Finance
Metropolitan College
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Financial Concepts
MET AD 632
Introduction to the concepts, methods, and problems of accounting and financial analysis. Includes accounting principles, measurement and disclosure issues, financial statement analysis, time value of money, cash flow projection and analysis, capital budgeting and project evaluation, bond and equity valuation, cost of capital and capital structure. Effective Fall 2021, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Quantitative Reasoning II, Critical Thinking. 4 cr.
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Financial Regulation and Ethics
MET AD 678
Thoroughly reviews the important topics of financial regulations, policies, and ethics. Provides an overview of the financial systems, their history, problems, and issues, for the purpose of understanding the enactment of regulations as a method to protect the financial systems and investors. Regulators and their authority are identified, both domestically and internationally. Ethics, an extremely important aspect of finance, is discussed and explored. Ethics is a difficult topic to define and can be impacted by social norms. During the ethics portion of the course, students study where ethics have failed and caused major issues for the financial marketplace and individual companies. 4 cr.
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Quantitative Methods for Finance
MET AD 685
Prereq: (MET ADR 100 Introduction to R). Finance is a highly competitive and dynamic industry that demands quantitative-oriented professionals. This course equips students with empirical techniques which are used in the analysis of financial markets, with a strong focus on financial applications using actual data. The goal of this course is to provide students with a number of econometric techniques which are used in the analysis of financial markets based on asset pricing and corporate finance models. In particular, the emphasis is on classical linear regression models, time series analysis, and limited dependent variable models applied to the following topics: predictability of asset returns; event study analysis; econometric tests of the CAPM and multifactor models; and volatility modeling. 4 cr.
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Financial Markets and Institutions
MET AD 712
Prereq: (MET AD 630 & MET AD 731). Investigates and analyzes organization, structure, and performance of US money and capital markets and institutions. Examines regulation of the financial industry and the role of financial instruments. 4 cr.
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Derivative Securities and Markets
MET AD 713
Undergraduate Prerequisites: MET AD 630, MET AD 731 - Prereq: (MET AD 630 & MET AD 731). Provides an overview of operation, mechanics, and structure of the derivative markets and covers in-depth quantitative valuation of derivative instruments, such as options, futures, and swaps. Involves risk analysis including risk arbitrage, and risk management. Emphasizes the theory and practice of derivatives-based trading strategies including hedging opportunities for risk mitigation. 4 cr.
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Mergers and Acquisitions
MET AD 714
Prereq: (MET AD 630 & MET AD 731). Examines the corporate valuation process by which takeovers and other corporate control transactions take place. Includes financial forecasting, based on expectation models, scenario analysis, and due diligence. Emphasizes the defensive measures by management against hostile bids, buyout transactions, the relation of takeovers to capital structure changes, and the insider trading in takeover contests. 4 cr.
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Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
MET AD 717
Undergraduate Prerequisites: MET AD 731 - Prereq: (MET AD 630 & MET AD 731). Develops a framework for understanding the various types of financial decision-making faced by financial managers and provides students with analytical tools for evaluating portfolio construction and management problems in a systematic manner. Includes analysis and determination of securities values. Problems of investment policy are approached through studies of portfolio selection methods and the valuation of special classes of securities. Offers quantitative strategies for portfolio diversification and risk management. 4 cr.
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Fixed Income Analysis
MET AD 719
Prereq: (MET AD 630 & MET AD 731). Covers the nature and analysis of fixed income securities and provides an in-depth examination of some of the particular features of some major classes of fixed income instruments, valuation, sensitivity to risks, and management of fixed income portfolios. 4 cr.
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Corporate Finance
MET AD 731
Undergraduate Prerequisites: MET AD 630 - Prereq: (MET AD 630). Emphasizes issues of accounting, finance, and economics that are important in most management contexts. Stresses understanding financial statements, planning and control, cost and benefit evaluation, cash flow analysis, and capital budgeting. 4 cr.
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Multinational Finance and Trade
MET AD 763
Graduate Prerequisites: (METAD731) - Prereq: (MET AD 630 & MET AD 731). Applies the concepts of corporate finance and risk mitigation to the problems of multinational financial management. Major topics include foreign exchange risk, and construction of hedging strategies using derivative instruments such as forwards, futures, and swaps to reduce multinational corporate risk. Addresses international financial flows and their impact on foreign exchange rates, capital flows, speculation, analysis of alternative foreign investments, analysis of sources and uses of corporate funds abroad, multinational tax and profit. 4 cr.
Questrom School of Business
Questrom School of Business-Undergraduate
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Measuring Financial Value
QST SM 132
Undergraduate Prerequisites: SM131 previous or concurrent. Open to non-Questrom students who have c ompleted a semester of FT work at BU. - Prereq: (QST SM 131), previous or concurrent. Open to non-Questrom students who have completed at least one semester of full-time coursework at BU. Open to visiting students during the summer. This course offers an overview of fundamental financial analyses, such as time value of money, interest rates, basic valuation of cash flow streams, and basic stock and bond valuation. The content is relevant to understand a broad class of problems and decisions for businesses or individuals. It offers applications across decision domains. The teaching materials include online problem solving and case writing. Students may not take both QST SM 132 and QST FE 101 for credit. 2 cr.
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Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
QST FE 445
Undergraduate Prerequisites: (QSTFE323) - Prereq: (QST FE 323). Required for Finance concentrators. Introduction to the investment management process. Defining investment objectives and constraints. Introduction to Modern Portfolio Theory, CAPM, APT, Efficient Markets, and stock and bond valuation models. Introduction to forwards and swaps and their applications within investment strategies. Active vs. passive investment strategies, fundamental vs. technical analysis, trading practices, and performance evaluation. Introduction to the role of futures and options in hedging and speculation. Students are expected to become familiar with current events in the financial news. 4 cr.
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Corporate Financial Management
QST FE 449
Undergraduate Prerequisites: (QSTFE323) - Prereq: (QST FE 323). Required for Finance concentrators. Covers the financial manager's role in obtaining and allocating funds. Includes topics such as cash budgeting, working capital analysis, dividend policy, capital investment analysis, and debt policy as well as their associated risks. Valuation of companies, mergers and acquisitions, and bankruptcy are also covered. The course requires using financial models and spreadsheets. Applications are made to current events and everyday business finance problems. 4 cr.
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Real Estate Finance
QST FE 469
Undergraduate Prerequisites: (QSTFE323) - Prereq: (QST FE 323). Provides an introduction to and an understanding of real estate finance. Draws together and considers major functional areas including structuring, ownership, finance, taxation, property valuation, and analysis. Students learn a framework for decision-making in the real estate investment and finance fields. Specifically designed to offer students interested in real estate careers a foundation upon which to build. 4 cr.
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Financial Management
QST FE 722
Graduate Prerequisites: QST MO712 or MO713, QST AC710 or AC711 (previous or concurrent) - Grad Prereq: (QST AC 710 or QST AC 711) and (QST MO 712 or QST MO 713), previous or concurrent. Financial Management examines three sets of problems: 1) saving and investment decisions by households, 2) investment and financing decisions by corporations, and 3) the role of securities markets and financial intermediaries in the economy. Decisions today affect the timing of and uncertainty about future flows of income; both timing and risk determine the current value of those future flows. This course develops the tools required to analyze these decisions and their interaction within the financial system. 3 cr.
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Corporate Financial Management
QST FE 820
Graduate Prerequisites: (QSTFE712 OR QSTFE722) - Grad Prereq: (QST FE 712 or QST FE 722). Provides an in-depth analysis of financial considerations relating to corporate growth. Addresses the setting of financial and corporate goals in terms of maximizing shareholder wealth and relationships among working capital, debt levels, capital costs, dividend policy, growth, and the value of the firm. Also considers the requisite financial analysis associated with mergers and acquisitions and bankruptcy. 3 cr.
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Investments
QST FE 823
Graduate Prerequisites: (QSTFE712 OR QSTFE722) - Grad Prereq: (QST FE 712 or QST FE 722). Introduction to the investment management process. Defining investment objectives and constraints. Introduction to Modern Portfolio Theory, CAPM, Fama-French factors, APT, efficient markets, stock, bond and option valuation models. Introduction to forwards and swaps and their applications within investment strategies. Active and passive investment strategies, fundamental analysis, trading practices, and performance evaluation. Introduction to the role of futures and options in hedging and speculation. Arbitrage and hedge fund strategies. Understanding the assumptions underlying the different approaches and their limitations. Topics related to current events and the recent financial crisis. 3 cr.