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William Stevenson

William Stevenson

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Accounting and Finance

Bio

Graduated from CSUSB and entered a 2-year training program with First Interstate Bank.  Spent my career in banking primarily as a manager in commercial loans and retired in 2018.  I have been an Adjunct Professor of Finance since 2014 and have taught courses at CSUSB, UCR, Whittier College, Shenandoah University, and University of La Verne.

Volunteer positions:

Chair of the Board – CSUSB Philanthropic Foundation

Past President, Alumni Association – California State University San Bernardino

Investment Committee – CSUSB Philanthropic Foundation

Board Member – University Enterprise Corporation

Board Member – President’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Board – CSUSB

Education

B.A. CSUSB 1984

M.B.A. Finance ULV 2011

Courses/Teaching

FIN 3001          Finance I

First of a two-course sequence of introduction to modern financial theory. Topics include the role of finance in the management, the analysis of financial statements, long-term financial planning and growth, the time value of the money, the valuation of bonds and stocks, and capital budgeting techniques applied to relevant cash flows. 

FIN 3002          Finance II

Second of a two-course sequence of introduction to modern financial theory (continuation of FIN 3001). Topics include efficient market hypothesis, risk and return measures, the security market line, the cost of capital, capital structure, short-term finance and planning, dividend policy, credit/liquidity management, and basic concepts of options, mergers and careers in finance.

FIN 1001          Financial Choices in Life

An introduction to how financial choices affect lifestyle decisions, economic stress, and well-being.  Topics include how students deal with credit cards, student loans, leasing vs. buying cars, insurance, employee benefits, housing, investments, and retirement decisions.

FIN 6020          Financial Theory and Corporate Finance

Modern finance theory and analysis of financial decision making. Topics include agency theory, time value of the money, risk and return, capital asset pricing model, capital market efficiency, bond and stock valuation, financial planning, cost of capital, capital budgeting, short-term financial management, capital structure, hybrid securities. Case studies are introduced.

FIN 6510          Financial Institutions and Markets

Analysis of financial institutions and markets. Term structure of interest rates, portfolio theory and flow-fund analysis, deposit-type intermediaries, insurance, pension funds and investment companies, Federal Reserve System, and market regulation and policies.

ADMN 4900    Administration Capstone

This capstone course integrates knowledge from all administration disciplines (such as accounting, entrepreneurship, finance, human resources, information and decision sciences, management, marketing, public administration, and supply chain management). Students will apply this knowledge to work in teams to complete a project in administration.