Courses offering in Finance
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FIN 410 |
International Financial Management |
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Analysis
of the key financial decisions made by multinational companies. The course
provides an international perspective to financial problems facing
multinationals. Topics examined in the course include international financial
environment; international money and capital markets; analysis of foreign
exchange risk exposure and risk management; capital budgeting and working
capital management; direct foreign investment decisions, political risk
assessment, international banking and taxation. |
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FIN 415 |
Management of
Financial Institutions |
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The
course presents both theoretical and practical aspects of decision making in
financial institutions. The primary focus is on commercial bank management.
Major topics include asset/liability and capital management; credit
evaluation, lending policies and practices, liquidity management; bank
performance evaluation; investment banking; investment portfolio management;
international banking. Cases and computer game methods are used to simulate
decisions made by bank managers. |
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FIN 420 |
Investments |
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An
introductory course in investment theory and principles. The course provides
an overview of security markets, alternative investment securities, sources
of investment information, and factors influencing security prices. Major
topics include selection and management of financial assets; valuation
techniques for stocks and bonds; fundamental and technical analysis; theory
of efficient financial markets; risk-return analysis; introduction to
portfolio theory. |
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FIN 421 |
Security Analysis
and Portfolio Management |
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Security
analysis theory and practice. The primary focus of the course is on selection
and management of security portfolios, applying tools and techniques
developed within the modern portfolio theory framework. Other topics include
management of fixed income security portfolios, capital asset pricing model;
investment in stock options and futures; portfolio performance evaluation and
monitoring; examination of institutional investment policies; computer
applications in portfolio management. |
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Finance
( Graduate
Program ) FIN 510
Managerial Finance Managerial finance consists of
two inter-related decisions of investment and financing. The former deals
with capital theory and its application to capital budgeting under
uncertainty. The latter deals with financial leverage, the cost of capital,
dividend policy and valuation. Leasing and other instruments of long-term
financing, growth through mergers and the holding company, as well as
reorganization and bankruptcy are also included. FIN
523
Investment Analysis Analysis of investments in
financial securities such as bonds, common stock, preferred stock, options,
commodities and Islamic financial instruments. Nature, regulation, and
operations of securities markets in a western economy and an Islamic economy.
Portfolio management theory and implications for capital market theory. Stock
price behavior in relation to technical analysis and to capital market efficiency
hypothesis. Finance Faculty Members
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