Ohio University
Graduate Catalog
Finance (FIN)
Faculty
Courses
525 Managerial Finance (4)
Role of financial management in business enterprise; financial
analysis; planning needs for short-term and long-term funds; planning
for profits; capital budgeting; internal management of working
capital and income; raising funds to finance growth of business
enterprises.
Staff; Sp.
527 Banking and the Financial System (4)
Functions of commercial banking system and other financial
institutions. Flow of funds and interest-price movements in money and
capital markets. Supply of loanable funds and demand for funds in
mortgage loan market, consumer credit market, corporate securities
and municipal obligations. Considers effects on financial markets of
Federal Reserve and Treasury policies.
Staff; F, Sp; Y.
528 Management of Financial Institutions (4)
Analysis of objectives, functions, practices, and problems of
financial institutions as viewed by management of these
institutions.
Staff; Sp; Y.
536 Life Insurance (4)
Fundamental economics of life insurance. Principles and practices of
life insurance, including types of contracts, group and industrial
insurance, and annuities.
Staff; W; Y.
542 Security Analysis (4)
Selection and evaluation of individual securities and industries.
Fundamental analysis and determination of intrinsic value based on
estimates of payment streams, capitalization rates, and rapidity of
price convergence. Technical analysis and study of price-volume,
trend following, and crowd psychology.
Staff; Sp.
545 Portfolio Management (4)
Decision-making processes in management of individual and
institutional securities portfolios. Theoretical foundations of
portfolio selection and construction. Model building and other
criteria applicable to selection, risk-return trade-offs, revision,
and evaluation of portfolio performance. Applications of computer
technology and other quantitative techniques to different aspects of
portfolio management.
Staff; Sp; Y.
555 International Finance (4)
Developing skills to deal with variables influencing financial
decision making for multinational firm and international business.
Foreign exchange rate determination, measurement of exposure, and
exchange risk management. Study of strategies of entry in foreign
markets and investment analysis of foreign projects. Study of working
capital management. Study of institutions, practices, and problems
related to financing foreign trade.
Staff; F; Y.
561 Problems in Business Finance (4)
Case study of financial management in business enterprises. Planning
current and long-term financial needs, profit planning, allocation of
funds, raising funds, dividend policies, expansion and combination,
recapitalization and reorganization.
Staff F, Sp; Y.
563 Capital Allocation (4)
Planning capital outlays, ranking investment proposals, theories of
financial structure and cost of capital, and approaching investment
decisions under conditions of uncertainty.
Staff; W.
565 Mathematical Analysis of Financial Decisions (4)
Application of quantitative methods to financial management, with
special emphasis on systems approach to evaluating proposed financial
decisions.
Staff; D.
620 Financial Management I (4)
Prereq: M.B.A. student. Covers financial analysis, planning, control,
and various aspects of long-term financing, including equity versus
debt, refunding, leasing, and convertibility.
Staff; W; Y.
621 Financial Management II (4)
Prereq: M.B.A. student. Involves the application of financial theory
and analysis techniques to the major financial decisions facing
managers. Topics include financing current operations, capital
structure, cost of capital, dividend policy, investment
decisions.
Staff; Sp; Y.
650 Seminar in Money and Capital Markets (4)
Analysis of conditions in money and capital markets as they affect
business decisions; flow of funds in the U.S.; states; structures of
interest rates; role of monetary policy and its effects on financial
markets; principal instruments and intermediaries in money and
capital markets; analysis of important segments of financial
markets.
Staff; D.
651 Seminar in International Finance (4)
Prereq: BA 685. Addresses advanced topics in international finance
from both conceptual and practical viewpoints. Topics include foreign
exchange risk management, long-term investment decisions for the
multinational firm, home and host country sources of financing
(including Eurocurrency and Eurobond markets).
Staff; D.
690 Research (3-5)
Methodology, data analysis, and preparation of research findings.
Staff; D.
691 Seminar (1-5)
Selected topics of current interest.
Staff; F, W, Sp; D.
693 Readings (1-5)
Readings on topics selected in consultation with faculty member.
Staff; F, W, Sp, Su; D.
697 Independent Research (1-5)
Research under direction of faculty member.
Staff; F, W, Sp, Su; D.
698 Internship (1-5) Staff; F, W, Sp; Y.
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