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Faculty

Office: Sellinger Hall, Room 318
Telephone: 410‑617‑2818
Website: www.loyola.edu/sellinger-business/academics/departments/finance

Chair: Lisa Fairchild, Professor

Professors: Tuugi Chuluun; Frank P. D’Souza; Lisa M. Fairchild; Harold D. Fletcher (emeritus); Karyl B. Leggio; Walter J. Reinhart (emeritus); Yoon Shin; Thomas Ulrich (emeritus)
Assistant Professor: Samuel Adams
Executive in Residence: Linda Barlett; Auburn Bell; Jason Cherubini; Scott Emge
Affiliate Faculty:  Michael Betley; Jeffrey Schollaert; Carlyle A. Schrouter; Douglas J. Young
 

The Department of Finance in the Sellinger School of Business and Management provides students with a strong foundation in financial analysis, financial markets, and financial decision-making. Finance plays a central role in organizations across all industries by supporting investment decisions, capital allocation, and the management of financial resources and risk.

The department’s programs share a common foundation in financial principles while allowing students to develop expertise in a specific area of the finance profession. The Finance major emphasizes corporate finance, investments, and financial markets. The Financial Risk Management and Insurance major focuses on identifying, measuring, and managing financial and insurable risks. The Real Estate major prepares students to analyze, finance, and manage real estate investments and development projects.

The department emphasizes experiential learning and engagement with the finance profession. Loyola’s finance curriculum is affiliated with the CFA Institute through the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) University Affiliation Program, and students have opportunities to apply financial theory through experiential courses and activities such as managing a portion of the university’s endowment through the Sellinger Applied Portfolio Fund.

Graduates of the department’s programs pursue careers across the financial services industry, including roles in investment management, corporate finance, financial risk management, insurance, real estate investment and development, consulting, and financial advisory services.

Competency Goals

The finance major provides a rigorous finance education that prepares graduates to be contributing members to the finance profession and life-long learners. To meet these objectives, students graduating from the finance program should possess the following knowledge and skills.

• Competency Goal 1 – Analytical Problem Solving - Students will be able to analyze financial problems, evaluate relevant information, and recommend solutions using appropriate financial tools and technologies.
• Competency Goal 2 – Financial Concepts and Valuation - Students will be able to apply core financial concepts and tools, including financial statement analysis, capital budgeting, and asset and firm valuation.
• Competency Goal 3 – Financial Communication - Students will be able to communicate financial information clearly and effectively using appropriate finance terminology in written and oral formats.

Programs

• Business Administration, Finance Concentration, BBA
• Finance, BS
• Financial Risk Management and Insurance, BS
• Real Estate, BS

• Finance Minor

Courses

• FI 210  -  Personal Financial Management
• FI 225  -  Real Estate
• FI 230  -  Financial Management
• FI 300  -  Fundamentals of Financial Risk Management
• FI 305  -  Fundamentals of Insurance
• FI 315 - International Travel Course: Comparative Business
• FI 322 - Investments
• FI 325  -  Real Estate and Finance Investment
• FI 330  -  Junior Analyst Class
• FI 335  -  Real Estate Law and Regulation
• FI 340  -  Global Financial Management
• FI 350  -  Financial Modeling
• FI 380  -  Fixed Income Securities: Valuation and Markets
• FI 426 - Special Topics in Finance
• FI 430  -  Financial Services Firms and Their Environments
• FI 431  -  Derivative Securities and Markets
• FI 433 - Portfolio Management
• FI 434 - Student Managed Sellinger Applied Portfolio Fund
• FI 440 - Financial Analysis and Valuation
• FI 441 - Advanced Corporate Finance
• FI 498  -  Intensive Internship Experience
• FI 499  -  Finance Internship

• FRI 300  -  Fundamentals of Financial Risk Management
• FRI 305  -  Fundamentals of Insurance
• FRI 350  -  Climate Risk Management and Insurance
• FRI 410  -  Quantitative Financial Risk Management
• FRI 426  -  Special Topics in Financial Risk Management and Insurance
• FRI 450  -  Practical Applications of Financial Risk Management and Insurance
• FRI 499  -  Financial Risk Management and Insurance Internship

• IS 370  -  Quantitative Risk Modeling

• REE 225  -  Real Estate
• REE 235  -  Construction Management
• REE 315  -  Land and Adaptive Reuse Real Estate
• REE 325  -  Real Estate Finance and Investment
• REE 335  -  Real Estate Law and Regulation
• REE 345  -  Construction Estimating and Bidding
• REE 355  -  Construction Scheduling
• REE 365  -  Accessible Housing Environment
• REE 375  -  Entrepreneurial Real Estate
• REE 425  -  Special Topics in Real Estate
• REE 435  -  Real Estate Technology
• REE 445  -  Real Estate Modeling and Valuation
• REE 455  -  Real Estate Capstone
• REE 465  -  Construction Project Management
• REE 485  -  Global Real Estate
• REE 495  -  Real Estate Internship
• REE 499  -  Real Estate Internship

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