5050. Legal, Regulatory and Ethical Environment of Business. 1.5 hours. Introduction to the legal environment of business, with particular emphasis on managerial decision-making. Includes a study of the litigation process and constitutional law; selected areas of private and public law, including government regulation; international dimensions of the legal environment of business, business ethics and the social responsibility of business organizations. Business context is emphasized with a focus on individual and managerial decision-making in response to legal and ethical issues.
5400. Law for Accountants and Managers. 3 hours. A study of and practice in the technique of analyzing law problems and cases affecting accountants and managers. Topics include legal responsibility, business organizations, contracts, debtor-creditor relations, government regulation, uniform commercial code and property rights.
5600. Current Topics in Law. 3 hours. Designed to provide information on the legal environment of specified functional areas as required by need of functional areas and/or changes in the law. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
5610. Legal Issues in Electronic Commerce. 3 hours. Part of the electronic commerce track in the MBA program. Examination of the emerging law, ethics and public policy applying to computer technology, the Internet, and electronic business and commerce.
5760. Insurance Law. 3 hours. Designed to lead the student into a study of fundamental legal doctrines and concepts applicable to the field of insurance. Includes contract law, parties to the contract, insurable interest, agency powers, waiver and estoppel, warranties, representations and concealments, the rights of the beneficiary and provisions controlling and limiting loss. Pertinent to the life-health and property-liability insurance areas.
5770. Advanced Real Estate Law and Contracts. 3 hours. In-depth study of legal principles governing real estate transactions with an emphasis on promulgated contracts. Topics may include contract law, estates in land, types of ownership, deeds, mortgages, title insurance, agency and homestead.
5900. Special Problems. 1–3 hours. Open to graduate students who are capable of developing a problem independently. Problem chosen by the student and developed through conferences and activities under the direction of the instructor.
5040. Introduction to Finance and Financial Mathematics. 1.5 hours. Understanding of finance terms, procedures and concepts used by managers in making financial decisions. Basic concepts and techniques of finance; the role of financial markets and institutions, interest rates, inflation and yield curve determinants; analysis and interpretation of financial mathematics to understand the time value of money; and bond and stock valuation models. Course meets the deficiency requirement of finance for MBA candidates and may be counted as part of the graduate program in a field other than business administration.
5170. Financial Management. 3 hours. Tools and techniques used and proposed in corporate financial management. Analysis of the investment and financing decisions and the environment in which such decisions are made are covered in readings, case problems and class discussion.
5210. Investment Analysis and Management. 3 hours. Economic and industry studies, company analysis, selection of senior securities, theory and application of common stock valuation models, security markets and timing, portfolio management, options and futures markets.
5220. Theory and Application of Financial Derivatives. 3 hours. Theory, valuation and analysis of derivative securities; the use of options, futures and swaps in risk management; current applications to financial engineering and innovation.
5230. Portfolio Management and Security Analysis in Investments. 3 hours. Overview of portfolio management and security analysis from the point of view of a trust officer, mutual fund manager, pension fund manager or other manager of securities. Emphasizes the need of financial managers for an understanding of problems, trends and theory of portfolio management.
5310. Advanced Topics in Financial Management. 3 hours. Introduces the student to the use of financial decision models. Also focuses on the application of advanced theoretical models and provides an understanding of the interaction of financial decisions.
5400. Financial Markets and Institutions. 3 hours. The determination of interest rates, their term structure and the relationship with inflation. Management of interest rate risk. Financial instruments and their characteristics. Monetary policy, the Federal Reserve System and regulation. Introduction to the international financial system.
5410. Advanced Management of Financial Institutions. 3 hours. Current problems and issues in the management of financial institutions are covered in readings, case problems and computer simulation models.
5500. International Financial Management. 3 hours. Analyses of the balance of payments and its impact on domestic economies and currencies. Theories of financing foreign trade and investments. Foreign exchange markets and exchange rate behavior in theory and practice. Assessing exposure to the foreign exchange risk and the use of hedging tools and techniques.
5510. Theory of Finance. 3 hours. Advanced topics in the theory of finance. Topics include decision-making under uncertainty; equilibrium pricing models, capital structure theory; agency theory and the market for corporate control; signaling models; the pricing of contingent claims; current developments and selected readings in the finance literature.
5650. Contemporary Issues in Finance. 3 hours. Current topics as selected by the instructor. May include cases and/or lecture format.
5700. Integrative Capstone Course in Finance. 3 hours. Integrative cases and/or theory as selected by the instructor. Required for MS finance students. Open to MBA students, but all students must meet prerequisites.
5800. Internship. 1–3 hours. Supervised work experience in a position related to the student’s career objective that meets the department’s internship requirements.
5900-5910. Special Problems. 1–3 hours each. Open to graduate students who are capable of developing a problem independently. Problem chosen by the student and developed through conferences and activities under the direction of the instructor.
6010. Seminar in Business Administration. 3 hours. Covers one or more special fields.
6100. The Theory of Financial Decisions. 3 hours. Examines the theoretical underpinnings of financial decision making. Explores valuation and the impact on firm value of the investment, financing and dividend decisions under conditions of certainty and uncertainty in both perfect and imperfect markets.
6110. Special Topics in Financial Theory. 3 hours. Emphasizes current issues in theoretical finance. Students explore both current and classic literature and engage in individual research on the issues under consideration.
6900. Special Problems. 1–3 hours. Research by doctoral students in fields of special interest. Includes project research studies and intensive reading programs, accompanied by conferences with professors in fields involved.
6910. Independent Doctoral Research. 1–12 hours. Research by doctoral students in fields of special interest. Includes project research studies and intensive reading programs, accompanied by conferences with professors in fields involved.
6940. Individual Research. 1–12 hours. Individual research for the doctoral candidate.
6950. Doctoral Dissertation. 3, 6 or 9 hours. To be scheduled only with consent of department. 12 hours credit required. No credit assigned until dissertation has been completed and filed with the graduate dean. Doctoral students must maintain continuous enrollment in this course subsequent to passing qualifying examination for admission to candidacy.
5350. Introduction to Real Estate and Investment Analysis. 3 hours. An advanced survey course on real estate, including topics in urban land economics, appraisal, law, finance, taxes and investments. Emphasis is on investment analysis of commercial property.
5400. Advanced Real Estate Valuation. 3 hours. In-depth study, application and evaluation of the theory and methods of residential and income property appraisal. Topics include case study analyses of the market comparison approach, the income capitalization approach and the cost approach to estimating value. Graduate students are required to complete group work, as well as a sequence of approximately ten complete case study solutions and presentations.
5440. Advanced Real Estate Finance and Analysis. 3 hours. Emphasis on the financial management of real estate assets in an institutional setting with special attention given to evaluation and control of risk and return trade-off by the decision maker. Additional topics to be included are real estate finance instruments, financing techniques, real estate financing institutions and markets.
5750. Real Estate Market and Feasibility Analysis. 3 hours. Analysis of financial and non-financial factors influencing the investment feasibility of income-producing property.
5760. Advanced Real Estate Investments and Analysis. 3 hours. Analysis of commercial real estate investments. Focus is on the theory and methods of investment analysis in respect to tax and financial consequences.
5780. Seminar in Real Estate Research. 3 hours. Reading and analysis of current real estate literature and research. Topics vary.
5800. Internship. 3 hours. Supervised work experience in a position related to the student’s career objective that meets the department’s internship requirements.
5900. Special Problems. 1–3 hours. Open to graduate students who are capable of developing a problem independently. Problem chosen by the student and developed through conferences and activities under the direction of the instructor.
5730. Risk Management Techniques for the Business Executive. 3 hours. Designed to acquaint the student with the economic concept of risk; types of risk and techniques for the discovery, evaluation and treatment of pure risk in the business situation. Examination of the nature of insurance and other risk treatment techniques; the role of the risk manager within the firm; industrial accident prevention as related to the risk manager’s role; types of loss and their financial impact on the costs of loss prevention versus its benefits; the risk manager’s relationship with insurers; and current problem areas for risk management today, as time allows.
5770. Employee Benefits and Other Business Uses of Life and Health Insurance. 3 hours. Buy-sell agreements for businesses and life/disability income insurance funding, tax implications, group life, medical expense and disability income insurance plans, health maintenance organizations, pension plans, profit sharing plans, individual retirement accounts, Keogh plans, tax implications and regulation.
5780. Financial and Estate Planning. 3 hours. Designed to prepare students to assist individuals with their financial and estate planning. Study of appropriate strategies, the planning process and pertinent statutes as well as selected tools and techniques utilized in the acquisition, conservation, management and disposition of property. Covers insurance and investment programs, buy-sell agreements, tax planning and shelters, wills, trusts, powers of appointment and other related topics in conjunction with applicable income, gift and estate tax provisions.
5900. Special Problems. 1–3 hours. Open to graduate students who are capable of developing a problem independently. Problem chosen by the student and developed through conferences and activities under the direction of the instructor.
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