Created a public, self-paced finance curriculum with 19 videos, notes, Excel workbooks, calculators, and quizzes with explanatory feedback. Integrated VB—Virtual Boone, a tutor grounded in the Boot Camp materials. Covers time value of money, bonds, financial statements, free cash flow, and NPV. Developed through the Montague–Center for Teaching Excellence Scholar Award.
Selected to design and launch the eight-week core finance course, combining financial valuation, live and asynchronous instruction, applied assignments, and interactive tools.
Evaluations average sections within each term; all are out of 5.0.
FINC 612: Corporate Finance | Full-Time MBA
Fall 2026: scheduled; Fall 2025: 4.7; Fall 2024: 4.7; Fall 2022: 4.9; Fall 2021: 4.6.
FINC 612: Corporate Finance | Anthony Bahr ’91 Engineering MBA
Fall 2026: scheduled; Fall 2025: 4.9.
FINC 612: Finance for the Professional | Flex-Online MBA
Spring 2027: scheduled; Spring 2026: 4.8; Spring 2025: 4.7.
FINC 381: Money & Capital Markets | BBA
Spring 2024: 4.7; Fall 2020: 4.8; Spring 2020: 4.8.
FINC 341: Business Finance | Online
Facilitator | Summer 2022.
FINC 409: Survey of Finance Principles | Online
Contributor | Spring 2020.
BUSI 408: Corporate Finance | BBA
Summer 2017: 4.9.
Montague–Center for Teaching Excellence Scholar | Texas A&M University | 2025–2026
Outstanding MBA Faculty Award | Mays Business School | 2023
Awarded by the MBA Class of 2024.
Mutual Funds, Effort, Performance, and Making Yourself Valuable
MBA 689: Special Topics | October 9, 2024
Finance and Artificial Intelligence
FINC 612 guest lecture | September 2024
Excerpts from anonymous course evaluations.
“I actually feel myself understanding how current events can impact markets and my decisions.”
“Professor Bowles truly cares about his students, and that goes a long way for our learning environment. It was especially cool when he posted videos to encourage everyone after a difficult midterm exam.”
“The instructor made the class interesting and really cares about the students doing well.”