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2014-2015 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2014-2015 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED BULLETIN]

School of Finance, Operations Management and International Business


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Director
Richard Burgess, Finance

Professors
Richard Burgess, Finance
Wen-Chyuan Chiang, Operations Management
Tim Coburn, Energy and Operations Management
J. Markham Collins, Finance and International Business
Ronald Ripple, Energy Business and Finance
Robert Russell, Operations Management
Gale Sullenberger, Operations Management
Timothy Urban, Operations Management

Associate Professor
Larry Johnson, Finance

Applied Associate Professor
Richard Gebhart, Operations Management

Assistant Professors
Patty Bick, Finance
Matthew Crook, Finance
Anila Madhan, Finance
Mike Troilo, International Business
Brian Walkup, Finance

Applied Assistant Professor
William Brice Collier, Energy and Finance

Finance

The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a major in finance places major emphasis on three areas of finance: financial management, investments and portfolio management, and financial markets and institutions. The student may select a general program or may structure his or her program around one of these specific areas: corporate finance, energy finance, international finance, or investments and portfolio management. Each course of study prepares students to approach financial decisionmaking by analyzing financial data and market information within a framework of economic theory, and to deal with a wide range of financial problems, including those of business, financial institutions, and governments.

Finance Major Learning Objectives

  • Instill in students critical and analytical thinking skills. Measurement: Students in FIN 3003 , Business Finance, will satisfactorily complete a project and/or essay questions on select quizzes as a part of their overall grade. The project or essay questions will require ratio analysis for  comparative purposes.
  • Provide all students with the analytical skills necessary to make effective business decisions. Measurement: Students enrolled in FIN 4013 , Planning and Control of Capital Expenditures, will complete case assignments in the areas of capital budget, cost of capital, capital structure, and payout policy.

Programs

    MajorMinorCertificates

    Courses

      FinanceInternational BusinessQuantitative Methods

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