Corporate Finance Graduate Certificate

Provides an introduction to both accounting and information systems with a focus on the preparation and interpretation of financial statements and the effective planning, implementation, and integration of information technology.

This course examines corporate finance topics including working capital management, financial analysis, leverage, capital structure, capital budgeting, and valuation. Emphasis is on creating financial models to analyze issues.
Prerequisite: Take FN-660 or WGB 603

Provides an introduction to three key areas in finance-financial markets, financial management, and valuation-focusing on how capital is effectively raised and invested in a value-based management framework. Topics include: analysis of firm performance using financial ratios and other measures, techniques to assess new opportunities including new product lines, projects or corporate investments, an introduction to global capital markets, the relationship between risk and return, determinants of a firm's cost of raising capital, and the basic factors impacting the value of financial securities.

This course examines current financial reporting and disclosure practices. Emphasis is on development of the ability to analyze financial statements to evaluate the current financial condition of a firm and assess its future trends. Topics include the use of various ratios to analyze income statements, balance sheets, and funds flow.
Prerequisite: Take WGB-602

This course analyzes modern financial markets from the risk/management and risk measurement perspective. Presents overviews of key theories and recent developments in international securities markets. Emphasis is on managing risk on the balance sheet at various financial institutions. Implications of monetary policy decisions by international monetary authorities are also examined.
Prerequisite: TAKE FN-660 or WGB 603

This course describes the various theories of investments, the limitations of those theories, and the various types of investments available to individual and institutional investors globally, together with their potential returns and risks. The range of alternative investments is covered as well as newer ways of trading securities (e.g., high frequency trading, front running, and dark pools). Students are also required to establish and track three separate portfolios and write a research paper on an ethical aspect of the securities market.
Prerequisite: Take FN-660 or WGB-603;

This course features a study of financial management concepts and techniques applied to international operations. Topics include foreign currency spot and forward trading, exchange rate systems and determination, country risk assessment, taxation and regulatory issues of non-U.S. markets, and sources and uses of funds for multinational corporations.

Examines the role of each of these strategies as part of the whole restructuring process faced by corporations in their attempt to compete and grow in the United States and abroad. Emphasis is on each method's strategic and financial advantages. Group analysis of cases and computer applications are utilized.
Prerequisite: Take WGB-603

Featuring an overview of derivative securities and their use in corporate strategy and risk management, this course employs quantitative methods to analyze, design, price, and use derivative instruments in a managerial context. Basic derivative contracts such as forward, futures, options, and swaps are covered, as well as the pricing of these claims, arbitrage, and hedging in these markets. Students apply the analytical models to real-life situations through case studies.
Prerequisite: Take FN-660 or WGB-603

This course is designed to enable students to understand the laws, regulations, and reporting requirements necessary for financial firms to do business in the United States. It will also serve as an introduction to a career in compliance.
Prerequisite: Take WGB-603