FINA 2201 — Financial Management
4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureusually offered: fall, spring, summerBostonOakland, CAOnlineOnlineTraditional
Designed to develop the financial skills and logical thought processes necessary to understand and discuss financial policy decisions in a global economy. Specific objectives include developing an understanding of the time value of money; using financial statements in decision making; and understanding the nature of financial markets, the cost of capital, valuation of stocks and bonds, management of short-term assets, short-term and long-term financing, capital markets, and multinational financial management. Addresses the impact of legal, social, technological, and ethical considerations on efficient economic outcomes. Requires a financial calculator and provides an opportunity to develop computer spreadsheet skills.
Prerequisites
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer B 2023 | 2 | 48 | 80 | 60% | 16.0 |
| Fall 2023 | 13 | 705 | 739 | 95% | 2.6 |
| Spring 2024 | 16 | 742 | 738 | 101% | 0.0 |
| Summer A 2024 | 6 | 267 | 305 | 88% | 6.3 |
| Summer B 2024 | 3 | 108 | 140 | 77% | 10.7 |
| Fall 2024 | 15 | 850 | 861 | 99% | 0.7 |
| Spring 2025 | 22 | 895 | 967 | 93% | 3.3 |
| Summer A 2025 | 7 | 278 | 360 | 77% | 11.7 |
| Summer B 2025 | 4 | 174 | 190 | 92% | 4.0 |
| Fall 2025 | 17 | 950 | 958 | 99% | 0.5 |
| Spring 2026 | 21 | 1027 | 1034 | 99% | 0.3 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 43% · T 43% · W 43% · Th 37% · F 28%
Common patterns: MWR (32% of sections), TF (25% of sections), async (15% of sections), T (12% of sections), MTWR (5% of sections), M (4% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Saptarshi Mukherjee (14% of students) · reviews
- Sunayan Acharya (14% of students) · reviews
- Jianqiu Bai (14% of students) · reviews
- Rajesh Aggarwal (9% of students) · reviews
Spring
- Tiantian Gu (16% of students) · reviews
- Jianqiu Bai (15% of students) · reviews
- Brian Wolfe (8% of students) · reviews
- Ali Sharifkhani (7% of students) · reviews
Summer A
- Anand Venkateswaran (34% of students) · reviews
- Jianqiu Bai (22% of students) · reviews
- Mengchao Ai (18% of students) · reviews
- Sunayan Acharya (11% of students) · reviews
Summer B
- Wan-Jiun Chiou (50% of students) · reviews
- Jianqiu Bai (32% of students) · reviews
- Ali Sharifkhani (12% of students) · reviews
- Fan Li (7% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Unlocks
BUSN 3501, CIVE 4767, CIVE 4768, FINA 2730, FINA 3301, FINA 3303, FINA 3305, FINA 3401, FINA 3414, FINA 4310, FINA 4320, FINA 4410, FINA 4412, FINA 4602, FINA 4610
Courses that list FINA 2201 in their prerequisites.
Links
Official catalog (FINA course descriptions) · Student reviews on RateMyHusky · All FINA courses · Plan it at numap.app