Master of Science in Global Finance

This course provides the students with an opportunity to review accounting cases and to
conduct research. This course will expose the students to advanced accounting topics such
as consolidation of financial statements and the Equity Method of Accounting for investments
in other companies. The cases presented in the course will assist the student in building strong critical thinking skills and sound theoretical knowledge. An emphasis is placed on advanced accounting theory and the preparation of consolidated financial statements (Prerequisites: This course is designed to be taken during the final semester of the program) (Offered in Spanish for online programs).

The course is designed to improve students’ understanding of financial accounting, geared
towards the principal consumers of corporate financial information: such as: internal
management, investment professionals, the analyst community, creditors, revenue collectors, and governmental regulatory agencies. The course provides tools in understanding how financial records are structured and elaborates upon financial accounting concepts and principles that are integral to transactions centered upon operating, financing, and investing functions, as well as the rise of international equity markets and the use of the International
Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) (Prerequisite: FIN 510) (Offered in Spanish for online programs).

A course which presents economic analysis tools that can be used by managers to make
increasingly difficult and complex business decisions and managerial decisions. Concepts
discussed include forecasting, regression modeling, forecasting, cost analysis, and elasticity.
Case studies are used to reinforce principles discussed in class. Also presented are game
theory, international topics and e-commerce issues (Offered in Spanish for online programs).

A managerial perspective on the field of finance, including asset valuation, risk management and optimization. This includes management of day to day operations of a business and keeping within a budget by valuing projects and firms, risk and return, capital budgeting and structure, valuing stocks, long-term financing, working capital management, debt and taxes.
The course also covers key concepts related to financial modeling, international corporate
finances and international flow of capital for purposes of investment and trade (Offered in
Spanish for online programs).

Financial markets are an essential component in the proper functioning of a market economy.
This course studies and explores the principles governing financial markets and institutions;
98 such as the function, pricing, and institutional structure of financial markets. The concept of the course is for the student to understand the dynamics between the instruments used in developing these financial structures and the institutions operating in today’s financial markets.
In addition, the course covers the banking industry, the Federal Reserve, and the behavior of financial intermediaries. The course focuses in understanding the relationships between the
World Bank, The International Monetary Fund, the various Central Banks, and the Multilateral
Development Banks (Offered in Spanish for online programs).

This course discusses important concepts relevant to U.S. companies operating overseas,
analyzes the latest developments in the world of finance as well as their implications for business strategies. The scope and content of international finance have evolved due to cycles
of deregulation and regulation of financial markets, product innovations, and technological advancements. The course includes an overview of the foundation of international financial management, the fundamentals of the foreign exchange market, exchange rate determination, currency derivatives and foreign exchange exposure. Important issues chief financial officers of multinational companies face are also discussed, such as: the world of financial markets and institutions, and the financial management multinational firms, including the trends in cross-border investments, as well as mergers and acquisitions.

Portfolio Management is the decision making process implemented in investment strategy and day to day management of trading portfolios. The portfolio manager is responsible for domestic and/or international investment mix and policy, matching investments to objectives, asset allocation for individuals and institutions, and examining risk against performance, requiring the balancing of debt vs. equity, growth vs. safety, domestic vs. international, and other tradeoffs while optimizing return on investment. This course provides a study of securities and markets; analysis of several categories of corporate securities, public securities, and other investments; types of risks and taxes that effect investment policy, timing, selection, and investment values from an organizational and planning perspective (Offered in Spanish for
online programs).

A course which presents finance and economic analysis tools that can be used by managers to make complex business decisions related to capital investment and capital allocation in a
corporate context. Capital budgeting decisions and valuations require professionals to understand divisional differences and complications created by currency, tax and country risk. (Prerequisites: ACC 521, ECN 512 and FIN 510).

This course provides students a comprehensive understanding of important concepts, which
form the basis of many effective global financial strategies that facilitates the flow of international capital for purposes of investments and trade. Complex business strategies are often supported with the application of accounting and financial models—central to financial techniques and analysis; all of which are intrinsic to the planning, organizing, controlling and coordinating functions of management. The timeliness, qualitative attributes, and precision of financial data are the underpinnings of excellence in any performance-driven management enterprise. With an immersive approach, this capstone course is centered on corporate finance and metric-driven financial strategies, vital to the construction and interpretation of financial results and the development of a thorough evaluation and analysis of the financial condition of a business. The final assessment in this course will be through a written presentation of the evaluation and analysis of a current global or international financial issue.
(Prerequisites: This course is designed to be taken during the final semester of the program).

Strategic Management of Organizational Behavior is designed to form managers that will
understand both group and individual performance activity within an organization, domestic or global, and enhance organizational cultures to create positive job structure, performance, communication, motivation, and leadership. The manager, through work done by others, allocates resources, directs activities of others, and makes decisions to attain organizational goals. This course provides an advanced examination of organizational behavior with an emphasis placed on employee training and retention issues. A case study approach is used as part of this study of advanced management techniques (Offered in Spanish for online programs).

A study of the field of operations in the service industry and in manufacturing, this course
introduces concepts, techniques and administration in a domestic and global environment needed to increase efficiencies in the conversion of materials and labor into goods and services for maximizing profit. The operations manager plans, organizes, coordinates and controls the resources used to produce goods and services, and directs the associated supply chains and logistics. Topics discussed also include product design and manufacturing, service design, capacity and location decision making (Offered in Spanish for online programs).