| Course ID: | FINA 4200E. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Corporate Finance Theory |
Course
Description: | Development of a framework that is useful for understanding a broad range of important corporate financial decisions. Substantial emphasis will be placed on discussion of the determinants of corporate financing and payout policies, alternative methods of security issuance, and mergers and acquisitions. |
| Oasis Title: | Corporate Finance Theory |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in FINA 4200 |
| Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. |
| Prerequisite: | FINA 3000 or FINA 3000E or FINA 3000H |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | This course covers major topics in corporate finance, including capital budgeting, cost of capital, capital structure, dividend policy, valuation models, and other special topics. The course objective is to provide the student with a theoretical background and a framework for considering corporate finance problems and issues. |
| Topical Outline: | The Financial System
Time Value of Money and Life-Cycle Consumption Planning
Capital Budgeting, Cost of Capital, and Cash Flow Estimation
Valuation Models
Dividend Policy
Options and Contingent Claims
Capital Structure
Finance and Corporate Decisions |