Course Description
The responsibilities, concerns, and methods of analysis employed by corporate financial managers, and the role of financial markets and institutions in the modern economy. Topics of study include capital structure, dividend policy, asset evaluation, capital budgeting, risk analysis, and portfolio theory.
Athena Title
Managerial Finance
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in EMBA 7200E
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
The course is designed to provide students with an introduction to the field of finance. Much of the course focuses on the responsibilities, concerns, and methods of analysis employed by corporate financial managers, as well as on the role of financial markets and institutions in the economy. The course includes the application of financial theory to contemporary examples to help students understand the many fundamental changes in financial markets in recent years. The course serves as a starting point for more detailed discussions of specialized areas in finance.
Topical Outline
1. Finance and Financial Systems 2. Time Value of Money 3. Valuation 4. Capital Budgeting 5. Security Valuation 6. Risk and Return 7. Capital Structure 8. Capital Budgeting in the Leveraged Firm 9. Options and Corporate Finance
Syllabus