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Course Online Syllabus

Spring 2011

Department FINCCourse Number6352 Section Number23422
Name of Course Financial Management
Name of Instructor Garza-Gomez,Xavier

This information may not constitute all course policies; students are responsible for all course requirements established by their instructors during the semester and all institutional policies as established in the UHV student handbook.


Learning Objectives

As a result of this course, students will

  1. Comprehend the goal of the firm and the function of financial markets.
  2. Comprehend the trade-off between risk and return and apply valuation methods to stocks, bonds and preferred stocks.
  3. Analyze the basic methods used by firms to evaluate investment opportunities
  4. Comprehend various theories of capital structure.
  5. Comprehend the principles of dividend policy, working capital management
  6. Synthesize the analysis of cost of capital, capital structure, and capital budgeting analysis for a publicly-traded company.
  7. Use a spreadsheet to build financial models.

Major Assignments/Exams

Class Participation 5
Chapter Problems 13
Chapter Quizzes 14
Midterm Exam 20
Final Exam 20
Mini Projects 28

Required Reading

Brigham & Ehrhardt, Financial Management: Theory and Practice,13th ed., ISBN 9781439078099.


Recommended Reading

No additional readings have been recommended for this course.


List of Discussion/Lecture Topics


Course topics have not been submitted.