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Course Online Syllabus

Fall 2011

Department FINCCourse Number3304 Section Number25089
Name of Course Business Finance
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. Understand the basic principles that form the foundations of finance and the role of financial manager.
  2. Understand the basic principles that form the foundations of finance and the role of financial manager.
  3. Understand the working and functionning of the financial markets.
  4. Understand the working and functionning of the financial markets.
  5. Understand the time value of money and its application to bond and stock valuation.
  6. Understand the time value of money and its application to bond and stock valuation.
  7. Understand the meaning of risk in various contexts and the relationship between risk and return.
  8. Understand the meaning of risk in various contexts and the relationship between risk and return.
  9. Understand the cost of capital and capital budgeting concepts.
  10. Understand the cost of capital and capital budgeting concepts.
  11. Understand the concept of capital structure, dividend policy and working capital management.
  12. Understand the concept of capital structure, dividend policy and working capital management.
  13. Use Spreadsheet to build basic financial models.
  14. Use Spreadsheet to build basic financial models.

Major Assignments/Exams

Discussion Board Activity 8
Discussion Board Activity 8
Homework Assignments 14
Quizzes 15
Quizzes 15
Homework Assignments 14
Mini Projects 16
Mini Projects 16
Midterm Exam 22
Midterm Exam 22
Final Exam 25
Final exam 25

Required Reading

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

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


Course topics have not been submitted.