FIN 320FUpper division3 credit hours
FIN 320F Foundations of Finance
Since 2011, FIN 320F has averaged 3.14 with 26% A’s. In Spring 2026 it averaged 3.29, below the 3.42 average for undergraduate FIN classes that term.
Registration detailsBefore you register
Listed for Spring 2027 · UT’s published schedule
Catalog prerequisites mention ACC 310F, ACC 311, and ACC 311H and other courses.
UT prerequisites and restrictions
- Prerequisites
- Forty-five semester hours of college coursework and one of the following: Accounting 310F; Accounting 311 or 311H, and Accounting 312 or 312H; 6 semester hours of accounting coursework.
- Who can take it
- Restricted to non-McCombs School of Business majors.
- Catalog edition
- 2026–27
- Class hours a week
- 3
- Grading
- Letter grade or pass/fail, your choice
- Repeat for credit
- No
Grade distribution
Spring 2026: 711 letter grades, 3.29 average GPA, 27% A’s, 6 sections
Bars show the selected term. Short lines show all terms combined.
Grade counts
| Grade | Students | Share | All terms |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 194 | 27.3% | 26.0% |
| A− | 120 | 16.9% | 19.2% |
| B+ | 138 | 19.4% | 15.0% |
| B | 128 | 18.0% | 12.6% |
| B− | 72 | 10.1% | 7.9% |
| C+ | 23 | 3.2% | 5.0% |
| C | 10 | 1.4% | 4.7% |
| C− | 4 | 0.6% | 2.9% |
| D+ | 5 | 0.7% | 2.1% |
| D | 1 | 0.1% | 1.6% |
| D− | 1 | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| F | 15 | 2.1% | 2.0% |
| Q, W, CR, and others | 64 | Not in the average | |
How have grades changed?
UT’s grade reports show 46 terms from Summer 2011 to Summer 2026 (15 falls, 15 springs, and 16 summers).
Grades by term
| Term | Sections | Letter grades | Average GPA | A’s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer 2026 | 1 | 86 | 3.29 | 16.3% |
| Spring 2026 | 6 | 711 | 3.29 | 27.3% |
| Fall 2025 | 5 | 593 | 3.41 | 25.5% |
| Summer 2025 | 2 | 107 | 3.45 | 29.0% |
| Spring 2025 | 5 | 631 | 3.45 | 26.8% |
| Fall 2024 | 5 | 589 | 3.47 | 28.9% |
| Summer 2024 | 2 | 87 | 3.40 | 28.7% |
| Spring 2024 | 5 | 624 | 3.38 | 26.6% |
| Fall 2023 | 5 | 541 | 3.30 | 23.8% |
| Summer 2023 | 1 | 72 | 3.26 | 26.4% |
| Spring 2023 | 5 | 593 | 3.30 | 19.9% |
| Fall 2022 | 5 | 524 | 3.30 | 24.2% |
| Summer 2022 | 1 | 69 | 3.32 | 24.6% |
| Spring 2022 | 5 | 635 | 3.35 | 25.8% |
| Fall 2021 | 5 | 591 | 3.30 | 27.4% |
| Summer 2021 | 1 | 89 | 3.55 | 32.6% |
| Spring 2021 | 5 | 629 | 3.52 | 29.4% |
| Fall 2020 | 5 | 555 | 3.28 | 23.8% |
| Summer 2020 | 1 | 190 | 3.40 | 31.6% |
| Spring 2020 | 3 | 818 | 3.65 | 50.4% |
| Fall 2019 | 3 | 805 | 3.04 | 27.1% |
| Summer 2019 | 1 | 108 | 3.30 | 29.6% |
| Spring 2019 | 3 | 792 | 3.03 | 24.5% |
| Fall 2018 | 3 | 865 | 3.08 | 23.7% |
| Summer 2018 | 1 | 104 | 3.35 | 30.8% |
| Spring 2018 | 3 | 970 | 3.12 | 23.9% |
| Fall 2017 | 3 | 875 | 3.00 | 18.7% |
| Summer 2017 | 1 | 184 | 3.14 | 13.6% |
| Spring 2017 | 4 | 1,103 | 3.18 | 34.5% |
| Fall 2016 | 4 | 1,129 | 3.11 | 24.9% |
| Summer 2016 | 1 | 226 | 3.50 | 24.8% |
| Spring 2016 | 3 | 989 | 3.20 | 37.0% |
| Fall 2015 | 3 | 963 | 3.14 | 31.0% |
| Summer 2015 | 1 | 179 | 3.58 | 55.9% |
| Spring 2015 | 4 | 890 | 3.05 | 27.8% |
| Fall 2014 | 4 | 754 | 2.94 | 26.0% |
| Summer 2014 | 1 | 106 | 2.98 | 26.4% |
| Spring 2014 | 3 | 685 | 2.77 | 18.8% |
| Fall 2013 | 3 | 810 | 2.59 | 13.0% |
| Summer 2013 | 1 | 119 | 3.09 | 23.5% |
| Spring 2013 | 3 | 668 | 2.69 | 15.4% |
| Fall 2012 | 2 | 601 | 2.67 | 16.5% |
| Summer 2012 | 1 | 99 | 2.82 | 31.3% |
| Spring 2012 | 2 | 618 | 2.71 | 18.4% |
| Fall 2011 | 3 | 557 | 2.70 | 13.3% |
| Summer 2011 | 1 | 85 | 2.98 | 32.9% |
What’s FIN 320F about?
Principles of effective financial management, including planning, organization, and control; financial intermediaries; securities markets; evaluating alternative assets, debt, and capital structures. Only one of the following may be counted: Finance 320F, 357, 357H. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Prepare for class
- Financial planning
- Capital markets
- Debt and equity
- Asset valuation
Review · Review percentage returns and how a dollar today compares with a dollar next year.
Self-check · At a 5% annual discount rate, what is $105 payable one year from now worth today?
Show the answer
$100. Divide $105 by 1.05.
Instructors and course documents
Open a term for section numbers and syllabi.
Spring 2019 · Robert Duvic · 1 section
- Section 03255 · Syllabus
Fall 2018 · Robert Duvic · 1 section
- Section 03285 · Syllabus
Spring 2018 · Robert Duvic · 1 section
- Section 02790 · Syllabus
Earlier terms and instructors (28)
Fall 2017 · Heidi Toprac · 3 sections
Fall 2017 · Robert Duvic · 1 section
- Section 03600 · Syllabus
Summer 2017 · Robert Duvic · 1 section
- Section 71340 · Syllabus
Summer 2016 · Robert Duvic · 1 section
- Section 71445 · Syllabus
Spring 2016 · Robert Duvic · 1 section
- Section 03320 · Syllabus
Fall 2015 · Robert Duvic · 1 section
- Section 03670 · Syllabus
Summer 2015 · Robert Duvic · 1 section
- Section 71780 · Syllabus
Spring 2015 · Heidi Toprac · 3 sections
Spring 2015 · Robert Duvic · 1 section
- Section 03125 · Syllabus
Fall 2014 · Heidi Toprac · 3 sections
Fall 2014 · Robert Duvic · 1 section
- Section 03552 · Syllabus
Summer 2014 · Heidi Toprac · 1 section
- Section 71680 · Syllabus
Spring 2014 · Heidi Toprac · 3 sections
Fall 2013 · Heidi Toprac · 3 sections
Summer 2013 · Heidi Toprac · 1 section
- Section 71835 · Syllabus
Spring 2013 · Heidi Toprac · 3 sections
Summer 2012 · Glenn Tanner · 1 section
- Section 71700 · Syllabus
Fall 2011 · Heidi Toprac · 3 sections
Spring 2011 · Heidi Toprac · 3 sections
Instructor evaluations
UT posts its course evaluation results as one public list per term. Open a term and look for FIN 320F in it: Spring 2026 · Fall 2025 · Summer 2025 · Spring 2025.
UT’s CES ratings search · Results before Fall 2022 · Syllabi and evaluations for FIN 320F
The guide links UT’s own results and copies no numbers.
What comes before and after?
Courses named by UT
This class
Leads to
See the registration information above.
You can get credit for only one of these
Sources
The Spring 2027 listing comes from UT’s printed schedule, checked November 9, 2026.
Class details come from UT’s Finance catalog page, 2026–27 edition, checked October 27, 2026. Match requirements to your own catalog and degree plan.
Grades come from UT’s grade dashboard, updated October 27, 2026. UT leaves out some small classes to protect students’ privacy.
Each letter grade counts once. A− has its own bar. Subject averages cover the same subject, level, and term, including this class. How the averages are calculated.
Instructors and syllabus links come from UT’s public syllabus index, checked October 27, 2026.