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This course is intended for students who have completed FINA 362 (Business Finance) and wish to apply the introductory finance concepts and theories to practical problems in corporate finance and valuation. In particular, the course will use Microsoft Excel to cover topics such as time value of money, stock and bond valuation, cost of capital, capital budgeting, financial statement and ratio analysis, and option pricing and strategies.

Prerequisites:

FINA 362

Areas of Interest:

Finance

Programs:

Finance (BS) Financial Planning and Insurance | Finance (BS) General Finance | Finance (BS) Quantitative Finance

Principles and techniques for estate planning. Examination of various retirement plans available, and the legal and tax environment impacting an estate's portfolio.

Prerequisites:

FINA 100 or FINA 362

Areas of Interest:

Finance

Programs:

Finance (BS) Financial Planning and Insurance | Financial Planning Minor

Fundamental concepts of personal financial management: insurance, budgeting, credit, savings, investments, retirement and estate planning, and consumer debt management.

Prerequisites:

ACT 330, FINA 458, FINA 460, FINA 470. Select FINA 100 or FINA 362.

Areas of Interest:

Finance

Programs:

Finance (BS) Financial Planning and Insurance | Financial Planning Minor

Formulation of investment policy of individuals and institutions, factors influencing the values of securities, and techniques of portfolio selection and management.

Prerequisites:

FINA 362

Areas of Interest:

Finance

Programs:

Actuarial Science Minor | Finance (BS) Financial Planning and Insurance | Finance (BS) General Finance | Finance (BS) Quantitative Finance | Financial Planning Minor | Statistics (BS) Actuarial Track

This course encompasses advanced principles and concepts concerning the nature and types of debt financing, the valuation and use of leases, the process and tools of risk management, the calculation and estimation of financial ratios, the financial planning and forecasting processes, and the understanding of working capital.

Prerequisites:

FINA 362

Areas of Interest:

Finance

Programs:

Finance (BS) General Finance | Finance (BS) Quantitative Finance

Applications of financial principles and analytical tools through the use of case studies and problems from local businesses.

Prerequisites:

FINA 362

Areas of Interest:

Finance

Programs:

Finance (BS) Financial Planning and Insurance | Finance (BS) General Finance | Finance (BS) Quantitative Finance

Tools and techniques to aid in individual and institutional portfolio management.

Prerequisites:

FINA 362 and FINA 460

Areas of Interest:

Finance

Programs:

Finance (BS) General Finance | Finance (BS) Quantitative Finance | Financial Planning Minor

Introduction to money and capital markets, instruments and institutions. Consideration of the management problems of financial institutions.

Prerequisites:

FINA 362

Areas of Interest:

Finance

Programs:

Finance (BS) Financial Planning and Insurance | Finance (BS) General Finance | Finance (BS) Quantitative Finance | Financial Planning Minor

Fundamental concepts of employee benefits in relation to pertinent legislation, modern management techniques, and financial constraints that affect the formulation and implementaion of a benefit plan.

Prerequisites:

FINA 100 or FINA 362

Areas of Interest:

Finance

Programs:

Finance (BS) Financial Planning and Insurance | Finance (BS) General Finance | Financial Planning Minor | Management (BS) Human Resource Management

Examination of the fundamentals of the insurance industry; the risk management process; and commercial insurance exposures and policies including commercial property, general liability, and workers' compensation.

Areas of Interest:

Finance

Programs:

Bus Ad: General Minor | Finance (BS) General Finance | Finance (BS) Quantitative Finance

Examination of personal insurance exposures and policies including auto, health, home and life.

Areas of Interest:

Finance

Programs:

Finance (BS) Financial Planning and Insurance | Finance (BS) General Finance | Financial Planning Minor

This course introduces concepts and skills in unsupervised data mining, prescriptive analytics, and an introduction to unstructured data analytics (text). Students will learn basic coding in R, Python, database management using SQL, and visualization with Tableau.

Prerequisites:

FINA 375

Areas of Interest:

Finance

Programs:

Business Analytics (CERT) | Finance (BS) General Finance | Finance (BS) Quantitative Finance

Fundamental principles: valuation, brokerage, financing, law, property management, land descriptions and basic investment.

Prerequisites:

FINA 100 or FINA 362

Areas of Interest:

Finance

Trading practices and procedures utilizing these contracts in hedging and risk management policies for business.

Prerequisites:

FINA 362

Areas of Interest:

Finance

Programs:

Finance (BS) General Finance | Finance (BS) Quantitative Finance

Fundamental concepts of commercial bank management, financial regulations, and risk management in financial institutions. Coverage includes the financial statements of commercial banks and their use in evaluating a bank¿s financial performance; bank¿s assets, liabilities, and off-balance sheet items management and different risk management approaches applied in financial institutions.

Prerequisites:

FINA 362

Areas of Interest:

Finance

Programs:

Finance (BS) General Finance | Finance (BS) Quantitative Finance

The course provides a comprehensive discussion of debt securities. It discusses salient features of different debt securities, techniques used to value different types of bonds, measures of interest rate risk, asset-backed securities, fundamentals of credit analysis, modeling credit risk, the term structure of interest rates, the arbitrage-free valuation framework for debt securities, and the role of debt securities in a portfolio.

Prerequisites:

FINA 362

Areas of Interest:

Finance

Programs:

Finance (BS) General Finance | Finance (BS) Quantitative Finance

Study tours are led by Minnesota State University, Mankato faculty and provide students with opportunities to visit companies and attend lectures by renowned experts from key sectors of economy, government, and business.

Prerequisites:

Permission Required

Areas of Interest:

Finance

Students are responsible for generating investment ideas consistent with the Maverick Fund Investment Policy Statement. Coreq: FINA 460

Prerequisites:

FINA 362.

Areas of Interest:

Finance

Programs:

Finance (BS) General Finance | Finance (BS) Quantitative Finance

Supervised experience in business, industry, state or federal institutions.

Prerequisites:

Permission Required

Areas of Interest:

Finance

Supervised experience in business, industry, state or federal institutions.

Prerequisites:

Permission Required

Areas of Interest:

Finance

Programs:

Finance (BS) General Finance | Finance (BS) Quantitative Finance | Financial Planning Minor

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Prerequisites:

Permission Required

Areas of Interest:

Finance

Programs:

Financial Planning Minor

First Year Seminar supports the development of student success skills, such as reading, writing and speaking; helps students gain intellectual confidence; builds in the expectation of academic success; and provides assistance in making the transition to the University.

Graduation Requirements:

Goal Area 12 - First Year Experience

An introduction, within a cultural context, to the basic skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing.

Graduation Requirements:

Goal Area 8 - Global Perspective

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

French (BA) | French Teaching (BS)

An introduction, within a cultural context, to the basic skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. Prereq: FREN 101 or equivalent

Prerequisites:

FREN 101 or equivalent

Graduation Requirements:

Goal Area 8 - Global Perspective

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

French (BA) | French Teaching (BS)