FINA 6205 — Financial Strategy

3 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: fall, springtypical days: WBostonOnlineHybridOnline

Develops financial, analytical, and communication skills necessary to develop and implement a financial strategy consistent with firm value creation in a dynamic environment. Stresses the impact of ethical and legal considerations, global markets, and technological innovation on efficient economic outcomes. Emphasizes written and oral communication skills. Upon completion of this course, students should be able to identify and analyze a firm’s strategic opportunities and propose a suitable financial strategy that is consistent with firm value creation.

Prerequisites

one of:
- FINA 6200 (min C-)
- FINA 6201 (min C-)
- FINA 6208 (min C-)
- FINA 6331 (min C-)
- all of:
  - FINA 6318 (min C-)
  - FINA 6320 (min C-) (may be taken concurrently)

Offering history

Term	Sections	Enrolled	Capacity	Full	Open seats/section
Fall 2023	2	37	55	67%	9.0
Spring 2024	1	29	35	83%	6.0
Fall 2024	1	35	35	100%	0.0
Spring 2025	1	35	35	100%	0.0
Fall 2025	1	18	35	51%	17.0
Spring 2026	1	33	35	94%	2.0

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 0% · T 0% · W 81% · Th 16% · F 0%

Common patterns: W (81% of sections), R (16% of sections), async (3% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

Fall

Anand Venkateswaran (73% of students) · reviews
Joseph Henry (20% of students) · reviews
Mark Gooley (7% of students) · reviews

Spring

Mark Gooley (100% of students) · reviews

Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.

Links

Official catalog (FINA course descriptions) · Student reviews on RateMyHusky · All FINA courses · Plan it at numap.app

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