FIN 541 Corporate Finance (3 credits)

This course explores the creative decisions facing financial managers in the modern corporate environment. Deals with the role financial decisions play in optimizing industry performance. Topics include making strategic acquisition, structuring of financial contracts, evaluation of merger candidates, leveraged buyouts, competitive bidding, corporate restructuring and other methods of shareholder value enhancement. Also discusses issues related to corporate capital structure, dividend policy and leasing.
(Prerequisite: MBA 511)

FIN 542 Investment & Portfolio Management (3 credits)
Investment in financial assets (securities) is the focus of this course. Investment decisions require thorough Analysis of risk and return. An understanding of the tradeoff between risk and return is at the heart of investment decision-making process. Topics that will be covered in this course include bond valuation, equity valuation, portfolio diversification, market efficiency and its implications, and capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM).
(Prerequisite: MBA 511)

FIN 543 Financial Analysis and Control (3 credits)
It covers financial analysis and control, ratio analysis, fund flow analysis, management of current and fixed assets, accounts receivables and inventory management, short term, intermediate-term and long-term financing, dividend policy and port-folio management  It also includes, working capital management, financial statement analysis, time value of money, security valuation, survey of security markets, capital budgeting, and  capital structure.
(Prerequisite: MBA 511)

FIN 544 Management of Financial Institutions (3 credits)
The course introduces the students to the theory and practice of financial institutions management for the perspective of risk management.  The areas covered in the course include financial intermediation and financial intermediaries, risk of financial intermediation, interest rate risk, market risk, credit risk, foreign exchange risk, liquidity risk, liability management, capital adequacy, hedging with financial derivatives, and asset securitization.
(Prerequisite: MBA 511)

FIN 545 Options, Future & Other Derivatives (3 credits)
The course focuses on derivative securities, such as, options futures and swaps. Topics included in this course are: an introduction to various types of derivative securities, an understanding of the markets in which derivative securities are traded, different pricing models of options and futures, and the use derivative securities in managing portfolio risk.
(Prerequisite: MBA 511)

FIN 546 International Financial Management (3 credits)
This course is designed to acquaint students with tools and techniques used to manage the finance function of a multinational Corporation (MNC). Topics included in this course are: financial environment in which an MNC operates, exchange rate determination, measurement and management of various exchange rate exposure, international capital budgeting, management of short-term assets and liabilities of an MNC.
(Prerequisite: MBA 511)

FIN 547 Corporate Governance (3 credits)
The Meaning of Corporate Governance: Definitions and importance of corporate governance, reputation, competition and corporate governance, corporate ethics, corporate governance and corporate responsibility, consequences of inadequate governance, globalization and corporate governance;  financial intermediaries: commercial banks, merchant banks, mutual funds, insurance companies; different models of regulation; ownership and control; CEO compensation and managerial incentives; allocation of rights and responsibilities: shareholder involvement in management, balance of power between management and owners; The board: function, composition of board, the functions of the director, board committees, criteria for making a good board and a good board member; lessons from recent US corporate governance; Failures: what went wrong and what went right? Legislative action by the US Congress, the importance of internal controls, Implementing good corporate governance: good corporate governance rules,, including internal controls, tailoring rules to the local conditions, the minimum rules, nature of rules, use of technology.
(Prerequisite: MBA 511)

FIN 548: Real Estate Finance (3 Credits)
The course introduces basic elements of real estate Finance. It begins with a comprehensive introduction of mortgage from the perspective of capital market investors. The mortgage basics are then used in investment analysis of income producing properties. The public debt and equity are introduced in the third part of this course. Objectives of this course are to give students an adequate understanding of real estate finance as it is practiced today and to help them learn how to conceptualize issues to prepare them for the unforeseen challenges of tomorrow. It will also help them to gain necessary skills for careers in real estate finance.
(Prerequisite: MBA511)

FIN549: Islamic Banking and Finance (3 Credits)
The course aims to introduce students to a discussion of the main principles of Islamic banking and finance and to analyses of the relationship between Islamic banks and conventional banks and non-financial corporations.  One objective is to understand the principles and practice of modes of Islamic finance for industry and commerce and explore their implications on investment and funding corporations and projects. Another objective is to enable students to evaluate the current practices of Islamic banks, their merits and limitations. The course will also emphasize on understanding the main principles of Islamic banking and finance; explaining the rationale for the prohibition of riba and its consequences for savings and investment; considering the nature and scope of Islamic finance and its relationship with conventional finance; understanding the long-term and short-term modes of Islamic finance for industry and commerce; exploring the range of Islamic financial instruments available for investors and corporations; evaluating the current practices of Islamic banks and their relationship with non-financial corporations and assessing the merits and weaknesses of Islamic finance.
(Prerequisite: MBA511)

FIN550: Climate Finance (3 Credits)
Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable developing countries to climate change.
Various projects initiated to mitigate and adapt to this change failed to provide noteworthy results. Unsuccessful track record of climate finance projects are adding fuel to mistrust of the investors leading to diversion of fund to neighboring countries. Lack of institutional and human resource capacity is cited as one of the main reasons for this failure. In order to ensure sustainability of climate finance projects we need trained business leaders in managing these projects by instilling business case. On this background, this course aims to fill up the gap currently existing in managing climate change projects. In doing so, this course will focus in the main areas of the debate by concentrating on political, institutional and finance perspective of climate finance. More specific topics that will be covered are: introduction to climate change, theoretical aspects, risk of climate change, perspective for climate finance, financing solutions to climate change, sources and uses of climate finance, market and instruments, appraising investments, modeling techniques for managing uncertainty, sensitivity analysis, decision making under uncertainty.

(Prerequisite: MBA511)
FIN551: Behavioral Finance (3 Credits)
Behavioral finance examines how individual financial decision making and behavior affect outcomes in financial markets. This course begins with a review of the foundations of efficient markets, and then draws comparisons between the efficient (‘economically rational’) market and the less understood but possibly more realistic behavioral (‘partially rational’ or ‘irrational’) understanding of markets. The philosophy of this course is that both viewpoints have advantages and each adds something new to our understanding of investor behavior, both at the level of individual traders and at the level of the market interpreted as a mechanism for aggregating opinion and attitudes to risk.
(Prerequisite: MBA511)

FIN552: Working Capital Management (3 Credits)
A course emphasizing the management of current assets and current liabilities, it covers planning a firm’s overall level of liquidity, stressing cash management and credit policies. Also discussed are selected topics such as bank relations, factoring, and secured inventory financing. The course will emphasize in evaluating comparative working capital management policies and their impact on the firm’s profitability, liquidity, risk and operating flexibility. The course also focuses on evaluating the importance of effective working capital management and its role in meeting the firm’s strategic objectives and its impact in value creation. Besides, it will investigate funds flow cycles and their impact on working capital management objectives; plan analytical skills, tools and techniques to enhance the decision-making process; compare and contrast the relative merits of alternative working capital policies and the likely short-term and long-term impact on the firm and formulate appropriate working capital management policies to achieve corporate objectives.
(Prerequisite: MBA511)

FIN553: Data Analytics (3 Credits)
This course will introduce the basic concepts of data science from finance point of view. Gradually the course will walk through the students about how to analyze financial data and make them useful in decision making process. In doing so, the course will equip students with various data mining techniques such as data cleaning and preparation, tracking patterns, classification, association, outlier detection, clustering, regression, prediction etc.
(Prerequisite: MBA511)

FIN554: Financial Modeling (3 Credits)
This course is designed to make informed business and financial decisions. This major course will introduce spreadsheet models, modeling techniques, and common applications for investment analysis, company valuation, forecasting, and more. The course includes the construction of an integrated set of simplified financial statements and subsequent investment appraisal. Students will learn key tools of Excel that are useful for business analysis and how to construct a reliable financial model. Quantitative models will be implemented in spreadsheets to identify the best opportunities for success and minimizing risk.
(Prerequisite: MBA511)