In addition to the core courses of the Management and Business program, eighteen credits of upper-level business courses are distributed across at least four business disciplines and electives. The Finance Concentration has been articulated more specifically for students with career interests in corporate finance, the financial markets, or in financial institutions. The Management Concentration has been articulated for students with interest in the management of operations or organizations. These Concentrations provide guidelines for course selection that supports career aspirations while still maintaining considerable flexibility.
Emphasis is on organizing written business communications to meet the readers needs.
Topics include financial analysis of performance, working capital management, optimal capital structure, and capital budgeting. Overview of international financial institutions and markets. Con-sideration of personal investment objectives and investigation of the role that various assets should play in the investment portfolio in light of these objectives. Assets included are real assets such as collectibles and real estate, and financial assets such as common stocks, bonds, futures contracts, and derivative securities such as index options. Evaluation techniques examined include technical analysis, fundamental economic analysis, and modern portfolio theory.