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Course Online Syllabus

Fall 2011

Department FINCCourse Number6363 Section Number25017
Name of Course Financial Modeling
Name of Instructor Ning,Yixi

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 basic and advanced spreadsheet building skills.
  2. Apply spreadsheet skills to analyze financial statements, cash budget, financial ratio analysis, financial forecasting, break-even and leverage analysis issues.
  3. Calculate time value of money, rate, and uneven cash flow using the spreadsheet.
  4. Use spreadsheet skills to value stocks, bonds, portfolios, and cost of capital.
  5. Use spreadsheet skills to perform capital budgeting analysis.
  6. Perform sensitivity analysis, scenario analysis, and Monte Carlo simulation of capital budgeting results in spreadsheet.
  7. Understand Basic Visual Basic for Application (VBA) programming.

Major Assignments/Exams

CLASS PARTICIPATION 100
QUIZ AND HOMEWORK 200
INDIVIUAL MIDTERM PROJECT 200
TEAM FINAL PROJECT 200
FINAL EXAM 300

Required Reading

Mayes, T.R. and Shank, T.M., Financial Analysis with Microsoft Excel,5th (2009) ed., ISBN 1439040370.


Recommended Reading

No additional readings have been recommended for this course.


List of Discussion/Lecture Topics


Course topics have not been submitted.