Department of Finance
Herb J. Weinraub, Chairperson
Areas of Specialization
The Finance curriculum provides students with a background in all major areas of finance and related disciplines. Students may choose courses covering corporate finance, investments, financial institutions, financial services, commercial real estate or insurance. Students also may choose from the electives to tailor a program to their specific needs and interests. The Finance Department offers three areas of specialization: Finance, Commercial Real Estate and Financial Services.
Program Requirements
I.Finance
18semester hours must be taken for this area of specialization consisting of four required courses (12 hours) beyond FINA 3040, and two finance electives (6 hours). Required Courses: FINA 3480 Investments 3 FINA 4080 Intermediate Corporate Finance 3 FINA 4090 Financial Markets and Institutions 3 FINA 4670 Advanced Financial Management 3 Electives Any two Finance Department electives with the exception of FINA 2000, 3060, 4610 and 4880.
II. Commercial Real Estate
18semester hours must be taken for this area of specialization, consisting of five required courses (15 hours) beyond FINA 3040, and one elective (3 hours). Required Courses: FINA 3670 Real Estate Valuation 3 FINA 3680 Real Estate Law, Insurance and Taxes 3 FINA 4610 Real Estate Development 3 FINA 4880 Real Estate Property Management 3 MKTG 3440 Sales 3 Elective Choice of one from the following: FINA 4090 GEPL 4210 GEPL 3460 GEPL 4470 GEPL 3710 GEPL 4530 GEPL 3750 GEPL 4590 GEPL 3850 GEPL 4600
III. Financial Services
The Financial Services major requires 18 semester hours 15 of which are required and one elective (3 hours). Required Courses (15 hours): FINA 3600 Risk Management or 3610 Life and Health Insurance or 4890 Financial and Estate Planning 3 FINA 3660 Real Estate Principles, Practices and Finance or 3670 Real Estate Valuation or 3680 Real Estate Law, Insurance and Taxes 3 FINA 3480 Investments 3 FINA 4090 Financial Markets and Institutions 3 MKTG 3440 Sales 3 Elective (3 hours): Choose one course from any of the following not used as a required course: FINA 3600 FINA 3680 FINA 3610 FINA 4100 FINA 3660 FINA 4870 FINA 3670 FINA 4890
Minors in Finance
The Finance Department offers five different minors, for College of Business Administration students only, that can be taken by non-finance majors or by finance majors if they represent three courses not used to fulfill the finance major. Each minor consists of three courses (9 hours).
I. Finance
Required Courses FINA 3480 Investments 3 FINA 4080 Intermediate Corporate Finance 3 FINA 4090 Financial Institutions and Markets 3II. Commercial Real Estate
Required Courses FINA 3660 Real Estate Principles, Practices and Finance 3 FINA 3670 Real Estate Valuation 3 FINA 3680 Real Estate Law, Insurance and Taxes 3
III. Financial Services
Choice of three from the following: FINA 3480 FINA 4090 FINA 3600 FINA 4870 FINA 3610 FINA 4890 FINA 3660 MKTG 3440* FINA 3670 * With permission from department chairperson FINA 4100
IV. Insurance and Risk Management
Required Courses
FINA 3600 Risk Management 3
FINA 3610 Life and Health Insurance 3
FINA 4890 Financial and Estate Planning 3
V. Small Business Financial Management
Required Courses FINA 4080 Intermediate Corporate Finance 3 FINA 4840 Small Business Financial Policies and Practices 3 Elective Choice of one from the following: FINA 3670 MGMT 3590 FINA 4090 FINA 4670 BUAD 4010