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Course Online Syllabus

Fall 2011

Department FINCCourse Number4369 Section Number25015
Name of Course Cases in Finance
Name of Instructor Al Nasser,Omar Maher

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. Apply the skills of critical thinking (knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation) to solve problems and to support statements of beliefs and opinions related to business finance.
  2. Apply the skills of critical thinking (knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation) to solve problems and to support statements of beliefs and opinions related to business finance.
  3. Link and synthesize information learned in this course to the greater body of knowledge related to business administration.
  4. Link and synthesize information learned in this course to the greater body of knowledge related to business administration.
  5. To develop skills in oral and written communication of ideas and decisions.
  6. To develop skills in oral and written communication of ideas and decisions.

Major Assignments/Exams

Attendance/Class Participation 10 points
DISCUSSION BOARD ACTIVITIES 20%
FIVE TEAM CASES 50%
Midterm Exam 20 points
Final Exam 20 points
FINAL EXAM 30%
Individual Projects 50 points

Required Reading

Timothy R. Mayes and Todd M. Shank, Financial Analysis with Microsoft Excel,5 ed., ISBN 1439040370.

Timothy R. Mayes and Todd M. Shank, Financial Analysis with Microsoft Excel,5th Edition ed., ISBN 1439040370.

Recommended Reading

Eugene F. Brigham; Phillip R. Daves, Intermediate Financial Management,10 ed.

List of Discussion/Lecture Topics

  • CH 1: Introduction to Excel 2007
  • CH 2: The Basic Financial Statements
  • Labor Day
  • CH 4: Financial Statement Analysis Tools
  • CH 7: Time Value of Money
  • CH 8: Common Stock Valuation
  • Review
  • Midterm Exam
  • CH 9: Bond Valuation
  • CH 10: Cost of Capital
  • CH 11: Capital Budgeting
  • CH 11: Capital Budgeting (Continued)
  • CH 12: Risk, Capital Budgeting
  • CH 12: Risk, Capital Budgeting (Continued)
  • Review
  • Final Exam