Note: Senior standing and Integrative Core are prerequisites for all 400-level courses.

F260 Personal Finance (3 cr.) Financial problems encountered in managing individual affairs, family budgeting, installment buying, insurance, home ownership, and investing in securities. No credit for Kelley School of Business students when taken concurrently with or after the integrative core.

F300 Introduction to Financial Management (3 cr.) P: BUS A200, C&IT107, BUS L203, ENG W131, and MATH 100 or above. Offered to students for a minor in business. An extensive course dealing with a wide range of topics: the determinants of interest rates and the time value of money; the sources and uses of financial information; the structure, role, and regulation of the financial markets; the goals of investors; and how firms manage their financial affairs, including planning, budgeting, and decision making. The treatment of these topics will be both descriptive and analytical; there is a large vocabulary to be learned and a number of concepts and problems to be mastered. In addition, we will put this body of knowledge in the context of the current business and financial environment, both domestic and international.

F301 Financial Management (3 cr.) P: BUS A201, A202, C&IT107, BUS L203, X100, X103, AND X204; COMM R110, ECON E201, E202, and E270; ENG W131, MATH M118 and M119. Part of the integrative core, along with P301 and M301. Broad survey of finance for all business students. Provides a conceptual framework of a firm's investment, financing, and dividend decisions; includes working capital management, capital budgeting, and capital structure strategies.

F303 Intermediate Investments (3 cr.) P: F305 or concurrent. Part of the finance core. Provides a rigorous treatment of the core concepts of investments for finance majors. Covers equity securities, fixed income securities, derivative securities, and international investments. Makes extensive use of spreadsheet modeling to implement financial models. Serves as a foundation for all 400-level finance electives.

F305 Intermediate Corporate Finance (3 cr.) P: F301. Part of the finance core. Provides a rigorous treatment of the core concepts of investments for finance majors. Covers capital budgeting, the valuation of firms, and capital structure and payout policies. Serves as a foundation for all 400-level finance electives.

F402 Corporate Financial Strategy and Governance (3 cr.) P: F305 and A310. Advanced treatment of corporate financial management. Covers all major areas of corporate financial decisions: capital budgeting, dividends, capital structure, cash-flow projections, mergers, and acquisitions. Makes extensive use of spreadsheet modeling.

F420 Equity and Fixed Income Investments (3 cr.) P or C: F305 and A310. A detailed examination of the management of equity and fixed income investments. The analysis of individual securities, the formation of these securities into portfolios, and the use of derivative securities to modify the return/risk profiles of more traditional stock and bond portfolios will be discussed.

F446 Bank and Financial Intermediation (3 cr.) P: F305 and A310. The main topics are: (1) the economic role of financial intermediaries, with an emphasis on commercial banks; (2) the evolution of markets in which banks and other financial intermediaries operate; and (3) the regulation of commercial banks and other financial institutions.

F480 Professional Practice in Finance (3-6 cr.) P: junior or senior standing in major area and consent of undergraduate program chairperson. Application filed through the coordinator of internships. Work experience in cooperating firm or agencies. Comprehensive written report required. Grade of S or F assigned by faculty.

F490 Independent Study in Finance (1-3 cr.) P: consent of undergraduate program chairperson and instructor. Supervised individual study and research in student's special field of interest. The student will propose the investigation desired and, in conjunction with the instructor, develop the scope of work to be completed. Written report required.

F494 International Finance (3 cr.) P: F301. A study in the international finance markets in which firms operate and of financial management in an international environment. Topics include exchange rates, international arbitrage, exchange rate risk management, international financing and diversification, and multinational capital budgeting.

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