This course introduces essential Excel skills for finance, including data organization, basic calculations, and summary analysis. Through hands-on projects, students develop practical spreadsheets and formatting skills for real-world applications. No prior Excel experience is required.

FIN 24500 Introduction To Finance With Excel

Introduction To Finance With Excel

Finance Industry Exploration will introduce students to various sectors of the financial services industry through lectures, guest lectures by financial market participants and regular reading of financial publications (Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, etc.). Students will understand potential career paths, how specific financial markets operate, career success factors, employment differentiation, industry vernacular and suggested future coursework. Topics covered may include (subject to speaker availability) - Investment Banking, Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Finance, Corporate Development, Public Finance, Commercial Banking, Sales and Trading, Wealth Management, Asset Management, Private Equity and Private Credit, Venture Capital, Investor Relations and FinTech.

FIN 25300 Finance Industry Exploration

Finance Industry Exploration

This course will teach Financial Literacy to help students become rational managers of their money. The course will cover the fundamentals of managing money, insurance basics, tax awareness, investments, retirement planning, and estate planning. Students will explore various options on how to protect, accumulate, and preserve assets. The course will emphasize practical advice, as well as more complicated financial options associated with investing to meet their financial goals. The objective is to help students make better decisions and adopt wise financial behaviors for the long term.

FIN 26000 Fundamentals Of Personal Finance

Fundamentals Of Personal Finance

Introductory course providing a foundation in corporate finance and covering topics such as: discounted cash flow valuation, bond valuation, equity valuation, option valuation, factors influencing a firm's cost of capital, and international finance issues.

FIN 30400 Introduction To Financial Management

Introduction To Financial Management

Management of the financial affairs of the industrial enterprise. Working capital management, current asset management, capital budgeting, stock and bond valuation, and capital structure decisions.

FIN 31000 Financial Mgmt-Honors

Financial Mgmt-Honors

FIN 31000 Financial Management

Financial Management

Variable-title course examining intermediate or specialized finance topics. Emphasis is placed on analytical thinking, use of financial models, interpretation of financial data, and application of finance theory to decision-making. Permission of instructor required.

FIN 39000 Personal Financial Management

Personal Financial Management

Examination of investment alternatives relevant to the individual and/or family-unit investor. Operations of the markets in which securities are traded. Theory and application of security valuation, portfolio construction, capital markets, and performance evaluation. Particular attention given to fixed income securities, common stocks, options, investment companies, and other popular investment alternatives.

FIN 41100 Investment Management

Investment Management

The course covers basic features and pricing of derivative securities such as forwards, futures, and options.

FIN 41150 Futures And Options

Futures And Options

Introduction to financial markets and management of financial institutions. Emphasis on determinants of interest rates, and measurement and management of financial risk. Concentration on management of depository firms such as banks and savings and loans.

FIN 41200 Financial Markets And Institutions

Financial Markets And Institutions

Dramatic development in technology is fundamentally transforming all aspects of financial intermediation including lending, payment services, investments and trading. The goal of the course is to introduce these new developments to students with the emphasis on underlying economic mechanisms. We will start with talking about fiat money but quickly delve into cryptocurrencies and their applications. We will talk about tokens, smart contracts, automated market making and how applications of these concepts are transforming financial services and financial inclusion. We will cover these topics by analyzing real companies and contrast them with traditional players in the financial system.

FIN 41220 FinTech

FinTech

The course provides the theoretical and problem-solving tools needed in entry-level financial analysis positions in a corporate, commercial lending, or investment banking setting. Topics include corporate valuation, cash flow forecasting, project evaluation, capital structure, dividend policy, capital acquisition, and mergers/acquisition.

FIN 41300 Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance

In the business world today, finance professionals are going to be given opportunities to analyze and model data. The objective of MGMT 41310 is to give students opportunities to work with financial data sets to ask and answer real questions that businesses have. In this course, students will use several data analysis software packages including R. Additionally, the course will include extensive application of Excel tools for Financial Modeling.

FIN 41310 Financial Data Analysis And Modeling

Financial Data Analysis And Modeling

This course includes descriptions of markets for start-up businesses, venture capital financial structures, valuation of start-ups, role of venture capital in economic development and business growth strategies.

FIN 41350 Venture Capital And Entrepreneurial Finance

Venture Capital And Entrepreneurial Finance

This course introduces students to how modern data science and machine learning tools are used in finance. We explore how these methods can help us understand markets, forecast returns, and improve investment decisions. The course is applied and emphasizes hands-on coding and empirical analysis rather than formal theorem-proof development. Students will gain practical experience with financial datasets and Python programming, learning to use algorithms responsibly and interpret their results in a financial context.

FIN 43800 Machine Learning In Finance

Machine Learning In Finance

Applied problem-solving course developing AI-augmented finance competency. Students tackle real corporate finance and investment challenges using current market data and AI tools. The DRIVER framework provides systematic methodology for AI collaboration while maintaining financial judgment. Three major projects build portfolio-ready applications across finance domains.

FIN 43900 AI Finance Applications

AI Finance Applications

Analysis of short-term working capital needs. Cash budgeting procedures, pro forma statements, major types of short-term loan arrangements, and short-term asset management. Prerequisite: MGMT 60000, Master's student standing or higher and Management and Computational Finance majors only.

FIN 61000 Financial Management

Credit Hours: 2.00 to 4.00 (West Lafayette, Calumet) 3.00 (North Central).  Long-term capital structure planning, capital budgeting, treatment of uncertainty in investment decisions, security underwriting, dividend policies, and mergers.

FIN 61100 Advanced Corporate Finance

Advanced Corporate Finance

This is the first in a sequence of four PhD level finance courses that cover theoretical and empirical research in capital markets. Offered in alternate years.

FIN 61601 Seminar In Capital Markets I

Seminar In Capital Markets I

This is the second in a sequence of four PhD level finance courses that cover theoretical and empirical research in capital markets. Offered in alternate years.

FIN 61602 Seminar In Capital Markets II

Seminar In Capital Markets II

Rigorous and applied coverage of the pricing and hedging of options and futures contracts with applications.

FIN 64100 Options And Futures

Options And Futures

Methods of analysis of common stocks and bonds for individual and institutional portfolios. Review of the empirical evidence of security market efficiency, and implications of that evidence for various methods of security analysis. Team projects to analyze the economy, the particular industry or sector, and selected firms within the industry or sector, and to make specific buy-hold-sell recommendations for the stocks and bonds of those firms.

FIN 64200 Portfolio Management

Portfolio Management

Examines the process of corporate value creation through financial policy choices. The sequence of topics roughly parallels the life cycle of a typical corporation. Begins by studying the financing of entrepreneurial companies. Then studies the investment banking and capital acquisition process employed for public securities issues. Also examines capital acquisition and reorganization decisions, such as the use of hybrid securities like convertible debt and PIPEs, project financing bankruptcy reorganizations, and equity structurings.

FIN 64400 Venture Capital And Investment Banking

Venture Capital And Investment Banking

Focuses on firms' internal governance structures and on pressure from the external market for corporate control, including executive compensation, board of directors' composition, shareholder activism, mergers, and takeovers.

FIN 64500 Mergers, Acquisitions, And Corporate Control

Mergers, Acquisitions, And Corporate Control

This advanced course develops AI leaders capable of driving financial innovation at enterprise scale. Building on the DRIVER methodology from the foundational course, students progress from operating individual AI systems to leading organization-wide AI initiatives that create competitive advantage. The curriculum combines strategic system design, organizational leadership, and financial expertise. Students learn to orchestrate multiple AI technologies, manage cross-functional teams, and deliver measurable business value through well-governed AI deployments.

FIN 67110 AI Finance: Mastering AI For Finance

AI Finance: Mastering AI For Finance

Graduate-level variable-title course focusing on specialized or emerging finance topics. Emphasis is placed on advanced financial analysis, strategic decision-making, and application of finance concepts in professional and global contexts. Permission of instructor required.

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