Course Descriptions

260. Personal Finance (3 cr) Introductory course in the finance area with concentration in personal financial applications. Includes income and occupation, expenditures, budgeting, consumerism, taxes, consumer credit, banking services, savings and savings instruments, life insurance, social security, annuities, pensions, health insurance and care, automobile, fire, and property insurance, home ownership, investments and securities, mutual funds, and estate planning including wills, trusts, estates, death taxes, and gift taxes.

307. Principles of Individual Risk Management and Insurance (3 cr) Lec 3, Prereq: ECON 210 or 211. Fundamentals of risk management and insurance. The nature and treatment of pure loss exposures, legal principles, property and liability insurance, life and health insurance, social insurance, and the functional and financial operation of insurance companies. Personal risk management.

338. Principles of Corporate Risk Management (3 cr) Lec 3. Prereq: FINA 361/361H or ACTS 440/840. Identification and management of risk at the corporate level. The risk management process and tools for risk management. Diversification, derivative securities, commercial property and liability insurance and corporate structuring.

361 [361x]. Finance (3 cr) Lec 3. Prereq: Sophomore standing; 2.5 GPA; ACCT 201/201H or 306; ECON 210 or 211. MATH 104/104H or 106/108H; ECON 215 or STAT 218 or equivalent. Scope and content of the finance specialization; survey o the major theoretical issues; the financial instruments; analysis of the capital management problems; and development of criteria for financial decision making.

361H. Honors: Finance (3 cr) Prereq: Sophomore standing; good standing in the University Honors Program; ACCT 201/201H and 202, or 306; ECON 210, or 211 and 212, ECON 215 or STAT 218; BSAD 150; MATT 104/104H or 106/108H, Prereq for actuarial science J.D Edwards Program, and agribusiness majors: Refer to exceptions for the requirements. Scope and content of the finance specialization; survey of the major theoretical issues; the financial instruments; analysis of the capital management problems; and development of criteria for financial decision making.

363. Investment Principles (3 cr) Prereq: ECON 210 or 211; ACCT 201; FINA 316 Survey of investment risks and rewards, the operation of the securities business, and an introduction to the problems of qualitative and quantitative analysis and portfolio selection.

365. Financial Institutions and Markets (ECON 365) (3cr) Prereq: ECON 210 or 211, ACCT 201. For course description, see ECON 365.

382 [382x]. Real Estate Principles and Practice (3 cr) Preq: ECON 21 or 211, ACCT 201. This course may be used towards fulfillment of the Nebraska Real Estate Commission’s educational requirements. Real estate market: ownership, interests, sales. Leases and agencies, special financing institutions, financial aspects of ownership, managerial aspects of brokerage, property valuation, and real estate appraising.

398 Special Topics (1-6 cr, max 6) Lec. Prereq Permission of Department Chair Amount of credit to be earned is determined by the instructor at the time of registration.

399 Independent Study (1-6cr, max 6) Ind. Prereq: Permission Open only to juniors and seniors majoring in FINA. Special research project or reading program.

399H. Honors: Independent Study (3-6 cr, max 6) Prereq: Good standing in the University Honors Program or by invitation; permission of supervising faculty member and faculty chair. Special research project or reading program under the direction of a faculty member from the department.

401. Quantitative Financial Analysis (3 cr) Prereq: FINA 361. Applications of quantitative analysis in financial economics. Rigorous development of time value of money principles, asset pricing models and valuation methods in Finance. Emphasis on the derivation of the basic concepts in financial analysis.

412/812. Life and Health Insurance (3 cr) Lec 3. Prereq: FINA 307/307H; FINA 361/361H or ACTS 440/840. The economic functions of life insurance. The human-life value concept and basic forms of life insurance and annuities used in insuring life values. Life insurance pricing, functional company operations, legal aspects, and contractual provision. Health and other specialized forms of human-life value insurance.

420. Employee Benefit Plans (3 cr) Prereq: ECON 210, or 211 and 212; FINA 307. Analysis of group life insurance, group medical expense and disability income insurance, private pension plans, profit sharing and thrift plans, Section 401(k) plans, individual retirement accounts (IRAs), Keogh plans for the self-employed, group property and liability insurance, and other employee benefits. An analysis of major public policy issues.

429. Undergraduate Seminar in Japanese Business (6 cr) Student may apply only 3 hours towards satisfying the requirements for their major. The other 3 hours will be used as business elective credit. Course offered in English only by the faculty of the College of Business of Senshu University, Tokyo, Japan. Plant and office visits required. Japanese business techniques in the five functional areas: accounting, economics, finance, management, and marketing. Historical perspective and current practices are emphasized. Strong academic emphasis as well as lectures by academicians, business people, and civil servants.

438/838. Enterprise Risk Management (3 cr) Lec 3. Prereq: FINA 338. Major and minor pure loss exposures facing business firms, the alternative risk management technique(s) for controlling each exposure, and the financial results so the risk management program remains effective. Actual risk management audits of business firms and case studies are used to integrate the concepts, techniques, and tools.

450. International Financial Management (3 cr) Prereq FINA 361 International aspects of corporate financial management and financial institutions. Decision making by individual businesses in foreign operations. Explores interaction of multinational corporations and world capital markets with emphasis on quantitative techniques. Current theoretical and practical issues in international finance.

461/861. Advanced Finance (3 cr) Prereq: FINA 361, 363, and MATH 104. Advanced development of the finance specialization with major emphasis on the theoretical issues. Application of quantitative techniques and the role of capital markets into the external financing policy of the firm.

463. Security Analysis (3 cr) Prereq: FINA 361, 363, and 365. Analysis of security instruments; fixed income, equities, and convertibles. Both fundamental and technical analysis treated. Application of computer technique and mathematical models. Selected readings on the theory of investment, institutional dominance, and portfolio management.

465/865. Bank Management (3 cr) Prereq: FINA 361 and 365. Bank asset management; policy and practices for reserves, loans and investments. Internal organization of commercial banks. New problems and recent innovations in commercial banking.

467/867. Options, Futures and Derivative Securities (3 cr) Lec 3. Prereq: FINA 338 or 863 or ACTS 440/840. The use of derivative securities in risk reduction and portfolio management strategies.

475. Strategic Financial Management (3 cr) Lec 3. Prereq: Senior standing; 2.5 GPA: FINA 461/861. Strategic corporate financial decisions on firm value. Cases and projects that synthesize material from other courses within the finance major and core business classes. The application of financial and business principles in value-based management.

482/882 [482x]. Real Estate Finance (3 cr) Rereq: FINA 382. This course may be used towards fulfillment of the Nebraska Real Estate Commission’s educational requirements. Consideration of procedure, instruments, techniques, and trends in financing urban real property; an examination of realty credit markets and sources of funds (private and public); valuation of real property for lending and investment purposes; and measurement of investment performance.

499H. Honors Thesis (3-6 cr, max 6) Prereq: Good standing in the University Honors Program or by invitation, and permission. Conduct a scholarly research project. Write a University Honors Program or undergraduate thesis.

850. Multinational Financial Analysis (3 cr) Prereq: GRBA 811 or permission.

855. Capital Markets and Financial Institutions (3 cr) Prereq: FINA 365 and graduate standing, or permission.

863. Portfolio Management Prereq: GRBA 811 or permission.

899. Masters Thesis (6-10 cr)