Finance & Operations Courses

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(All courses carry 3 credits unless otherwise noted.)

250 Quantitative Tools for Management

Second semester of applied business statistics for Isenberg School of Management 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. A project using regression methods required.

301 Corporation Finance

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 equiv-alent), ACCTG 221.

302 Advanced Corporate Finance

Short-, intermediate-, and long-term financing; planning, budgeting, and investment. Prerequisites: FOMGT 301, 304.

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.

304 Information Technology in Finance

Application of financial models in the business environment. The use of computer-based spreadsheet and simulation packages in business analysis. Prerequisite: FOMGT 301.

310 Capital Markets and Institutions

Financial institutions, instruments, markets and the public policies; micro and macro aspects of the American financial system. Prerequisites: FOMGT 301, 304.

320 Investments

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: FOMGT 301; some statistics and economics recommended.

330 Corporate Risk Management

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. Prerequisites: FOMTG 301.

341 Logistics and Transportation

Introduction to the basic models and techniques of transportation planning and control. Prerequisites: FOMGT 347, 353.

347 Introduction to Operations Management

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. Topics 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.

348 Advanced Operations Management

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 to the CPA in accounting). Includes team field project at a local company. Prerequisites: FOMGT 347, 353.

353 Introduction to Management Science

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.

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: FOMGT 347, 353.

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.

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.

391 Seminar: Managerial Economics

Theory of the production and pricing of the business firm under various market conditions.

412 Bank Management

Areas in banking that require application of analytical tools and techniques in bank decision-making process. Prerequisites: FOMGT 301, 304, 320.

413 International Finance

Introduction to foreign exchange markets and currency regimes. Managing currency risk in international markets, and the use of hedging instruments, including currency derivatives. Prerequisites: FOMGT 301, 304, 320.

421 Advanced Investments

Contemporary investment strategies; emphasis on the theoretical. Major topics: portfolio analysis and random walk. Prerequisites: FOMGT 301, 304, 320.

422 Financial Engineering

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: FOMGT 301, 304, 320.

442 Quality Management

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.

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.

483 Advanced Problems in Operations Management

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: FOMGT 353.

498 Senior Honors 1-4 cr

Senior research, thesis option; by arrangement with a member of the department and the Honors Office.

499 Senior Honors 1-4 cr

Continuation of 498. Thesis mandatory; by arrangement with a member of the department serving as thesis chairperson, and the Honors Office.

Finance & Operations Management | Courses | Faculty