Finance Department’s
X220 Presentation
Prof. Craig Holden (cholden@indiana.edu)
Chair, Finance Depart. Undergraduate Committee
Prof. Dan Greiner (dgreiner@indiana.edu)
Finance I-Core Instructor
Finance Department Web Site:
www.kelley.iu.edu/finance
Careers in Finance
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Major Areas:
1. Corporate Finance
2. Investments
3. Banking
4. International
Specialized Areas:
 Financial Consulting
 Investment Banking
 Real Estate
Major Areas:
(1.) Commercial Banking
Credit
 analyst
 loan officer
 Branch Manager
 Relationship Banking
 Capital Markets
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(2.) Corporate Finance
Line Position
 plant management/planning
 Staff Position
 corporate management/planning
 Treasury
 risk management
 capital acquisition
 mergers and acquisitions
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(3.) Investments
Sales
 Trading
 Research
 investment analysis
 product development
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(4.) International
Working outside of the U.S. or in the U.S.
arm of a multinational corporation
 International Financial Analysis
 International Investments
 International Banking
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Specialized Areas:
Financial Consulting
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Providing advising services
 business valuation
 litigation support
 capital acquisition
 restructuring
Employers
 Big-5 accounting firms
 Management consulting firms
Investment Banking
two-year analyst position
 very competitive (i.e., it takes a high GPA)
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Real Estate
Real estate development
 Corporate
 Sales
 Financial institutions
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Placement Information
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Finance students have
approximately 12
interviews each in the
BPO
Although most find
jobs through the BPO,
a significant number
find them through
networking.
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2000 graduates average
starting salary = $39,557
Survey suggests it grows
at 7%/year
 $48,000 after 3 years
 $55,000 after 5 years
Some very high salaries
The New “Finance Core”
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What: Effective Fall 2001, Finance Core =
 F303 Intermediate Investments
 F305 Intermediate Corporate Finance
 Linked together for non-honors students
 Honors students take F304 and F305
 On Finance Tract: number of electives 4  3
 On Real Estate Tract: A311 required  elective
 Prerequisites for all 400-level finance electives:
 (either F303 or F304) and F305
Why
Increase corporate finance content by
requiring a corporate finance course (F305)
 Increase spreadsheet modeling treatment in
both the investments course (F303) and the
corporate finance course (F305)
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Current Finance Major
New Finance Major
9
9
hours of accounting
3 hours of F303
12 hours of finance
electives (4 courses)
-----------------------------24 hours total
hours of accounting
6 hours of F303 / F305
9 hours of finance
electives (3 courses)
-----------------------------24 hours total
Finance Electives
1.
2.
Corporate Finance
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F307 - Working Capital Management
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F402 - Corporate Financial Strategy
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F408 – Real Options and Strategic Capital
Investment (new)
Investments
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F335 - Security Trading and Market Making
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F420 - Fixed Income and Equity Investing
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F421 - Derivative Securities and Corporate
Risk Management
Finance Electives
3.
4.
5.
6.
Commercial Banking
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G345 - Money, Banking, and Capital Markets
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F446 - Banking and Financial Intermediation
International
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F494 - International Finance
Entrepreneurial Elective
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F317 – Venture Capital and Entrepreneurial
Finance (new)
Real Estate Elective
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R305 – Introduction to Real Estate Analysis
(new)
Investment Banking Workshop
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Limited to 25 students admitted as Juniors
 Scholastic achievement
 Interest in industry and leadership potential
Speaker series
New York and Chicago trips
F428 - Industry background and financial
modeling
F429 - Project/deal development
Real Estate Track
Also 24 credit hours
 Take three specialized real estate courses
 Introduction to Real Estate Analysis
(R305)
 Real Estate Appraisals (R440)
 Real Estate Finance and Investment
Analysis (R443)
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Extracurricular activities
Finance Club
 Investment Banking Group
 www.indiana.edu/~finance/
 Stock Market Club
 www.indiana.edu/~stock/
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Panel Members
Betsy Bird – Motorola, Inc.
 Lisa Graf – Procter & Gamble
 Darcie Lehmann – Deloitte & Touche LLP
 Travis Perry – PPG Industries
 Ted Phillips – Arthur Anderson LLP
 Sean Triplett – General Electric Company
 Richard Vonderhaar – Goldman, Sachs & Co.
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