Finance (FIN) - For a syllabus or more detailed course information, please contact the department at 610-758-3440.

Course Listings

  Course#        Course Title (Credit Hours)              CRN      Day/Time               Location   Session    Instructor

Course Descriptions

95. Personal Finance: Survey of the basic concepts of personal finance including financial planning, budgeting, cash and credit management, purchasing and financing automobiles and homes, healthcare planning, life insurance, investing in stocks, bonds, mutual funds and real estate, and retirement planning. Offered on-line summers only. Not available for major credit. *Online section requires use of Blackboard and a High Speed Connection.

125. Introduction to Finance:   An introductory finance course stressing the links between corporate finance and investments. Major topic areas will include financial statement analysis , time value of money, risk and return valuation of stocks and bonds, capital budgeting, and cost of capital. Prerequisites: ECO 129, ECO 145, MATH 21, ACCT 151. Online section requires use of Blackboard, High Speed Connection, and Elluminate Sessions.

273. Financial Internship I: Based on a student's work experience, a sponsoring faculty member shall direct readings, projects, and other assignments--including a "capstone report." It should be noted that the work experience (at least 80 hours), by itself, is not the basis for academic credit. The faculty directed activity must be provided concurrent with the work. Course registration and related arrangements must be made in advance of the work engagement. This course must be taken Pass/Fail and cannot be used to satisfy finance major requirements. Prerequisites : ECO 129, ECO 145, MATH 51, ACCT 151, declaration of a finance major, and department approval.

323. Investments: The nature of risk and the form of returns to financial assets. Investor objectives, attitudes, and constraints are considered within the risk-return matrix as the basis for investment decisions. Problems of timing, market characteristics, and portfolio management. Prerequisite: FIN 225

328. Corporate Financial Policy: Advanced corporate finance; capital budgeting, working capital management, leasing, mergers, and financing. Case studies and/or complex problems. Prerequisite: FIN 225

335. Adv. Topics: Financial Management:  Advanced topics relating to specific areas of corporate finance such as: bond refunding, asset valuation and capital budgeting including the role of uncertainty, imprecise forecasts, risk preferences, inflation, market conditions, and the global marketplace; working capital management, leasing, mergers, and financing. The course content may vary between instructors and over time, therefore, the course descriptor is subject to change each time the course is offered. May be repeated. Prerequisite: FIN 323 and FIN 328.

336. Real Estate Finance: An advanced survey of modern residential and commercial real estate financing techniques from the perspective of the borrower and the lender. Topics include: the principles of financing decisions; financing methods and techniques, institutional sources of funds for real estate, and real estate financing decision-making. The course includes lectures, demonstrations, spreadsheet software exercises, and guest speakers. Prerequisite: FIN 323 and FIN 328.

373. Finance Internship II: Based on a student's work experience, a sponsoring faculty member shall direct readings, projects, and other assignments--including a "capstone report." It should be noted that the work experience (at least 80 hours), by itself, is not the basis for academic credit. The faculty directed activity must be provided concurrent with the work. Course content and work experience should have added rigor from Finance Internship I due to the satisfactory completion of the finance core (FIN 323 and FIN 328). Course registration and related arrangements must be made in advance of the work engagement. This course must be taken Pass/Fail and cannot be used to satisfy finance major requirements. Prerequisites: FIN 323, FIN 328, declaration of a finance major, and department approval.

*Blackboard is the online course management system used at Lehigh.  Access to Blackboard requires a Lehigh computing account.

*Elluminate is a web-based conferencing tool that allows professors to hold live sessions with the class.  Students must have speakers and a microphone or a headset to participate.