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USC Catalogue 2018-2019 [ARCHIVED CATALOGUE]

Courses of Instruction

The terms indicated are expected but are not guaranteed. For the courses offered during any given term, consult the Schedule of Classes.
 

Design
  

  • DES 203 Digital Tools for Design

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Exploration of the processes of germination, ideation and application/execution in design integrated with computer usage.
    Corequisite: DES 202 
    Duplicates Credit in former FADN 203
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • DES 213 Digital Tools in 3D Design

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    3D digital modeling, rendering, digital capture and production methods for product, package and environmental design.
    Prerequisite: FADN 102  or DES 102 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • DES 230 3D Design: Materials and Tools

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Introduction to the study of 3-D Design. Includes a wide investigation of materials, tools, and techniques specific to dimensional design as they apply to package, product, and environmental design.
    Prerequisite: ACAD 176  or DES 102  or FADN 102 
    Duplicates Credit in former FADN 230
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as ACAD 230
  

  • DES 302 Design III

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Advanced exploration of typography and image-text integration, including collaborative projects, pre-press and proofing techniques, narrative concepts and information architecture.
    Prerequisite: DES 202  or FADN 202 
    Duplicates Credit in former FADN 302
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • DES 303 Web Design

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    A workshop-based course that focuses on software applications in design and web design.
    Prerequisite: ACAD 177  or DES 203  or FADN 203 
    Duplicates Credit in former FADN 303
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as ACAD 303
  

  • DES 313 Graphic Design in Fashion

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    An intensive studio and lecture course focusing on the applications of graphic design in fashion and related fields.
    Prerequisite: DES 102  or FADN 102 
    Recommended Preparation: DES 203 
    Duplicates Credit in former FADN 313
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • DES 322 Publication Design

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Application of layout, typography, design principles and image making in the design and production of books, magazines, zines and digital books.
    Prerequisite: (DES 202  or FADN 202 ) and (DES 203  or FADN 203 )
    Recommended Preparation: DES 332a 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • DES 323g Design Theory

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    A comprehensive study of visual communication focusing on graphic design from 1900 to the present. An introduction to design thinking, language and principles including political and cultural implications.
    Satisfies New General Education in Category A: The Arts
    Duplicates Credit in former FADN 323
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as ACAD 323
  

  • DES 330 3D Design: Objects and Space

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    A continuation of FADN 230  to produce finished models and prototypes of package, product and environmentally-based designs in actual and virtual space.
    Prerequisite: DES 230  or FADN 230 
    Duplicates Credit in former FADN 330
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as ACAD 330
  

  • DES 332a Typography

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    The study of visual communication through the use of letterforms from historical tradition to contemporary experimental rebellion.
    Duplicates Credit in former FADN 332a
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as ACAD 332a
  

  • DES 332b Typography

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Continuation of DES 332a .
    Prerequisite: DES 332a  or FADN 332a 
    Duplicates Credit in former FADN 332b
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as ACAD 332b
  

  • DES 333 New York Design Study Tour

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Historical and contemporary aspects of the New York design world, including a one-week trip to New York City to visit design firms, studios and museums. Airfare and accommodations extra. By application only.
    Duplicates Credit in former FADN 333
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • DES 402 Advanced Design Projects

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 12
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Advanced information design within a flexible curriculum. Emphasis on team-oriented projects.
    Prerequisite: DES 302  or FADN 302 
    Duplicates Credit in former FADN 402
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • DES 413 Professional Practice in Design

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    A summation of one’s practice, with a focus on transitioning to a career as a professional designer.
    Prerequisite: DES 402  or FADN 402 
    Registration Restriction: Open only to Seniors in the Roski School of Art and Design
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • DES 418 Independent Studies in Design

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
    Max Units: 12
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Independent research of specific topics under the direction of a faculty member. Administrative and faculty approval required.
    Recommended Preparation: appropriate 300-level course work
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • DES 419 Professional Internship in the Arts

    Units: 2
    Max Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    (Enroll in ART 419 )
  

  • DES 432 Special Projects in Design

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Students work on projects for outside clients, and receive instruction in professional practices, advanced design techniques, and sophisticated technology. By invitation or portfolio review only. Only open to upper division students.
    Prerequisite: DES 302  or FADN 302 
    Duplicates Credit in former FADN 432
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • DES 433 International Design Study Tour

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    An immersive experience in the design culture of a global city or region that includes a short (two-week or less) international trip.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • DES 494a Senior Thesis

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Research and writing of a senior-level thesis or thesis project under the supervision of a faculty committee.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to senior Design majors
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In Progress/Letter

  

  • DES 494b Senior Thesis

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Research and writing of a senior-level thesis or thesis project under the supervision of a faculty committee.
    Prerequisite: DES-494a
    Registration Restriction: Open only to senior Design majors
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In Progress/Letter

  

  • DES 499 Special Topics

    Units: 2, 3, 4
    Max Units: 8
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Selected topics of current interest.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • DES 503 Contemporary Issues in Design

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    An analytic seminar of topics, ideas and concepts in the contemporary design world.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • DES 513 Visiting Designers Forum

    Units: 2
    Max Units: 04
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Professional practice of design featuring formal presentations by visiting designers.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • DES 514 Designers in Residence Forum

    Units: 2
    Max Units: 04
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Seminar in the professional practice of design featuring formal presentations and mentoring opportunities by designers in residence.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • DES 520 Individual Studies

    Units: 2
    Max Units: 08
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Investigation of creative problems through various design media.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • DES 523 Design Theory

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    A critical examination of issues, theories, movements and practices that are relevant to the contemporary professional designer.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • DES 530 Design Studio Co-Lab

    Units: 2
    Max Units: 06
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    A critical examination of contextual issues, theories, movements and ideas that are relevant to the contemporary design practice in collaboration with a professional client.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • DES 540 Design Pedagogy

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    A critical examination and application of the issues, theories, and ideas that support the studio practice and teaching of contemporary design.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • DES 543 Design Study Tour

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Historical and contemporary aspects of urban design with visits to design firms, studios and museums in selected cities across the United States. Airfare and accommodations extra.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • DES 550 Advancement

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sm
    A preparatory workshop to prepare students advancing to candidacy.
    Recommended Preparation: Completion of 24 units of course work
    Registration Restriction: Open only to master students in the USC Roski School of Art and Design
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • DES 590 Directed Research

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
    Max Units: 12
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Research leading to the master’s degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to master students in the USC Roski School of Art and Design
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • DES 591 Field Internship Experience

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Supervised internship in a design firm, or with an independent designer, on projects and research specific to design practice.
    Recommended Preparation: Completion of first year of courses
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • DES 594a Master’s Thesis

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of thesis.
    Recommended Preparation: 30 units of course work
    Registration Restriction: Open only to master students in the USC Roski School of Art and Design
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • DES 594b Master’s Thesis

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Master’s thesis
    Prerequisite: DES 594a 
    Recommended Preparation: 30 units of coursework
    Registration Restriction: Open only to master students in the USC Roski School of Art and Design
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • DES 594z Master’s thesis

    Units: 0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit upon acceptance of master’s thesis.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to master students
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • DES 599 Special Topics

    Units: 2, 3, 4
    Max Units: 08
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Selected topics in the various specialty areas within design at the graduate level. Topic will vary from semester to semester.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter


Finance and Business Economics
  

  • FBE 206 The Power of Personal Finance

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Develop knowledge and skills in areas of money management, budgeting, financial goal attainment, insurance, credit cards, and investments.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 299 Special Topics

    Units: 2, 4
    Max Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Introduction to current developments in finance and business economics.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 324 The Financial System

    Units: 4
    Financial intermediaries in the flow of funds; aggregate financial asset analysis; money markets and interest rates; government debt and its economic effects.
    Prerequisite: BUAD 350  or BUAD 351 ; or ECON 203  and ECON 205 ; or ECON 351  and ECON 352 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 391 Real Estate Finance and Investment

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Introduction to income-producing real estate from the perspective of finance, market analysis, capital markets, development and investment. Includes focus on analytical techniques and computer applications.
    Prerequisite: BUAD 215  or BUAD 306 .
    Duplicates Credit in former FBE 365.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 400x Introduction to Real Estate Finance and Development

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Case analysis examining economic and financial aspects of real estate decisions for non-business majors. Focuses on dynamics of financing, markets and the development process.
    Duplicates Credit in former FBE 200x.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 402 Government and Business

    Units: 4
    American mixed capitalism, welfare, market failure, and the role of government in business; regulation and the public utilities, antitrust policy, and current topics in regulation-deregulation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 403 Introduction to the Legal Environment of Business

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Legal principles of business: litigation process, constitutional law, torts, product liability, crimes, contracts, sales and leases, intellectual property, international law, agency, employment law, and ethics.
    Duplicates Credit in the former BUAD 403.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 416 Managerial Economics

    Units: 4
    Application of microeconomic theory to problems of the firm, quantification of demand and cost relationships; pricing policies.
    Prerequisite: BUAD 311 ; and BUAD 351  or ECON 203  or ECON 351 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 421 Financial Analysis and Valuation

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    This course develops and uses tools of financial analysis to evaluate the performance and assess the value of individual companies in an industry context.
    Prerequisite: BUAD 215  or BUAD 306 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 423 Introduction to Venture Capital and Private Equity

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Introduction to venture capital and private equity. Topics include fundraising, valuation of new firms and venture capital securities, and exiting investments through public offerings.
    Prerequisite: BUAD 215  or BUAD 306 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 427 Real Estate Law

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Principles of law regarding real property transactions; buyer-seller, debtor-creditor, landlord-tenant relationships; environmental law and land use control; investments and syndication.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 428 Principles of Employment Law

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Survey of current employment law topics including employment discrimination arising within modern workplaces. Legal and business strategies for managing diversity for organizational success.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 429 International Business Law

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Introductory course on the legal and regulatory environment of international business transactions.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 431 Financial Policies and Corporate Governance

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Presentation of the theory and institutional details of corporate finance, with emphasis on debt and dividend policies, governance/voting rights, and security issuance and retirement.
    Prerequisite: BUAD 215  or BUAD 306 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 432 Corporate Financial Strategy

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Linkage between financial theory and policy and corporate strategy, the role of financial managers in developing corporate strategy; applications of concepts and techniques using cases.
    Prerequisite: BUAD 215  or BUAD 306 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 433 Corporate Governance and CEO Pay

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Explores how value is created (or destroyed) through incentive compensation and corporate governance. Focus on bonuses, stock options, executive compensation, and financing policies.
    Prerequisite: BUAD 215  or BUAD 306 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 435 Applied Finance in Fixed Income Securities

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Emphasis on hedging tools necessary for portfolio managers. Introduction of all securities available in fixed income and provision of tools to analyze investments.
    Prerequisite: BUAD 215  or BUAD 306 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 436 Financial Management of Multinational Corporations

    Units: 4
    International scope and dimension of financial planning; working capital management; financing and investment decisions of multinational corporations.
    Prerequisite: BUAD 215  or BUAD 306 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 437 Entrepreneurial Finance: Financial Management for Developing Firms

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Internal financial management of developing firms. Cash flow analysis; capital budgeting; sources of financing; risk analysis; measurement of profits; and mergers and acquisitions.
    Prerequisite: BUAD 215  or BUAD 306 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 440 Trading and Exchanges

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Theories, practices, and technologies of trading at exchanges and in dealer networks. Sources of liquidity, volatility, profitability, and institutional change. Domestic and international public policy issues.
    Prerequisite: BUAD 215  or BUAD 306 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 441 Investments

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Theories and applications of investment decision-making; the behavior of security prices, portfolio theory, asset pricing models, market efficiency, bond valuation and term structure, derivative securities.
    Prerequisite: BUAD 215  or BUAD 306 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 443 Introduction to Forecasting and Risk Analysis

    Units: 4
    Introduction to econometric tools and versions of Capital Asset Pricing Models to estimate financial risk, stock market risk premia and to project economic activity.
    Prerequisite: BUAD 215  or BUAD 306  and BUAD 310 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 453a Advanced Practicum in Investment Management

    Units: 4
    Application of investment management techniques in a laboratory setting. Stock selection, asset allocation, industry analysis, investment thesis research; off-site visits; oral and written presentations.
    Prerequisite: BUAD 215  or BUAD 306 .
    Corequisite: FBE 421  or FBE 441 . Open only to senior business majors.

     
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 453b Advanced Practicum in Investment Management

    Units: 4
    Application of advanced investment management techniques in a laboratory setting. Bond portfolio management, quantitative stock screens, derivatives trading, portfolio optimization. Off-site visits and presentations. Open only to senior business majors.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 458 Law, Finance and Ethics

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Law and ethics of agency, partnerships, corporations, limited liability companies, governmental regulation, mergers, creditor rights, secured transactions, bankruptcy, securities regulation, and antitrust.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 459 Financial Derivatives

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    A rigorous introduction to the pricing and corporate use of financial derivatives — futures, options, forwards, and swaps — on stocks, exchange rates, bonds, and commodities.
    Prerequisite: BUAD 215  or BUAD 306 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 460 Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructuring

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Practical understanding of the major strategic, economic, financial, human resources, and governance issues of mergers, acquisitions, and restructuring.
    Prerequisite: BUAD 215x or BUAD 306.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 462 International Trade, Finance and Commercial Policy

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Commercial policies, treaty relationships, examination of policies influencing world trade and finance, the international financial system, exchange rates.
    Prerequisite: ECON 203  and ECON 205 ; or ECON 351  and ECON 352 . Open only to sophomores, juniors and seniors.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 465 Real Estate Analysis and Computer Modeling

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Real estate valuation. Three approaches to valuation: Market comparison, income, and cost. Highest and best use analysis. State of the art real estate software.
    Prerequisite: FBE 391  or FBE 400  
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 466 Management of Real Estate Development: Feasibility Studies

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    By means of a significant real-world case study chosen each term, the development process is examined from the interrelated perspectives of finance, market analysis, and design and construction technology. Team-generated development proposals are proposed and presented in a consulting environment that includes industry participants.
    Prerequisite: FBE 391  and FBE 470  or FBE 400 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 470 Advanced Real Estate Analysis

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Mixed lecture/case approach covering market analysis, asset valuation, ownership structure, negotiation, asset management, corporate real estate, portfolio management, and affordable housing, appraisal and advanced financial modeling.
    Prerequisite: FBE 391 .
    Duplicates Credit in former FBE 465.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 489 Real Estate Capital Markets

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Topics in real estate capital markets including markets for debt and equity; residential and commercial mortgages and mortgage-backed securities; REITs; institutional sources of capital.
    Prerequisite: FBE 391  or FBE 400 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 491 Real Estate Finance Colloquium

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    The roles of economics and finance in real estate. Lessons from history, the origin of real estate bubbles, how real estate markets work.
    Prerequisite: FBE 391  or FBE 400  
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 495x Practicum in Business Issues (Internship)

    Units: 1
    Max Units: 12.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Combined classroom discussion and structured, supervised field application of business theories and practices within a part-time employment context. Open only to undergraduate students in Finance and Business Economics certificate.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to undergraduate students in Finance and Business Economics certificate.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • FBE 498x Business Field Project (Undergraduate)

    Units: 1, 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Individual or team projects studying the business practices, needs, and opportunities of an entity. May include international research and travel and oral and written presentations.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • FBE 499 Special Topics

    Units: 2, 3, 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Current developments in the field of finance and business economics; topics to be selected each semester.
    Prerequisite: BUAD 215  or BUAD 306 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 501 Investment Banking Fundamentals

    Units: 1.5
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    The role of an investment banking associate. Students will effectively function as a junior banker through a sell-side merger and acquisition (M & A) process.
    Registration Restriction: Online registration open only to graduate accounting and business students
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 506a Quantitative Methods in Finance

    Units: 1.5
    Terms Offered: Sm
    The development of single and bivariate mathematical and statistical methods used in modern finance and economics and applications of these methods. Duplicates credit in FBE 506.
    Registration Restriction: Open only MS in Finance students
    Duplicates Credit in former FBE 506
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 506b Quantitative Methods in Finance

    Units: 1.5
    Terms Offered: Fa
    The development of multivariate mathematical and statistical methods used in modern finance and economics and applications of these methods.
    Prerequisite: FBE 506a
    Registration Restriction: Open only to MS in Finance students
    Duplicates Credit in former FBE 506
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 515 Deals

    Units: 3, 4
    (Enroll in LAW 815 )
  

  • FBE 523 Venture Capital and Private Equity

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Advanced analysis of the economics of the private equity markets. Consider and value private securities in venture capital, initial public offerings, and leveraged buyouts.
    Prerequisite: GSBA 521b  or GSBA 548 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 524 Money and Capital Markets

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Review of financial institutions and markets, the determinants of interest rates, the impact of government regulation and policy on the financial system.
    Prerequisite: GSBA 521b or GSBA 548.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 525 Financial Institution Management, Strategy and Valuation

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Application of economic and financial analytic techniques to the managerial problems of financial institutions and implications for financial firm strategy and valuation.
    Prerequisite: GSBA 521b  or GSBA 548 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 526 Macroeconomic Analysis for Business

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    The economic environment of business: American economic and social goals and policies and their impact on business; growth, stability, and the new priorities; international forces influencing business.
    Registration Restriction: Online registration open only to graduate business and accounting students
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 527 Entrepreneurial Finance: Financial Management for Developing Firms

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Internal financial management of developing firms. Cash flow analysis; capital budgeting; sources of financing; risk analysis; measurement of profits; and mergers and acquisitions.
    Prerequisite: GSBA 521b  or GSBA 548 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 529 Financial Analysis and Valuation

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    An applications-oriented course to develop the financial and accounting tools required to do financial planning valuation and assessment of financial performance.
    Prerequisite: GSBA 521b  or GSBA 548 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 531 Corporate Financial Policy and Corporate Governance

    Units: 1.5, 3
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Advanced analysis of the determinants of corporate capital structure and payout policies, allocation and value of corporate control, and security issuance and retirement.
    Prerequisite: GSBA 521b  or GSBA 548 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 532 Corporate Financial Strategy

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Linkage between financial theory and policy and corporate strategy; the role of financial managers in developing corporate strategy; applications of concepts and techniques using cases.
    Prerequisite: GSBA 521b  or GSBA 548 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 533 CEO Pay, Corporate Governance, and the Politics of Finance

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Explores how value is created (or destroyed) in organizations, focusing on compensation and incentive systems and the causes and consequences of government (and populist) intervention.
    Prerequisite: GSBA 521b  or GSBA 548 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 535 Applied Finance in Fixed Income Securities

    Units: 1.5, 3
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    The basic principles underlying fixed income securities and how these principles apply to the practical aspects of fixed income management.
    Prerequisite: GSBA 521b   or GSBA 548 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 540 Hedge Funds

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Introduction to the investment strategies used by hedge funds, the quantitative tools and business plans used to implement them.
    Prerequisite: GSBA 521b  or GSBA 548 .
    Recommended Preparation: statistics and calculus.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 543 Forecasting and Risk Analysis

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSm
    Application of econometric tools and versions of capital asset pricing models to estimate financial risk and stock market risk premia for portfolio management.
    Prerequisite: FBE 506b  or GSBA 506b  or GSBA 524  or (GSBA 516  and GSBA 545 )
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 550 High Yield Bond Investing - Managing Credit Risk

    Units: 1.5
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Review the structure of the high yield bond market. Develop a practical approach to assess credit risk and understand how deals are structured and priced.
    Registration Restriction: Online registration open only to graduate accounting and business students
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 553a Applied Portfolio Management

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Application of portfolio management techniques in a laboratory setting. Stock selection, asset allocation, industry analysis, investment thesis research; off-site visits; oral and written presentations.
    Prerequisite: GSBA 521b  or GSBA 548 .
    Corequisite: FBE 555 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 553b Applied Portfolio Management

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Application of advanced portfolio management techniques in a laboratory setting. Bond portfolio management, quantitative stock screens, derivatives trading, portfolio optimization. Off-site visits and presentations.
    Prerequisite: FBE 553a 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 554 Trading and Exchanges

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Theories, practices, and technologies of trading at exchanges and in dealer networks. Sources of liquidity, volatility, profitability, and institutional change. Domestic and international public policy issues.
    Prerequisite: GSBA 521b  or GSBA 548 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 555 Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Analysis and management of common stocks and fixed income securities; development of modern portfolio theory and the efficient market hypothesis; organization of securities markets.
    Prerequisite: GSBA 521b  or GSBA 548 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 557 Business Law and Ethics

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Business law of traditional and e-contracts, UCC, crimes, torts, employment, ethics, social responsibility, intellectual property, digital law, e-commerce, accountants’ liability, property, estates, and government regulation.
    Registration Restriction: Online registration open only to graduate business and accounting students
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 558 Law for Structuring, Financing, and Managing Businesses

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Legal environment of agency law, general and limited partnerships, limited liability companies, corporate formation and financing, corporate governance, securities law, acquisitions, bankruptcy, and business ethics.
    Registration Restriction: Online registration open only to graduate accounting and business students
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 559 Management of Financial Risk

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Analysis of commodity, futures, and options contracts; theoretical and empirical approaches; spot and futures price relationships, speculation and hedging strategies; market efficiency.
    Prerequisite: GSBA 521b  or GSBA 548 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 560 Mergers and Acquisitions

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Practical application of the critical components of mergers and acquisitions: deal flow strategies, preliminary negotiations, deal structures, due diligence, valuation, post-merger integration, and regulations.
    Prerequisite: GSBA 521b  or GSBA 548 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 563 Theory of International Trade

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Comparative advantage and gains from trade; factor proportions and efficiency; factor price equalization; terms of trade; tariffs, customs, unions and trade agreements.
    Registration Restriction: Online registration open only to graduate accounting and business students
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 564 International Financial Management

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sm
    Financial management of the multinational firm; legal entities and taxation abroad; risk in foreign operations; strategies in foreign exchange, money and capital markets and institutions.
    Prerequisite: GSBA 521b  or GSBA 548 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • FBE 565 Economics of Urban Land Use: Feasibility Studies

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp

    Economic, market and financial analysis related to feasibility of real estate development; theory and case analysis.
    Prerequisite: GSBA 521b  or GSBA 548 .

     
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

 

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