Master Syllabus: FIN 44371

TROYUNIVERSITY
MASTERSYLLABUS
SORRELLCOLLEGE OF BUSINESS

FIN 4437
Financial Institutions

TROY UNIVERSITY SCOB MISSION STATEMENT

The Sorrell College of Business (SCOB) prepares a diverse student body, drawn primarily from Alabama and surrounding states, to become successful, ethical and engaged business professionals with the knowledge to compete in the global business environment.

To achieve this our faculty, staff, and administration will:

Provide quality undergraduate and graduate education in global business through high-quality teaching;

Serve the university and engage with business and professional communities in our primary service area through individual involvement and our centers for research and outreach;

Grow and enhance the longstanding “culture of caring” for our traditional, nontraditional, military, and international students; and

Contribute to the creation of knowledge, with a focus on the scholarship of application and integration, and teaching and learning, complemented by basic and discovery scholarship in select disciplines.

TROY UNIVERSITY SCOB VISION STATEMENT

The Sorrell College of Business strives to be a renowned teaching-focused business college graduating GEEKS ready to succeed in business and life.

Prerequisites

FIN 3331.

Description

A comprehensive study of financial markets, institutions, instruments, etc. Prerequisite: FIN 3331.

This course has an assessment.

Financial Fundamentals Test

The Financial Fundamental Test has a 10% weight of the final course grade.

Objectives

On completion of the course, the student should be able to:

  1. Define and explain basic concepts, principles, terminology, and techniques for financial markets, institutions, and instruments.
  2. List, define, and explain financial markets, institutions, and instruments.
  3. Explain how financial markets, institutions, and instruments constitute the financial environment in which the business firm, versus the investor, versus the government operates.
  4. Calculate the value and yield of common financial securities, including common stock, preferred stock, bonds, options, rights, warrants, convertibles, and futures.
  5. Explain how financial markets, institutions, and instruments interact to determine interest rates.
  6. Explain how financial markets, institutions, and instruments operate in the international financial environment.

Purpose

To provide an understanding of the concepts, principles, and analytical techniques appropriate to the finance field of financial markets, institutions, and instruments.BABA/BSBA Finance major requirement.

Required Activity

This course must contain a student engagement activity with the community that relates to course content. The activity may include guest speakers, site visits, projects for the community/industry, etc…

Approved Texts

Burton, M., Nesiba, R. F., Lombra, R. (2003or current). An introduction to financial markets and institutions(1st ed.). Mason, OH: Thomson/South-Western.

Fabozzi, F. J., & Modigliani, F. G. (2003or current). Capital markets: Institutions and instruments(3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Fabozzi, F. J., Modigliani, F. G., Jones, F. J., Ferri, M. G. (2002or current). Foundations of financial markets and institutions (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Kidwell, D. S., Blackwell, D. W., Whidbee, D. A., & Peterson, R. L. (2008). Financial Institutions, Markets, and Money (10th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Miller, R. L. & VanHoose, D.D.(2004or current). Money, banking, and financial markets(2nd ed.). Mason, OH: Thomson/South-Western.

Mishkin, F. S., & Eakins, S. G. (2003or current). Financial markets and institutions(4th ed.). Addison-Wesley.

Supplements

As deemed appropriate.

Troy University Faculty Handbook(2016): Section 3.9.2.8 [extract] — essential elements of the syllabus (somewhat modified for space):

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