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2018-2019 Graduate Catalog 
    
2018-2019 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses


Courses offered only online or both online and on-ground are indicated with (**)asterisks.

 

Finance

  
  • FIR 6331 - Stock Portfolio Mgmt

    (3) (Same as FIR 4331) (Same as FIR 4331). Development and monitoring of investment portfolio by explaining possible investment alternatives; terminology and analysis techniques necessary to fulfull future financial goals. Undergraduate students will assist graduate students in managing a real equity portfolio of $500,000. May be repeated for credit toward the concentration in French up to a maximum of 6 hours Restricted to students enrolled in HIAD, LDPS, and CCTL programs or by permission of instructor.
  
  • FIR 6340 - Real Estate Appraisal

    (3) Basic terminology, principles, procedures, and issues; nature of value, principles of value, appraisal process, market approach, cost approach, capitalization of income approach, gross rent multiplier approach, and appraisal reports. Restricted to students enrolled in HIAD, LDPS, and CCTL programs or by permission of instructor.
  
  • FIR 6350 - Real Estate Investment **

    (3) Principles and practices reviewed and evaluated; investment strategy, ownership forms, tax implications, cash flow analysis, measures of return, risk management, and property selection. May be repeated for credit toward the concentration in French up to 9 hours Restricted to students enrolled in HIAD, LDPS, and CCTL programs or by permission of instructor.
  
  • FIR 6550 - International Finance

    (3) Financing international trade and investments; foreign exchange markets and exchange rates; balance of payments; current developments in international financial cooperation. PREREQUISITE(S): FIR 3410
  
  • FIR 6610 - Cases Managerial Fin

    (3) Application of tools and principles introduced in previous courses to develop up-to-date problem-solving techniques; cases approached from standpoint of top-level management, utilizing both quantitative and qualitative analysis. Restricted to students enrolled in HIAD, LDPS, and CCTL programs or by permission of instructor.
  
  • FIR 6620 - Cases in Financial Planning

    (3)` Case study based capstone course covering aspects of the financial planning process, including ethics, financial planning principles and concepts, investment planning tax planning, insurance, education planning, retirement planning and estate planning. PREREQUISITE(S): FIR 6011
  
  • FIR 6710 - Commercial Banking

    (3) Study of bank management and bank regulation; examination of conditions and regulations affecting banking decisions; exploration of current theories of profitable bank operations. PREREQUISITE(S): FIR 3410.
  
  • FIR 6720 - Mgmt Financl Institutns

    (3) Financial policies and decision-making peculiar to financial institutions in the United States; management of institutions consistent with adequate standards of liquidity and solvency.
  
  • FIR 6721 - Financial Derivative Markets

    (3) Introduction to futures, options, forwards, and swaps (widely used by investment firms and corporations to manage financial risks), with primary emphasis on their practical application in financial and commodity markets.
  
  • FIR 6730 - Financial Analysis/Certification

    (3) Preparation for financial market careers; development of personal financial planning and investment portfolio management skills; preparation for CFP and CFA certifications. PREREQUISITE(S): FIR 3710.
  
  • FIR 6770 - Security Analysis/Port Mgmt

    (3) Development of techniques for finding actual worth of securities, primarily stocks and bonds; selection, timing, diversification, and other aspects of supervising investment funds. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 hours PREREQUISITE(S): Permission of department.
  
  • FIR 6810 - Prop & Lbility Insur

    (3) Forms and functions of fire, marine, automobile, general liability, and other types of property and liability insurance; emphasis on business and industrial applications.
  
  • FIR 6820 - Life & Health Insurance

    (3) Functions of life and health insurance; emphasis on economic security needs, human behavior, and problems related to death and dying; individual life, health, and annuity contracts and social insurance; concepts in risk selection and regulation.
  
  • FIR 6870 - Risk Management

    Addresses problems faced by risk managers encompassing traditional aspects of risk management and insurance including insurance, reinsurance, hedging and capital markets as tools to manage or mitigate risk. PREREQUISITE(S): FIR 3410.
  
  • FIR 7070 - Financial Conc/Business

    (3) (7010) (7010). Discounting, risk measurement, valuation, capital budgeting, cost of capital, capital structure, dividend policy, working capital, financial instruments, and markets.
  
  • FIR 7155 - Global Financial Mgmt **

    (3) Theory and practice of modern financial theory as currently practiced in an interdependent global economy by corporate financial managers, financial consultants, and managers of financial institutions.
  
  • FIR 7160 - Executive Financial Mgmt

    (2) Advanced capital budgeting theory and practice including different types of cash flow estimation and analysis, equivalent annual annuity, levelized and unlevelized costs, and product pricing; covers theory and practice of a firm’s capital structure, divident policy, stock repurchasing decisions, and financial planning and forecasting.
  
  • FIR 7170 - Multinational Financial Mgmt

    (3) Covers financial management practiced by multinational enterprise with emphasis on balance of payments, foreign exchange risk management, global money and capital markets, multinational treasury functions and political risk analysis.
  
  • FIR 7171 - Intl Financial Markets

    (3) Analysis of operation and regulation of international financial markets for derivatives (options, futures, and swaps), equities, debt, and currencies.
  
  • FIR 7173 - Financial Analys/Certification

    (3) Course is desinged to accomplish three objectives: (1) Prepare students for careers in financial markets, (2) Develop investments skills for person financial planning such as savings and retirement, and (3) Familiarize students with certifications such as CFA, CFP and the content for such exams.
  
  • FIR 7301 - Contemp Rles Thry/Prac

    (3) Overview of significant topics in real estate finance, investments, and valuation; lecture and group discussion of key issues in real estate theory and practice.
  
  • FIR 7302 - Rl Estate Dvlpmt & Sustainblty

    (3) Analysis of methodologies and market strategies in the evaluation of investments in commercial and industrial land development; identification, conceptualization, and execution of action programs associated with developing energy efficient and sustainable real estate projects, industrial parks, warehouse-distribution centers, and related land uses.
  
  • FIR 7310 - Sustainable Real Estate

    (3) course will examine the decisions to minize present and future energy needs, as well as the societal collective decision to promote technological change for lower energy consumption, and to foster market forces that will sustain our environment and our economy.
  
  • FIR 7320 - Financing Real Est Trans

    (3) Economic, institutional, and legal issues associated with real estate finance; emphasis on investor and developer financing, and secondary mortgage market.
  
  • FIR 7350 - Real Est Invest Analys

    (3) Analytical tools, concepts, and decision rules for real estate asset acquisition and disposition; ownership forms, tax structuring, cash flow forecasting, risk analysis, and decision making.
  
  • FIR 7410 - Invst Thry Portfol Mgmt

    (3) Introductory graduate level course in the area of investments and portfolio management; considers qualitative and quantitative risk and return characteristics of various investment opportunities, fundamental valuation models, timing techniques, efficient markets, speculation and hedging, and portfolio theory and practice.
  
  • FIR 7648 - Entrepreneurial Finance

    (3) The purpose of this course is to provide students with an understanding of how new business ventures are conceived, planned, financed and harvested. The course is taught primarily from the vantage point of the entrepreneur, but will also view things from the perspective of investors (Angel investors, Venture Capitalists, etc.). Grades of S, U, or IP will be given.
  
  • FIR 7710 - Sem Investment Thry

    (3) Current literature in investment theory and portfolio analysis; topics include statistical techniques of analysis, technical analysis, fundamental analysis, investor perceptions, efficient markets, investigation of risk measurements, portfolio theory and applications, and speculative markets.
  
  • FIR 7721 - Financial Derivatives

    (3) Understanding futures, options, forwards, and swaps (widely used by investment firms and corporations to manage financial risk), with primary emphasis on their practical application in financial and commodity markets.
  
  • FIR 7724 - Micro-Structure Theory

    (3) Market microstructure theory; empirical underpinnings, empirical research, and critical contemporary issues.
  
  • FIR 7725 - Eqty Mkts:Trad/Struct

    (3) Trading technologies, measuring and controlling trading costs, competition between exchanges and alternative trading systems, global market developments, trading strategies, impact of networks and regulation; simulation software provides hands-on experience making tactical trading decisions in different market structures.
  
  • FIR 7726 - Current Topics in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

    (3) Consult the online class listings for topics. Restricted to students enrolled in HIAD, LDPS, and CCTL programs or by permission of instructor.
  
  • FIR 7727 - Current Topics in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

    (3) Consult the online class listings for topics. Restricted to students enrolled in HIAD, LDPS, and CCTL programs or by permission of instructor.
  
  • FIR 7728 - Current Topics in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

    (3) Consult the online class listings for topics. Restricted to students enrolled in HIAD, LDPS, and CCTL programs or by permission of instructor.
  
  • FIR 7729 - Current Topics in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

    (3) Consult the online class listings for topics. Restricted to students enrolled in HIAD, LDPS, and CCTL programs or by permission of instructor.
  
  • FIR 7730 - Current Topics in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

    (3) Consult the online class listings for topics. Restricted to students enrolled in HIAD, LDPS, and CCTL programs or by permission of instructor.
  
  • FIR 7731 - Current Topics in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

    (3) Consult the online class listings for topics. Restricted to students enrolled in HIAD, LDPS, and CCTL programs or by permission of instructor.
  
  • FIR 7732 - Current Topics in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

    (3) Consult the online class listings for topics. Restricted to students enrolled in HIAD, LDPS, and CCTL programs or by permission of instructor.
  
  • FIR 7733 - Current Topics in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

    (3) Consult the online class listings for topics. Restricted to students enrolled in HIAD, LDPS, and CCTL programs or by permission of instructor.
  
  • FIR 7734 - Current Topics in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

    (3) Consult the online class listings for topics. Restricted to students enrolled in HIAD, LDPS, and CCTL programs or by permission of instructor.
  
  • FIR 7735 - Current Topics in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

    (3) Consult the online class listings for topics. Restricted to students enrolled in HIAD, LDPS, and CCTL programs or by permission of instructor.
  
  • FIR 7810 - Adv Financial Mgmt

    (3) The most significant contributions to the advanced literature on managerial finance. Topics include capital budgeting under risk, capital rationing, cost of capital, capital structure, dividend policy, firm valuation, and working capital management.
  
  • FIR 7840 - Quantitative Finan App

    (3) Application of statistical and quantitative tools to problem solving and decision making in all disciplines of finance. The tools include, but are not limited to, spreadsheet analysis, linear programming, and regression analysis. Extensive use of computer software packages.
  
  • FIR 7910 - Problems In Fir

    (1-6) Directed independent reading and research projects in the finance, insurance, or real estate areas selected by the student with approval of supervising faculty member and Faculty Director. Program of study must be approved prior to enrollment. Grades of A-F, or IP will be given.
  
  • FIR 7911 - Internship in FIR

    (3) Internship in Finance, Insurance and Real Estate to gain on-the-job experience in real-life environment. Project to be approved and supervised by department faculty. Credit allowed only after acceptance of report.
  
  • FIR 7996 - Thesis

    (1-6) Candidates desiring to write a thesis must fill out an application on the approved form after consulting with the major professor. Grades of S, U, or IP will be given. Grades of S, U, or IP will be given.
  
  • FIR 8170 - Intl Financial Mgmt

    (3) (7620) (7620). Selected problems in international finance, foreign investment, and the international payments system; gold movements; foreign central banking, and international aspects of money markets; the impact of international financial cooperation.
  
  • FIR 8410 - Invst Thry Portfol Mgmt

    (3) Introductory graduate level course in the area of investments and portfolio management; considers qualitative and quantitative risk and return characteristics of various investment opportunities, fundamental valuation models, timing techniques, efficient markets, speculation and hedging, and portfolio theory and practice.
  
  • FIR 8710 - Sem Investment Thry

    (3) Advanced theoretical and empirical topics in investments and portfolio management. May be epeated for credit when topice vary.  Grades of A-F will be given.
  
  • FIR 8721 - Financial Derivatives

    (3) Understanding futures, options, forwards, and swaps (widely used by investment firms and corporations to manage financial risk), with primary emphasis on their practical application in financial and commodity markets.
  
  • FIR 8724 - Microstructure Theory

    (3) Market microstructure theory; empirical underpinnings, empirical research, and critical contemporary issues. Grades of A-F will be given.
  
  • FIR 8725 - Financial Mkts: Trad/Struct

    (3) Advanced theoretical and empirical topics in market microstructure.  Grades of A-F will be given.
  
  • FIR 8726 - Current Topics in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

    (3) Consult the online class listings for topics. Restricted to students enrolled in HIAD, LDPS, and CCTL programs or by permission of instructor.
  
  • FIR 8727 - Current Topics in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

    (3) Consult the online class listings for topics. Restricted to students enrolled in HIAD, LDPS, and CCTL programs or by permission of instructor.
  
  • FIR 8728 - Current Topics in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

    (3) Consult the online class listings for topics. Restricted to students enrolled in HIAD, LDPS, and CCTL programs or by permission of instructor.
  
  • FIR 8729 - Current Topics in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

    (3) Consult the online class listings for topics. Restricted to students enrolled in HIAD, LDPS, and CCTL programs or by permission of instructor.
  
  • FIR 8730 - Current Topics in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

    (3) Consult the online class listings for topics. Restricted to students enrolled in HIAD, LDPS, and CCTL programs or by permission of instructor.
  
  • FIR 8731 - Current Topics in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

    (3) Consult the online class listings for topics. Restricted to students enrolled in HIAD, LDPS, and CCTL programs or by permission of instructor.
  
  • FIR 8732 - Current Topics in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

    (3) Consult the online class listings for topics. Restricted to students enrolled in HIAD, LDPS, and CCTL programs or by permission of instructor.
  
  • FIR 8733 - Current Topics in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

    (3) Consult the online class listings for topics. Restricted to students enrolled in HIAD, LDPS, and CCTL programs or by permission of instructor.
  
  • FIR 8734 - Current Topics in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

    (3) Consult the online class listings for topics. Restricted to students enrolled in HIAD, LDPS, and CCTL programs or by permission of instructor.
  
  • FIR 8735 - Current Topics in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

    (3) Consult the online class listings for topics. Restricted to students enrolled in HIAD, LDPS, and CCTL programs or by permission of instructor.
  
  • FIR 8810 - Adv Financial Mgmt

    (3) The most significant contributions to the advanced literature on managerial finance. Topics include capital budgeting under risk, capital rationing, cost of capital, capital structure, dividend policy, firm valuation, and working capital management. Grades of S, U, or IP will be given.
  
  • FIR 8820 - Thry/Prac Finan Mgmt

    (3) Advanced theoretical and empirical topics in corporate finance.  Grades of A-F will be given.
  
  • FIR 8840 - Quantitative Finan App

    (3) Advanced applications of quantitative, statistical, and mathematical tools in finance.  Grades of A-F will be given.
  
  • FIR 8850 - Seminar In Finance

    (3) Advanced optics in finance. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Grades of A-F will be given.
  
  • FIR 8910 - Problems In Finance

    (1-6) Directed independent reading and research projects. May include an introduction to finance datasets, statistical packages, and programming languages needed to access and analyze these datasets. May be repeated for credit with topicjics vary.  Grades of A-F will be given.

French

  
  • FREN 6301 - French Phonetics

    (3) The theory and practice of French sounds; especially recommended for teachers of French. Grades of S, U, or IP will be given.
  
  • FREN 6302 - Adv French Grammar

    (3) Practical, syntactical, and lexical usage of contemporary French. Grades of S, U, or IP will be given.
  
  • FREN 6412 - 17th & 18th Centuries

    (3) Classical theater and critical theories; essay, nouvelle, and conte in the eighteenth century. Grades of S, U, or IP will be given.
  
  • FREN 6413 - 19th Century French Lit

    (3) Survey of literary movements and major authors with readings in all the major genres. Grades of S, U, or IP will be given.
  
  • FREN 6414 - 20th Century French Lit

    (3) Survey of literary movements and major authors with readings in the novel, poetry, and theater. Grades of S, U, or IP will be given.
  
  • FREN 6415 - Francophone Literature

    (3) Study of literature written in French in countries other than France. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours with change in content and permission of instructor. Grades of S, U, or IP will be given.
  
  • FREN 6791 - Special Topics in French

    (3) Grades of S, U, or IP will be given.
  
  • FREN 6792 - Special Topics in French

    (3) Grades of S, U, or IP will be given.
  
  • FREN 6793 - Special Topics in French

    (3) Grades of S, U, or IP will be given.
  
  • FREN 6794 - Special Topics in French

    (3) Grades of S, U, or IP will be given.
  
  • FREN 6795 - Special Topics in French

    (3) Grades of S, U, or IP will be given.
  
  • FREN 6796 - Special Topics in French

    (3) Grades of S, U, or IP will be given.
  
  • FREN 6797 - Special Topics in French

    (3) Grades of S, U, or IP will be given.
  
  • FREN 6798 - Special Topics in French

    (3) Grades of S, U, or IP will be given.
  
  • FREN 6799 - Special Topics in French

    (3) Grades of S, U, or IP will be given.
  
  • FREN 6801 - Cont France/Francophone World

    (3) Overview of major institutions and cultural aspects of contemporary France and the French-speaking world. Grades of S, U, or IP will be given.
  
  • FREN 7000 - French for Reading Knowledge

    (3) Introduction to reading French; intensive drill in recognizing and interpreting grammatical structures, especially those peculiar to scholarly written language; emphasis on vocabulary building and on determining the meaning of words not previously encountered; reading of texts in French at sight or after preparation. No previous knowledge of French required. May not be used to fulfill the degree requirements of any program. Grades of S, U, or IP will be given.
  
  • FREN 7101 - French/Busn & Econ

    (3) Basic vocabulary and institutions necessary for dealing in the French business world. Open only to students enrolled in International MBA program. Grades of S, U, or IP will be given.
  
  • FREN 7102 - French For Commerce

    (3) Practical training in various aspects of correspondence and communications necessary for conducting business in French-speaking communities. Open only to students admitted to International MBA program. Grades of S, U, or IP will be given.
  
  • FREN 7305 - French Stylistics

    (3) (6305) (6305). Way in which texts produce meanings, development of analytic and interpretative skills with which to read the textuality of literary writing and to determine devices that affect its particular expressiveness; examination of vocabulary, syntax structure, and rhetorical figures as literary convention and as deviation from convention. Grades of S, U, or IP will be given.
  
  • FREN 7401 - Hist Lang & Old French

    (3) Development of the French language from Latin to the early 14th century; structure of Old French in preparation for reading medieval texts. Readings include several Lais of Marie de France and la Chanson de Roland. Grades of S, U, or IP will be given.
  
  • FREN 7402 - Medieval French Lit

    (3) Major genres and authors of the Middle Ages; readings include the roman courtois of Chretien de Troyes, the Lais of Marie de France, le Roman de la Rose, Aucassin et Nicolette, le Roman de Renard, theatre, and lyric poetry from the trouveres to Charles d’Orleans and Villon. Grades of S, U, or IP will be given.
  
  • FREN 7421 - French Renaissance

    (3) Changes in aesthetics, poetics, and philosophy as seen in the writings of l’Ecole Lyonnaise, the Pleiade, Rabelais, Montaigne, Calvin, de Navarre, Etienne Jodelle, and Robert Garnier. May be repeated with change in topic. See online class listings for topic. Grades of S, U, or IP will be given.
  
  • FREN 7430 - 17th-century French Literature

    (3) Close textual analysis of the works of the major writers of seventeenth-century France by approaching a variety of genres, such as classical theater (comedies and tragedies), poetry, philosophical literature, poetry, the novel, and the fable. It will also address the critical theory underlying French classical dramaturgy as well as that of the other genres under consideration. May be repeated with a change in topic. See online class listings for topic. Grades of S, U, or IP will be given.
  
  • FREN 7470 - Special Topics in French Literature

    (3) Literary movements, individual authors, or groups of authors of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Grades of S, U, or IP will be given.
  
  • FREN 7471 - Special Topics in French Literature

    (3) Literary movements, individual authors, or groups of authors of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Grades of S, U, or IP will be given.
  
  • FREN 7472 - French Teach & Special Purpose

    (3) This course will help students become familiar with France’s pivotal role in the history and development of modern communication technologies. May be repeated for maximum of 9 credits Grades of S, U, or IP will be given.
  
  • FREN 7472 - Special Topics in French Literature

    (3) Literary movements, individual authors, or groups of authors of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Grades of S, U, or IP will be given.
  
  • FREN 7473 - Special Topics in French Literature

    (3) Literary movements, individual authors, or groups of authors of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Grades of S, U, or IP will be given.
  
  • FREN 7474 - Special Topics in French Literature

    (3) Literary movements, individual authors, or groups of authors of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Grades of S, U, or IP will be given.
  
  • FREN 7475 - Special Topics in French Literature

    (3) Literary movements, individual authors, or groups of authors of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Grades of S, U, or IP will be given.
  
  • FREN 7476 - Special Topics in French Literature

    (3) Literary movements, individual authors, or groups of authors of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Grades of S, U, or IP will be given.
  
  • FREN 7477 - Special Topics in French Literature

    (3) Literary movements, individual authors, or groups of authors of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Grades of S, U, or IP will be given.
 

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