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Course Online Syllabus

Spring 2012

Department FINCCourse Number3304 Section Number23894
Name of Course Business Finance
Name of Instructor Du,Jianjun

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. Understand the basic principles that form the foundations of finance and the role of financial manager.
  2. Understand the working of financial markets and environments.
  3. Understand the time value of money and its application to bond and stock valuation.
  4. Understand the meaning of risk in various contexts and the relationship between risk and return.
  5. Understand the cost of capital and capital budgeting techniques
  6. Understand the concept of capital structure, dividend policy and working capital management.

Major Assignments/Exams

Chaper Quizzes 15%
Projects 20%
Online Class participation 10%
Exams 55%
Bonus project 2%

Required Reading

Stephen A. Ross, Randolph W. Westerfield, & Bradford D. Jordan, Essentials of Corporate Finance,7th ed., ISBN 9780077427689.

Recommended Reading

No additional readings have been recommended for this course.

List of Discussion/Lecture Topics

  • Distribute Syllabus and course schedule
  • Introduction to Financial Management
  • Financial Statements, Taxes, and Cash Flows; Working with Financial Statements
  • The Time Value of Money
  • Discounted Cash Flow Estimation
  • Interest rates and Bond Valuation
  • Equity Markets and Stock Valuation
  • Midterm Exam (Ch. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, & 7)
  • Net Present Value and Other Investment Criteria; Make Capital Investment Decisions
  • Risk and Return
  • Cost of Capital
  • Leverage and Capital Structure
  • Dividends and Dividend Policy
  • Working-Capital Management
  • Project
  • Final Exam (Chapters 8, 9, 11-14, 17)