College of Business

General principles of applied econometric research are emphasized, including model building, data analysis, hypothesis testing, and evaluation and interpretation of results. A variety of estimators are applied to real data, including least squares, panel data, simultaneous equations, discrete choice, and limited dependent variable models.

Investigates the five major financial markets: common stock, bond, derivatives, mortgage, and currency. The course examines the agents in each of these markets, the rules of trading, and the rationale of the agents participating in the different markets. Recommended: (BA 340 or FIN 340 or FIN 340H) with a minimum grade of C-

Advanced integrative case-based course on the process of systematically developing and managing firm strategies. Topics are covered from a general management perspective and include setting corporate goals and objectives, analyzing external competitive environments, understanding business models, identifying strategy options, and designing appropriate organization systems and structure for implementation of plans. International and e-business issues are integrated throughout. Recommended: All foundation courses Available via Ecampus

Familiarize students with the major activities involved in collecting and managing data for a data analytics project, including extracting information from relational databases, mapping organizational requirements into a data design, transforming data into information, and exploring basic concepts underlying noSQL data management and analysis methods. Prerequisite: BA 573 with C or better or BANA 560 with C or better Equivalent to: BA 574

Examines how data/text analysis technologies can be used to improve decision making. Covers the fundamental principles and techniques of data mining, text analysis, and uses real-world examples and cases to place data-mining techniques in context. Provides hands-on experience with data/text mining software. Prerequisite: (BA 574 with C or better or BANA 570 with C or better) and (BA 575 [C] or BANA 571 [C]) Equivalent to: BA 576

An introduction to the construction, revision, and performance evaluation of financial asset portfolios. Prerequisite: FIN 542 with C or better Available via Ecampus

The second course in the Corporate Finance sequence. Examines corporate payout policies and capital structure choices, choices in debt financing, financial planning and working capital management, and valuation of projects using a real-options approach. Prerequisite: BA 540 with B- or better

Graphical, parametric and nonparametric methods for comparing two samples; one-way and two-way analysis of variance; simple linear regression. Recommended: ST 351