FI 100 Financial Management — 3 units
Introduces financial analysis and management in terms of its most important functions: raising funds at minimum cost and risk and allocating those funds between competing short- and long-term uses. Topics include financial statement analysis, discounted cash flow analysis, financial markets and interest rate determination, stock and bond valuation models, capital budgeting methodologies and working capital management. Concepts of risk and return, cost of capital calculation and capital structure are introduced. Prerequisites: ACCTG 1A, and MATH 20 or MATH 30.
FI 101 Strategic Decisions in Financing and Investment — 3 units Expands and completes the discussion of issues raised in Finance 100 and extends the examination of the field of finance to include such important areas as dividend policy, leasing, mergers and acquisitions. Case analysis is used extensively. Prerequisite: FI 100.
FI 102 Financial Analysis — 3 units
Introduces tools for an applied approach to the analysis of financial problems. Topics include funds flows, ratio analysis, cash-flow budgets and projections, and financial and operating leverage models. Includes identification of sources of financial information. Prerequisite: FI 100.
FI 105 Modeling for Financial Analysis — 3 units Presents the techniques of financial analysis and modeling using electronic spreadsheet tools. Includes basic operations such as organizing spreadsheets, entering numbers and text, performing calculations, using financial commands, creating charts, embedding spreadsheets in word processing documents, file management, etc. It emphasizes advanced spreadsheet methods for doing sensitivity analysis, break-even ratio analysis, capital budgeting, sales forecasting, funds forecasting, cash budgeting, cash flow and financial ratio analysis, and capital structure analysis. This is a hands-on course that develops spreadsheet skills and shows how to use the results to make better financial decisions. It highlights the use of spreadsheets for communicating as well as calculating. Prerequisite: FI 100.
FI 106 International Corporate Finance — 3 units Brings a study of corporate financial practices into the international arena. Multinationals confront the familiar problems of financing and investment in unique new forms as these firms seek to expand across national borders. Topics include foreign exchange risk management, long-run investment decisions, international financial markets, international banking and trade financing. Prerequisite: FI 100.
FI 120 Investments — 3 units
Introduces the theory of portfolio analysis and the characteristics of various investment instruments with a focus on securities investment analysis, with some consideration of other investment forms. Topics include sources of investment information, risk/return analysis, money-market investments, measuring investment performance. Satisfies part of the educational requirements to sit for the CFP® examination.* Prerequisite: FI 100.
FI 141 International Banking and Finance — 3 units Surveys operational aspects of international banking. Topics include financing international operations, sources of capital, the foreign-exchange market, transaction and translation risks, international financial institutions (including the Euro-currency market), international collections, lending policies, government regulations and services available to the global manager. Prerequisite: FI 100.
FI 160 Personal Financial Planning — 3 units Introduces the process of comprehensive personal financial and estate planning. Topics include historical context of personal financial planning and services, career opportunities, analysis of personal financial statements, time-value-of-money applications, consumer decision-making analysis, personal risk/insurance analysis, house-buying analysis, savings and investment strategies and income/retirement/ estate tax planning. Satisfies part of the educational requirements to sit for the CFP® examination.* Prerequisite: ACCTG 1A.
FI 197 Internship: Finance — 3 units
Offers you the opportunity to receive work experience in a job directly related to your academic major and career goals. You will be responsible for your own placement in an internship approved by the department chair. A written internship proposal is required before consideration for this course. A written report is required upon completion of the internship. Prerequisite: consent of the department.
FI 198A–ZZ Selected Topics in Finance — 3 units Addresses significant, topical and practical problems, issues and theories in finance. Topics will be selected by the department chair. This course may be taken more than once, provided the same topic is not repeated. Prerequisite: consent of the department. Prerequisites will vary based on topic.
FI 199 Directed Study in Finance — 1–3 units Provides individual study of selected topics under supervision of a faculty member. You are limited to one directed study course per trimester. Prerequisite: consent of the department.
*Golden Gate University does not award the CFP® and Certified Financial Planner® designations. The right to use the marks CFP® and Certified Financial Planner® is granted by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards (CFP® Board) to those persons who have met its rigorous educational standards, passed the CFP® Board’s Certification Examination, satisfied a work experience requirement and agreed to abide by the CFP® Board’s Code of Ethics and Professional Responsibility. Only persons registered with the CFP® Board are permitted to sit for the Certification Examination. CFP® certificates and licenses are issued only by the CFP® Board.
FI 203 Financial Analysis for Managers — 3 units Introduces financial analysis and management in terms of its most important functions: raising funds at minimum cost and risk and allocating those funds between competing short- and long-term uses. Topics include financial statement analysis, discounted cash flow analysis, financial markets and interest rate determination, stock and bond valuation models, capital budgeting methodologies and working capital management. Concepts of risk and return, cost of capital calculation and capital structure are introduced. Prerequisites: ACCTG 201 (or ACCTG 1A) and MATH 20 or MATH 30.
FI 300 Corporate Finance — 3 units
Presents an intermediate level treatment of corporate finance that builds on the conceptual and technical foundation of FI 203. Topics include risk and return models, cost of capital calculations, real options in capital budgeting, capital structure theory and practice, leasing, option valuation and the analysis of option-like securities, financial risk management and multinational finance. Prerequisites: ACCTG 201 (or ACCTG 1A and ACCTG 1B), ECON 202 (or ECON 1 and ECON 2), FI 203 (or FI 100 or FI 300A) and MATH 40.
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