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Course Online Syllabus

Fall 2011

Department FINCCourse Number6352 Section Number25066
Name of Course Financial Management
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.

The syllabus for this course has not been submitted.


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 and measure the effect of change in capital structure on stock price.
  5. Comprehend the principles of dividend policy, working capital management and mergers and acquisitions
  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 10%
Chapter Quizzes 15%
Midterm Exam 25%
Final Exam 25%
Term Project 25%

Required Reading

Eugene F. Brigham; Michael C. Ehrhardt, Financial Management: Theory & Practice,13th ed., ISBN 1439078092.

I strongly recommended that every business student should have a good quality financial calculator. The quizzes assignments and tests that require calculations will be much easier and less time consuming if you become proficient with a good quality financial calculator. For my F2F classes, I recommend the Texas Instruments BA-II Plus. Many of the exam problems involve financial calculations - a financial calculator is necessary to solve them. The Texas Instruments BA-II Plus is a popular financial calculator for business professionals and students. It allows users to take advantage of all the same time-saving financial functions. With Time-Value-of-Money, cash flow analysis, and advanced statistics, the Texas Instruments BA-II Plus is perfect for applications in finance, accounting, economics, investment, statistics, and more.

Recommended Reading

Brigham & Ehrhardt, Study Guide for Financial Management: Theory and Practice,13th ed. ed.

List of Discussion/Lecture Topics


Course topics have not been submitted.