Finance
Majors and Minors
Major Minor
Minor in Applied Finance B.B.A. with a concentration in FinanceCourses
This course promotes financial freedom. Students will learn personal finance concepts including budgeting, saving and investing, spending wisely, and managing debt. These concepts will be applied by students to their unique goals, values, and challenges. Overall, the course promotes a financially literate mindset and provides a toolkit for lifelong responsibility with money.
What separates entry-level analysts from strategic financial advisors? The ability to transform raw financial data into compelling insights using Excel as a professional analysis tool. Master both fundamental and advanced Excel techniques while learning to evaluate company performance, identify trends, and create powerful financial presentations. By the end of this course, you'll have the technical proficiency and judgment essential for competitive finance roles.
(1-6 credits) An opportunity for students to gain added early applied experience and insight in approved off-campus settings. Internships consist of at least 40 working hours per credit hour in areas related to the discipline. Assignments may include selected readings, public presentation, and a final portfolio containing essays, weekly journal, and supporting material. Advisors, program coordinators, department chairs, and the internship coordinator (or designee) must approve the internship before a student begins their work. Internships will be taken as pass/no credit.
Financial modeling is essential to modern corporate finance and investment valuation, helping professionals forecast performance, evaluate decisions, and communicate financial insights. This course trains you to build dynamic models that link financial statements and inform key business choices. You'll master advanced Excel, multiple valuation methods, and scenario analysis to create models used in investment banking, investment management, corporate development, and strategic planning.
Part I of this course looks at the management of existing resources, including the use of financial statements and ratio analysis in assessing the firm’s financial health, its strengths and weaknesses, recent performance and future prospects. Emphasis is placed on the ties between a company’s operating activities and its financial performance. Part II examines financial forecasting with emphasis on managing growth. Part III considers the financing of the firm’s operations with a close look at financial leverage. And Part IV addresses the use of discounted cash flow techniques to evaluate investing opportunities.
A comprehensive survey of the basic tools and models used in contemporary financial statement analysis.
Investing is about maximizing return per unit of risk, a balance that separates successful investors from the rest. This course teaches you to think like a portfolio manager, blending quantitative analysis with strategic decision-making. You'll master modern portfolio theory, value securities across asset classes, use derivatives to improve performance, and apply these skills to personal finance, retirement planning, and insurance.
Financial modeling is essential to modern corporate finance and investment valuation, helping professionals forecast performance, evaluate decisions, and communicate financial insights. This course trains you to build dynamic models that link financial statements and inform key business choices. You'll master advanced Excel, multiple valuation methods, and scenario analysis to create models used in investment banking, investment management, corporate development, and strategic planning.
The course explores the financing of startups and small businesses from the perspective of both the entrepreneur and investors. Students will learn about valuation and terms of financing as well as different funding options for new firms, such as micro-finance, crowd-funding, angel investing, and venture capital.
The course explores the financing of startups and small businesses from the perspective of both the entrepreneur and investors. Students will learn about valuation and terms of financing as well as different funding options for new firms, such as micro-finance, crowd-funding, angel investing, and venture capital.
This course prepares students to construct, monitor, and optimize multi-asset portfolios that maximize risk adjusted returns. You'll master asset allocation, evaluate alternative investments, and address the needs of both individual and institutional investors using real world case studies and industry-standard tools.
Advanced corporate finance demands strategic thinking and deep analysis of how financial decisions impact value. This course builds on core principles to tackle complex challenges facing modern firms. You'll master valuation beyond basic DCF, assess capital structure with taxes and distress, and evaluate mergers, acquisitions, and spin-offs. Case studies build the skills needed for roles in investment banking, private equity, and senior finance roles.
This capstone course challenges you to apply years of finance education to real world problems through case analysis and a strategic financial project. You'll evaluate capital budgeting decisions, mergers and acquisitions, investment portfolios, and the r ole of markets in strategy. Using real data, you will build models, assess risk, and demonstrate mastery of valuation and strategic thinking to prepare for advanced roles in finance or graduate study.
Special topics in Finance can cover any Finance topic not covered in other classes.
(1-6 Hours) An opportunity for students to gain added applied experience and insight in approved off-campus settings. Internships consist of at least 40 working hours per credit hour in areas related to the discipline. Assignments may include selected readings, public presentation, and a final portfolio containing essays, weekly journal, and supporting material. Advisors, program coordinators, department chairs, and the internship coordinator (or designee) must approve the internship before a student begins their work. Internships will be taken as pass/no credit.
