bonds, options, exchange-traded funds, and emerging digital investment vehicles. Emphasizes predictive analytics, machine learning, and AI-based tools for forecasting market performance, testing market efficiency, and supporting portfolio strategies. Includes applied projects that track and interpret the performance of traditional securities and digital investments, integrating financial theory with practical experience and data-driven, technology-enabled approaches to investment evaluation.
Prerequisite(s): FIN 3310 with a minimum grade of D-
FIN 3990. Elective. (1-4 Hours)
Offers elective credit for courses taken at other academic institutions. May be repeated without limit.
FIN 4220. Working Capital Management. (3 Hours)
Explores short-term financial management. Reviews institutional and legal aspects as a context for making decisions involving current assets and current liabilities. This working capital management—the management of cash, inventories, accounts receivable, and short-term credit arrangements by business firms—provides the basis of long-term survival of businesses.
Prerequisite(s): FIN 2105 with a minimum grade of D-
FIN 4230. International Finance. (3 Hours)
Studies the international financial environment in which organizations operate, including trade, balance of payments, capital flows, tariff policies, international economic institutions, currency, and exchange-rate issues. Explores international aspects of investment planning and financing decisions and other factors important to managing multicountry cash flows and financing of multinational corporations.
Prerequisite(s): FIN 3310 with a minimum grade of D-
FIN 4240. Personal Financial Planning. (3 Hours)
Focuses on the logic, concepts, tools, and applications of financial planning for retirement, estate planning, and financial risk management. Forecasts and analyzes various financial needs such as retirement income, health and insurance protection, dependent protection projections, etc., and utilizes investment vehicles to develop a financial plan to meet the forecast needs. Intended for those planning careers in personal financial advising in one of the various financial services environments.
Prerequisite(s): FIN 3330 with a minimum grade of D- ; FIN 3340 with a minimum grade of D-
FIN 4250. Real Estate Finance. (3 Hours)
Discusses finance concepts applied to real estate issues. Topics include mortgage instruments, mortgage markets, residential real estate closing, income property analysis, financial leverage, real estate valuation, securitization, and real estate investments.
Prerequisite(s): FIN 3310 with a minimum grade of D-
FIN 4955. Project. (1-4 Hours)
Focuses on in-depth project in which a student conducts research or produces a product related to the student’s major field. May be repeated without limit.
FIN 4990. Elective. (1-4 Hours)
Offers elective credit for courses taken at other academic institutions. May be repeated without limit.
FIN 6101. Accounting Fundamentals for Financial Institutions. (3 Hours)
Emphasizes managerial and financial accounting concepts as they apply to financial institutions. Focuses on analyzing financial statements, understanding the accounting structure of financial institutions, and evaluating financial performance through ratio analysis.
Prerequisite(s): CED 6050 with a minimum grade of C-
FIN 6102. Asset and Liability Management. (3 Hours)
Focuses on the risk management analysis of assets and liabilities, emphasizing asset liability management and its treatment in the Financial Risk Management exam. Topics include regulatory, liquidity, capital, currency, and interest-rate risks, as well as ALM strategies.
Prerequisite(s): CED 6050 with a minimum grade of C-
FIN 6161. Investment Analysis. (3 Hours)
Delves into the intricacies of investment management, focusing on the risk and return dynamics of financial securities and real assets. Covers domestic and international financial markets, various types of securities, and the techniques used for security analysis. Offers insights into market efficiency, intrinsic value, and risk. Emphasizes portfolio construction, management, and protection strategies.
Prerequisite(s): CED 6050 with a minimum grade of C-