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FINA 260/260XPersonal Finance LINK
Credit Hours: 3 Course Delivery: Classroom, Web ACE Outcomes: 6 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.-
FINA 307/307XPrinciples of Individual Risk Management and Insurance LINK
Credit Hours: 3 Course Format: Lecture 3 Course Delivery: Classroom, Web 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.-
FINA 338Principles of Corporate Risk Management LINK
Credit Hours: 3 Max credits per degree: 3 Course Format: Lecture 3 Course Delivery: Classroom 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.-
FINA 361/361XFinance LINK
Credit Hours: 3 Course Format: Lecture 3 Course Delivery: Classroom, Web Prereqs:This course is a prerequisite for: ACCT 408, AECN 416, ENTR 422, ENTR 423, FINA 338, FINA 363, FINA 375, FINA 401, FINA 412, FINA 450, FINA 461, FINA 463, FINA 465, MNGT 475, MNGT 475HScope 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.-
FINA 361HHonors: Finance LINK
Credit Hours: 3 Course Format: Lecture 3 Course Delivery: Classroom Prereqs:Sophomore standing; good standing in the University Honors Program; ACCT 201/201H and 202, or 306; ECON 211 and 212, or 210; ECON 215 or STATS 218; BSAD 150; MATH 104/104H or 106/108H. Prereq for acturarial 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.-
FINA 363/363XInvestment Principles LINK
Credit Hours: 3 Course Delivery: Classroom, Web 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.-
FINA 365Financial Institutions and Markets LINKCrosslisted as ECON 365
Credit Hours: 3 Course Delivery: Classroom Various institutions which collectively constitute the US financial system and a discussion of their origin and development. Analysis of the supply and demand for funds and characteristics of the main financial markets. Emphasis on the determination of the price of credit and the term structure of interest rates.-
FINA 375Financial Statement Analysis LINK
Credit Hours: 3 Course Format: Lecture 3 Course Delivery: Classroom FINA 375 is 'Letter grade only'.Analysis of the environment in which financial reporting choices are made and what the options are. How financial statements and data are used for various types of decisions. How to avoid misusing financial statement data.-
FINA 382/382XReal Estate Principles and Practice LINK
Credit Hours: 3 Course Delivery: Classroom, Web This course is a prerequisite for: FINA 482This 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.-
FINA 398Special Topics LINK
Credit Hours: 1-6 Max credits per degree: 6 Course Format: Lecture Course Delivery: Classroom Prereqs:Permission of Department Chair.Amount of credit to be earned is determined by the instructor at the time of registration.-
FINA 399Independent Study LINK
Credit Hours: 1-6 Max credits per degree: 6 Course Format: Independent Study Course Delivery: Classroom Prereqs:Permission.Open only to juniors and seniors majoring in FINA.Special research project or reading program.-
FINA 399HHonors: Independent Study LINK
Credit Hours: 3-6 Max credits per degree: 6 Course Delivery: Classroom Prereqs:Good standing in the University Honors Program or by invitation; permission of supervising faculty member and departmental chair.Special research project or reading program under the direction of a faculty member from the department.-
FINA 401Quantitative Financial Analysis LINK
Credit Hours: 3 Course Delivery: Classroom Prereqs: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.-
FINA 412/812Life and Health Insurance LINK
Credit Hours: 3 Course Format: Lecture 3 Course Delivery: Classroom The economic functions of life insurance. The human-life value concept and the 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.-
FINA 413/813Social Insurance LINKCrosslisted as ECON 413/813
Credit Hours: 3 Course Format: Lecture 3 Course Delivery: Classroom Nature and causes of economic insecurity. Analysis of public programs such as Social Security, unemployment insurance, workers' compensation, and public assistance.-
FINA 420Employee Benefit Plans LINK
Credit Hours: 3 Course Delivery: Classroom 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.-
FINA 429Undergraduate Seminar in Japanese Business LINK
Credit Hours: 6 Course Delivery: Classroom Student may apply only 3 hrs towards satisfying the requirements for their major. The other 3 hrs 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.-
FINA 438/838Enterprise Risk Management LINK
Credit Hours: 3 Course Format: Lecture 3 Course Delivery: Classroom Prereqs:Major and minor pure loss exposures facing business firms, the alternative risk management techniques for dealing with these exposure, the most appropriate 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.-
FINA 450International Financial Management LINK
Credit Hours: 3 Course Delivery: Classroom Prereqs: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.-
FINA 461/861Advanced Finance LINK
Credit Hours: 3 Course Delivery: Classroom This course is a prerequisite for: FINA 475Advanced 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.-
FINA 463Security Analysis and Warren Buffett Business Valuation Techniques LINK
Credit Hours: 3 Course Format: Lecture 3 Course Delivery: Classroom FINA 463 is 'Letter grade only'.Analysis of security instruments, fixed income, equities, convertibles, and business valuation. Both fundamental and technical analysis are treated. Valuation methodologies employed by anlalysts. The criteria used by Warren Buffett for evaluation of potential acquisitions and investments. Application of computer techniques and models.-
FINA 465/865Bank Management LINK
Credit Hours: 3 Course Delivery: Classroom Bank asset management; policy and practices for reserves, loans and investments. Internal organization of commercial banks. New problems and recent innovations in commercial banking.-
FINA 467/867Options, Futures and Derivative Securities LINK
Credit Hours: 3 Max credits per degree: 3 Course Format: Lecture 3 Course Delivery: Classroom This course is a prerequisite for: ACTS 405The use of derivative securities in risk reduction and portfolio management strategies.-
FINA 468/868Portfolio Practicum I LINK
Credit Hours: 3 Course Format: Lecture 3 Course Delivery: Classroom Prereqs:FINA 363 and admission to the Finance Department's CFA®- Investments Option.This course is a prerequisite for: FINA 469Practical experience in financial asset management. Economic and industry information, money and capital market forecasts, to determine how to select individual securities and how to develop a portfolio strategy.-
FINA 469/869Portfolio Practicum II LINK
Credit Hours: 3 Course Format: Lecture 3 Course Delivery: Classroom Practical experience in financial asset management. Economic and industry information, money and capital market forecasts, to determine how to select individual securities and how to develop a portfolio strategy.-
FINA 475Strategic Financial Management LINK
Credit Hours: 3 Max credits per degree: 3 Course Format: Lecture 3 Course Delivery: Classroom 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.-
FINA 482/882Real Estate Finance LINK
Credit Hours: 3 Course Delivery: Classroom Prereqs: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.-
FINA 499HHonors Thesis LINK
Credit Hours: 3-6 Max credits per degree: 6 Course Delivery: Classroom Prereqs: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.-
FINA 97Ethics Assessment LINK
Credit Hours: 0 Course Delivery: Web Prereqs:Senior standing and admission to the Finance Department's CFA® - Investments Option.Ethical standards for investment professionals.
