Financial Management

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• State the major stakeholders in the modern corporation, describe how the interests of the stockholders in a firm may be in conflict with other stakeholders, and the role of ethics
• Understand the economic context and environment where decisions are made by business leadership and management
• Further students understand and the interpretation of financial statements
• Solve time value of money problems (TVM) and be ready to apply TVM techniques in the work environment including to bond and stock valuation
• Identify the risk and return characteristics of financial securities, compare these characteristics and perform data analysis and interpretation
• Recognize financial options and apply option principles to other firm settings
• Apply risk and return estimation methodologies, including to the valuation of equity and debt claims and the firm’s cost of capital
• Identify relevant incremental cash flows, and apply capital budgeting techniques to these cash flows
• Contrast working capital policies in terms of risk and profitability
• Evaluate financing alternatives and the financial structure of the firm

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Exam #1	30%
Final Exam	30%
Homework	10%
Participation	10%
Case Analysis (4)	20%

Course grades are determined as follows:

Percentage	Letter Grade
92 or Higher	A
90 – 91.9	A-
88 – 89.9	B+
82 – 87.9	B
80 – 81.9	B-
78 – 79.9	C+
72 – 77.9	C
70 – 71.9	C-
68 – 69.9	D+
62 – 67.9	D
60 – 61.9	D-
Below 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:

• Corporate Finance, Ross, Westerfield, Jaffee, and Jordan, McGraw Hill, 13th edition, 2022 – with Connect Access, ISBN - 9781264112135.
• Cases from Darden Publishing - Cases can be obtained directly from Darden Publishing. If you have an account with Darden Business Publishing, click on https://store.darden.virginia.edu/mba-707-01--fall-2026 to purchase the materials.