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Agribusiness Finance


Course Description

Examines how consumers and firms make financial decisions and how those decisions shape market outcomes. Emphasizes optimization, strategic interaction, and the role of capital markets in allocating resources and generating economic efficiency under both competitive and imperfect market conditions.


Athena Title

Agribusiness Finance


Prerequisite

(AAEC 2580 or AAEC 2580E or ECON 2106 or ECON 2106E or ECON 2106H) and (ACCT 1160 or ACCT 1160E or ACCT 2101 or ACCT 2101E or ACCT 2101H) and (STAT 2000 or STAT 2000E or STAT 2100H)


Semester Course Offered

Offered fall and spring


Grading System

A - F (Traditional)


Student learning Outcomes

  • Students will use basic financial terms, analyze and evaluate a firm's financial performance through financial statement and ratio analysis, and explain how financial markets operate.
  • Students will measure and analyze risk and apply and evaluate time value of money concepts to value financial assets, determine yields, and assess capital budgeting outcomes.
  • Students will apply and interpret financial analysis techniques using spreadsheets to support financial decision-making.

Topical Outline

  • Introduction and Class Procedures
  • Overview of Managerial Finance
  • Firm's Financial Environment
  • Financial Statements and Cash Flow Analysis
  • Financial Ratios
  • Time Value of Money
  • Risk and Return
  • Asset Valuation (Bonds and Stocks)
  • Capital Budgeting
  • Long-Term Financing

Syllabus


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