Improves ability to make effective financial plans and decisions. Involves development of decision tools that are applied to “real world” financial data sets and planning/decision-making circumstances. Topics include applied data management techniques (designing queries/storable forms), financial statement analysis, numeric optimization tools, leverage assessment, incorporating risk in decisions, capital budgeting and time value of money, term structure of interest rates, and currency exchange.
Undergraduate Credit: 2 hours
Graduate Credit: 2 hours
Prerequisite: One of ACE 240, ACE 345, FIN 221 or FIN 232; or consent of instructor and knowledge of spreadsheet software equivalent to the coverage of ACE 360.
Course Department: Agr & Consumer Economics
Updated: March 28, 2026