FIN 357 - Financial Markets and Institutions

The operation and behavior of capital markets and financial intermediaries as sources of investment capital to the business firm. Liability management and investment portfolio behavior of financial market participants. Flow of funds through money and capital markets, and investment characteristics of securities traded. Term structure of yields, yield differentials and the valuation of debt and equity securities. (Revised Description )

Credit 3 hrs May not be repeated for additional credit
Grade Mode Normal (A-F) Course Rotation Fall (evening), Winter and Summer I (day)

Prerequisite(s) FIN 350  (a minimum grade of “C” in FIN 350 , effective Winter 2018)
Major Restriction(s) ACC-Major , AIS-Major , ACAC-150 , AIAC-150 , ACTX-150 , ECBB-Major , CIS-Major , ENTR-Major , ENTR-Minor , FIN-Major , FIN-Minor , GBUS-Major , GBUS-Minor , IBAC , IBAI , IBCI , IBEC , IBEN , IBFI , IBGB , IBMG , IBMK , IBSC , MGMT-Major , MKTG-Major , SCMG-Major , or CNST-Major  
Class-Level Restriction Junior, Senior, or Second Bachelors standing

Updates Change to prerequisite and description 8/2017, effective Winter 2018; Change to major restriction 8/2016, effective Winter 2017

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