BADM 351-01, Financial Management, Fall 2008

Abstract

By the end of the course, the student should: 1. Understand NPV as a basic concept of corporate finance and be proficient in solving all types of time value of money problems. 2. Appreciate the relevance of finance in our daily lives through exposure to contemporary financial issues by outside reading and selected videos; in addition, you should be familiar with web sources of financial markets such as www.morningstar.com, www.bloomberg.com; www.wsj.com; www.finance.yahoo.com; www.marketwatch.com; www.fool.com 3. Have a sound grasp of underlying financial theories and the objectives and tradeoffs involved in corporate financial decision making. 4. Understand how today’s financial manager uses spreadsheets and calculators to perform financial analysis and make capital budgeting decisions. 5. Be familiar with the key contributions of the Nobel laureates in financial economics, specifically Markowitz, Sharpe, and Miller and Modigliani, and have a better appreciation of financial research through the reading of seminal works and a description of how key financial theories evolved.