Course Description
Theory and practical application of capital budgeting, cost of capital and capital structure analysis, working capital management, and financial analysis and planning. Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in ACC 201 or ACC 218; ECO 250; and a grade of C or better in FIN 315
Syllabus
Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:
Students successfully completing this course will be able to:
Demonstrate an advanced understanding of time value of money.
Demonstrate an understanding of financial accounting as it applies to the creation of financial statements.
Discuss both the importance and process of working capital management.
Create forward-looking financial statements and use them to both analyze the impact of changes in operations and estimate future external financing needs.
Create cash budgets and use them to predict periodic shortfalls in cash.
Make capital budgeting decisions based on calculations of the cost of capital and estimates of the initial investment and all future cash flows generated by the project.
Contribute toward the Bryan School’s commitment to information technology by using Excel-based assignments.
Course Grading Information:
Activity/Performance Measure | Percentage/Points |
|---|---|
Chapter Review Questions | 15% |
Homework Problems | 15% |
AI Assignment | 10% |
Midterm and Comprehensive Exams | 60% |
Grading Scale
Percentage | Letter Grade |
|---|---|
92% and above | A |
90 – 91.99% | A- |
88 – 89.99% | B+ |
82 -87.99% | B |
80 – 81.99% | B- |
78 – 79.99% | C+ |
72 – 77.99% | C |
70 – 71.99% | C- |
68 – 69.99% | D+ |
62 - 67.99% | D |
60 – 61.99% | D- |
< 60% | F |
Attendance/Participation:
Attendance/participation is not a graded component included in the student's final grade for this course.
Course Materials Purchased by the Students:
Douglas R. Emery, John D. Finnerty, and John D. Stowe. Corporate Financial Management, 5th Edition. Morristown NJ: Wohl Publishing, 2018. (9781935938545).
This course engages diverse scholarly perspectives to develop critical thinking, analysis, and debate, and inclusion of a reading does not imply endorsement.
Scholarly Perspectives
This course engages diverse scholarly perspectives to develop critical thinking, analysis, and debate and inclusion of a reading does not imply endorsement.