Baylor FIN: Finance
FIN 3101: Foundations in Finance Careers
1 credit hours · 1 section · 66 open seats · John Glick
Prerequisite(s): BUS 1101 or BBS 1101 or BBF 1101; only open to BBA students. This course introduces students to the diverse landscape of finance careers while developing foundational professional skills essential for success in the field. Through a combinatio…
FIN 3303: Foundations of Finance
3 credit hours · 3 sections · 162 open seats · Charles Lewis, John Glick
Prerequisite(s): A minimum GPA of 2.75; not open to BBA students. In this course we will study the way money is managed by individuals and businesses. The course explores (1) financial market operations, (2) financial statement analysis, (3) equity and debt ch…
FIN 3305: Principles of Risk Mgmt & Ins
3 credit hours · 1 section · 66 open seats · Enya He
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of C in FIN 3309 or 3310 or concurrent enrollment; only open to BBA students. Techniques for managing pure risks in order to maximize the value of a firm. The course contrasts the risk preferences of corporations with that of i…
FIN 3309: Introduction to Finance
3 credit hours · 4 sections · 128 open seats · John Glick, Cheri Woolsey
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of C in MTH 1311, MTH 1309 or MTH 1321; and a minimum grade of C in ACC 2303; and a minimum grade of C in ECO 1380 or ECO 2306; only open to BBA students. A study of the way money is managed by individuals and businesses. The c…
FIN 3310: Intro to Corporate Finance
3 credit hours · 4 sections · 244 open seats · Brian Young, Shane Underwood
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of C in MTH 1321, ACC 2303, and ECO 2306 or 1380; only open to BBA students. A study of long-term financial decision making by corporations with a focus on how firms raise cash, invest cash, and distribute cash back to investor…
FIN 4186: Small-Cap Investing II
1 credit hours · 1 section · 15 open seats
Prerequisite(s): FIN 4365 and a minimum grade of C in FIN 4285; only open to BBA students. This course gives students valuable hands-on experience researching, analyzing, and managing a portfolio of small-cap stocks. The level of security research and valuatio…
FIN 4285: Small-Cap Investing I
2 credit hours · 1 section · 15 open seats
Prerequisite(s): FIN 4365 and consent of instructor; only open to BBA students. This course gives students valuable hands-on experience researching, analyzing, and managing a portfolio of small capitalization (small-cap) stocks by managing the Hodges Fund. The…
FIN 4310: Entrepreneurial Finance
3 credit hours · 1 section · 40 open seats · Steven Diedrich
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of C in FIN 3310; only open to BBA students. Examines the intriguing process of financing the pursuit of opportunity and growth without regard to assets controlled currently. The major focus is on start-up or acquisition and th…
FIN 4311: Fundamentals Life & Hlth Ins
3 credit hours · 1 section · 24 open seats · Dennis Harms
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of C in either FIN 3309 or 3310; only open to BBA students. A study of the financial implications of death, disability and retirement, as well as the corresponding forms of individual life insurance, health insurance and annuit…
FIN 4312: Private Capital Markets
3 credit hours · 1 section · 20 open seats · Cheri Woolsey
Prerequisite(s): FIN 4360 and FIN 4365. This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the strategies, history, and growing importance of private market investments within institutional investors’ portfolios. Students will learn the chara…
FIN 4331: International Business Finance
3 credit hours · 3 sections · 105 open seats · Hwanki Brian Kim
Cross Listings: Cross-listed as: INB 4331
FIN 4339: Real Estate Investments
3 credit hours · 1 section · 32 open seats · Erica Ancira
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of C in FIN 3310; only open to BBA students. An analysis of real estate investments using ARGUS Financial Analysis, the real estate industry's leading computer software specifically designed for the analysis of income-producing…
FIN 4350: Financial Modeling
3 credit hours · 5 sections · 150 open seats · Tianyi Qu, Brian Young
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of C in FIN 3310; only open to BBA students. This course is designed to provide proficiency in various analytical tools used by financial managers and analysts. Students will learn how to link financial theory to data to ultima…
FIN 4360: Advanced Corporate Finance
3 credit hours · 4 sections · 144 open seats · Mike Stegemoller, Qinxi Wu
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of C in FIN 3310; only open to BBA students. The class applies the tools of financial analysis and financial theory to explore capital allocation and capital acquisition decisions of corporations. Students review and develop a…
FIN 4365: Investment Analysis
3 credit hours · 6 sections · 210 open seats · Joshua Thornton, Mayar Sefidgaran
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of C in FIN 3310; only open to BBA students. Investment decision making with emphasis on stocks, bonds, and portfolio management. Major topics include portfolio theory and the measurement of risk, performance evaluation, the ef…
FIN 4368: Behavioral Finance
3 credit hours · 2 sections · 108 open seats · Erik Davidson
Prerequisite(s): FIN 4365; only open to BBA students. In this course, students study evidence for behavioral biases, frames, and heuristics in financial decision-making. The course examines behavioral finance’s implications at the investor, firm, and market le…
FIN 4370: Financial Analysis and Banking
3 credit hours · 1 section · 40 open seats · Rodney Kroll
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of C in FIN 3310; only open to BBA students. An advanced study of financial statement analysis that includes the UCA Cash Flow Statement, fraud, window dressing and warning signs. Other topics include credit policy and loan cha…
FIN 4381: Practicum in Portfolio Mgmt
3 credit hours · 1 section · 16 open seats · Brandon Troegle, Taylor Finch
Prerequisite(s): FIN 4365 or equivalent and consent of instructor; only open to BBA students. This practicum gives students valuable hands-on experience in securities research, valuation of risky assets, and asset allocation by managing the Philip M. Dorr and …
FIN 4V98: Fundamentals of Valuation
1 credit hours · 1 section · 24 open seats · Matt Clark
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of C in FIN 3310; only open to BBA students. With the consent of the chair of the Department of Finance this course may be taken for one to six semester hours of credit.
FIN 5338: Behavioral Finance
3 credit hours · 2 sections · 12 open seats · Erik Davidson
This course covers the principles and practices of behavioral finance. Students will examine behavioral biases, frames, and heuristics in financial decision-making and will investigate behavioral finance’s implications at the investor, firm, and market levels.…
FIN 5360: Sem in Corporate Finance
3 credit hours · 2 sections · 44 open seats · Erik Davidson
Cross Listings: Cross-listed as: ECO 5360
FIN 5381: Practicum in Portfolio Mgt
3 credit hours · 1 section · 2 open seats · Taylor Finch, Brandon Troegle
Prerequisite(s): FIN 5365 or equivalent, and consent of instructor. This practicum gives students valuable hands-on experience in securities research, valuation of risky assets, and asset allocation by managing the Philip M. Dorr and Alumni Endowed Investment…
FIN 5V98: Spec Studies in Finance
1 credit hours · 1 section · 0 open seats
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor. This course may be taken for one to six semester hours of credit.