Course Details
Spring 2008 course web sites and syllabi (pdf format) will be provided here.
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| Course # | Instructor | Web Site | Syllabus |
| FINOPMGT 250 | Kouzehkanani | ||
| FINOPMGT 301 |
Feng Lacey |
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| FINOPMGT 302 | Kapadia |
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| FINOPMGT 304 |
Nawalkha Zhan |
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| FINOPMGT 320 | Branch |
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| FINOPMGT 347 |
Agha Nguyen Liu |
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| FINOPMGT 348 | Robinson |
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| FINOPMGT 353 | Woolley |
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| FINOPMGT 359 | Nakosteen |
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| FINOPMGT 412 | Kazemi |
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| FINOPMGT 413 | Kapadia |
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| FINOPMGT 421 | Schneeweis | ||
| FINOPMGT 422 | Bagley | ||
| FINOPMGT 442 | Huang | ||
| FINOPMGT 497H | Bagley | ||
| FINOPMGT 497S | Agha |
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| SCH-MGMT 597I | O'Brien | ||
| SCH-MGMT 597J | Stokes | ||
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Course Descriptions
FINOPMGT 250 ~ Quantitative Tools for Management
Kouzehkanani
Second semester of applied business statistics for SOM majors. Emphasis on understanding and interpreting statistical information, and using it to form sound judgments in business situations. Includes brief review of sampling, sampling distributions, and basic inference for one-sample situations; comparison of two populations, chi-square tests for contingency tables, analysis of variance, simple linear regression, and topics in multiple regression and time series. Statistical software used for computations. Required: A project using regression methods.
FINOPMGT 300 ~ Fundamentals of Finance
Staff
FINOPMGT 301 ~ Corporation Finance
Lacey
The time value of money; valuation of financial securities; allocating capital; an introduction to risk and risky decision making; the financing decision of the firm; financial statement and working capital management; more special topics include mergers and acquisitions, and international finance. Prerequisites: Isenberg School of Management Statistics sequence (or equivalent), ACCTG 221.
FINOPMGT 302 ~ Problems in Business Finance
Nawalkha
Short-, intermediate-, and long-term financing; planning, budgeting, and investment. Prerequisite: FINOPMGT 301, 304.
FINOPMGT 303 ~ Applied Business Statistics
Introduces students to contemporary statistical methods and statistically rigorous thinking. Topics designed for students of management, economics and other social sciences needing statistical skills to expand their knowledge frontiers and to survive in today's competitive workplace. The MINITAB statistical package used throughout.
FINOPMGT 304 ~ Information Technology in Finance
Moore, Bagley
Application of financial models in the business environment. The use of computer-based spreadsheet and simulation packages in business analysis. Prerequisites: FINOPMGT 301
FINOPMGT 310 ~ Capital Markets and Institutions
Financial institutions, instruments, markets and the public policies; micro and macro aspects of the American financial system. Prerequisite: FINOPMGT 301, 304.
FINOPMGT 320 ~ Investments
Branch
Alternative types of investments, methods of investment analysis considering both return and risk of individual and portfolios of investments, functioning of markets for investment goods. Prerequisite: FINOPMGT 301; some statistics and economics recommended.
FINOPMGT 330 ~ Principles of Insurance
The risk management concept and the associated insurance-related financing tools. Emphasis on the corporate risk handling function from a financial perspective. The insurance industry, pertinent trends, and the products offered. Prerequisite: FINOPMGT 301.
FINOPMGT 341 ~ Logistics and Transportation
Nagurney
Introduction to the basic models and techniques of transportation planning and control. Prerequisites: FINOPMGT 347, 353.
FINOPMGT 347 ~ Introduction in Operations Management
Matsypura
An introduction to operations management in manufacturing and service industries. Emphasis on learning the basic principles required to organize and manage service and manufacturing organizations. Topic may include improved facility layout, project management, supply-chain management, Just-In-Time systems, inventory management, scheduling, and work force management. Discussions of real world applications frequently used to demonstrate concepts. Prerequisite: completion of Isenberg School of Management Math-Stat sequence.
FINOPMGT 348 ~ Advanced Operations Management
Robinson
Recent advances in the areas of productivity and quality improvement. Specific topics include all or some of: ISO 9000, Total Quality Management, Lean Thinking, Materials Requirements Planning (MRP), and miscellaneous techniques from Just-in-Time. If time permits, topics from one or more of the American Production and Inventory Control Society's (APICS) certification exams for the CPIM (the Operations Management counterpart of the CPA in accounting). Includes team field project at a local company. Prerequisites: FINOPMGT 347, 353.
FINOPMGT 353 ~ Introduction to Management Science
Nagurney
The most frequently used methods in modeling and analyzing business and economic problems. The process of abstracting and model building, and the role of various types of models in description and decision making. Prerequisite: Isenberg School of Management Math-Stat sequence.
FINOPMGT 354 ~ Topics in Management Science
The use of programming methods in planning and controlling the allocation of scarce resources. Methods include linear programming, integer programming, quadratic programming, and dynamic programming. Prerequisites: FINOPMGT 347, 353.
FINOPMGT 359 ~ Business Forecasting Methods
Introduction to the uses, limitations, and shortcomings of various short-term and long-term forecasting techniques. Problems selected from accounting, finance, management and marketing. Prerequisite: upper-level Isenberg School of Management standing.
FINOPMGT 370 ~ Real Estate
FINOPMGT 373 ~ Introduction to Computer Simulation
Computer simulation presented for carrying out trial-and-error experiments on computer approximations of real, management systems. The goal is to 1) validate a new idea quickly, 2) diagnose potential product design problems, 3) optimize performance of complex systems, and 4) learn about something complex. The Arena environment, based on the SIMAN language, used to build models and video game-like animations.
FINOPMGT 391 ~ Seminar: Managerial Economics
Theory of the production and pricing of the business firm under various market conditions.
FINOPMGT 412 ~ Bank Management
Areas in banking that require application of analytical tools and techniques in bank decision-making process. Prerequisites: FINOPMGT 301, 304, 320.
FINOPMGT 413 ~ International Finance
Beliaeva
Introduction to foreign exchange markets and currency regimes. Managing currency risk in international markets, and the use of hedging instruments, including currency derivatives. Prerequisites: FINOPMGT 301, 320, 304.
FINOPMGT 421 ~ Portfolio Theory
Contemporary investment strategies; emphasis on the theoretical. Major topics: portfolio analysis and random walk. Prerequisites: FINOPMGT 301, 304, 320.
FINOPMGT 422 ~ Financial Engineering
Bagley
Theoretical and practical aspects of creating and managing an investment portfolio. Topics in investments including options strategies, commodities and other futures markets, problems and performance of institutional investments. Quantitative solution techniques and performance measurement procedures. Prerequisites: FINOPMGT 301, 304, 320.
FINOPMGT 442 ~ Quality Control
Bisgaard
Quality control concepts including: fundamental computer and statistical concepts: Statistical Process Control (SPC) using control charts; methods for quality improvement; acceptance sampling; industrial experimentation and reliability.
FINOPMGT 456 ~ Management Science Applications
The use of models and analytical techniques to analyze and process business and economic information for the purpose of making strategic decisions about the allocation of resources in an uncertain environment. Prerequisite: senior standing in Isenberg School of Management.
FINOPMGT 483 ~ Advanced Problems in Operations Management
McComb
An in-depth look at a variety of advanced operations management topics covered in FOMGT 347, 348 and 354. Course content changes by semester. See instructor for current semester's topic(s). Prerequisite: FINOPMGT 353.
FINOPMGT 498 ~ Senior Honors 1-3 cr
Senior research, thesis option. By arrangement with Department and/or Honors Office.
FINOPMGT 499 ~ Senior Honors 1-3 cr
Continuation of 498. Thesis mandatory. By arrangement with Department and/or Honors Office.
SCH-MGMT 640 ~ Financial Analysis and Decisions
Kazemi
Basic concepts, principles, and practices involved in financing businesses and in maintaining efficient operation of the firm. Framework for analyzing savings-investment and other financial decisions. Both theory and techniques applicable to financial problem solving.
SCH-MGMT 641 ~ Financial Management
Branch
Internal financial problems of firms: capital budgeting, cost of capital, dividend policy, rate of return, and financial aspects of growth. Readings and cases. Prerequisite: SOM 640.
SCH-MGMT 644 ~ Managerial Economics
Nakosteen
Microeconomic analysis and application to business decisions: cost and profit analysis; demand and pricing; investment analysis and capital budgeting; and economic forecasting.
SCH-MGMT 650 ~ Business Data Analysis
Nakosteen
Statistical methods employed in collection, analysis, and interpretation of data. Business applications of sampling, analysis of variance, experimental design, regression analysis, and forecasting models.
SCH-MGMT 670 ~ Production Operations Management
Analysis of production problems and solution techniques. Work-flow processes, technology of materials and equipment, and control of availability, quality, cost, and price of products and resources.
SCH-MGMT740 ~ Money, Capital, Markets and Institutions
Impact of financial intermediaries on U.S. capital and money markets. Analysis of market efficiency, structure and performance, and role of monetary, fiscal, and debt-management policy. Prerequisite: Fomgt 310 or Econ 311.
SCH-MGMT 741 ~ Investments
Branch
Development of general theory of investment management and its application to individual and institutional investors; computer portfolio management. Prerequisite: SOM 640.
SCH-MGMT 742 ~ Growth, Mergers, and Acquisitions
Stokes
Analysis of financial problems and implications of corporate growth. Mergers and acquisitions as instruments for achieving growth. Text and cases. Prerequisite: SOM 641.
SCH-MGMT 743 ~ International Finance
Stokes
Introduction to foreign money and capital markets and international financial institutions: financial planning for corporations with overseas operations; analysis of sources and uses of corporate funds abroad; criteria for choice among alternative foreign investments. Text/case approach. Prerequisite: SOM 640.
SCH-MGMT 745 ~ Financial Models
Analytical approach to financial management. Emphasis on theoretical topics of financial decision making. Through use of mathematical, statistical, and computer simulation methods, various financial decision making models are made. Prerequisites: SOM 632, 640.
SCH-MGMT 746 ~ Portfolio Theory
Factors affecting investment values of securities, and methods used in their analysis. Prerequisite: SOM 741.
SCH-MGMT 747 ~ Theory of Financial Markets
Schneeweis
In-depth study of portfolio analysis and stochastic processes in security markets. Emphasis on quantitative solution techniques and testing procedures.
SCH-MGMT 749 ~ Seminar in Finance
Seminar in current issues and developments in corporation finance, investments, and financial institutions and markets; emphasis on application of analytical techniques and decision models. Advanced graduate standing in finance or consent of instructor required.
SCH-MGMT 751 ~ Management Science Applications in Business
Application of probability theory (discrete and continuous), stochastic process, linear, quadratic and dynamic programming, waiting lines, sequencing, and computer simulation models to selected problems in management science. Prerequisite: SOM 632.
SCH-MGMT 752 ~ Deterministic Models in Management Science
Ali
Introduction to deterministic models and techniques relevant to business problems. Topics include Kuhn-Tucker theory, mathematical programming, difference equations and discrete and continuous maximum principles. Consent of instructor required.
SCH-MGMT 753 ~ Probabilistic Models in Management Science
Introduction to probabilistic models and statistical techniques relevant to business problems. Consent of instructor required.
SCH-MGMT 758 ~ Management Science in Planning and Control
Ali
Application of management science to problems of design testing and evaluation of facilities usage, manpower organization, and information procedures actually employed by business firms or government agencies. Advanced graduate standing in management science or consent of instructor required.
SCH-MGMT 791S ~ Corporate Creativity
Robinson
SCH-MGMT 821, 822 ~ Management Science I, II
Selected topics of current significance in mathematical, statistical, computer, and behavioral approaches to management and administration. Either semester may be elected independently. Credit, 3-6.
SCH-MGMT 823 ~ Mathematical Programming
Application of linear, quadratic, integer, and dynamic programming models and algorithms in pricing and resource allocation by firms; sensitivity analysis and parametric programming.
SCH-MGMT 824 ~ Decision Models in Business Administration
Application of probability theory and selected topics in mathematics to stochastic and deterministic managerial decision models.
SCH-MGMT 825 ~ Seminar in Management Science
Nagurney
Presentation of journal reports on business topics utilizing a quantitative approach.
SCH-MGMT 871 ~ Micro Theory of Finance
Nawalkha
Optimum financial policies and decisions of nonfinancial firms. Theory of competition and optimum asset management of financial firms.
SCH-MGMT 872 ~ Financial Intermediaries and Markets
Financial intermediaries and financial markets and development of theory of financial intermediation as it relates to growth, employment, and price levels.
SCH-MGMT 881 ~ Production Management Analysis
Application of mathematical and statistical methods and models for production management decisions and problem analyses, and for managerial planning and control.
SCH-MGMT 882 ~ Production Management Policy
Formulation and administration and production and operations management policies with reference to developing an effective total business strategy.
SCH-MGMT 894C ~ Seminar in Fixed Income
Nawalkha
SCH-MGMT 894W ~ Finance Seminar
Nawalkha