Finance

Serves as a foundation course in business finance. Provides a conceptual framework for the financial decision-making process and introduces tools and techniques of finance including financial mathematics, capital budgeting, sources of funds and financial analysis. Topics include acquisition and use of short-term and long-term capital; financial markets, institutions and instruments; financial control; time value of money; cash, operation and long-range budgeting; and cost of capital.

This course explores the various aspects of financing an entrepreneurial venture. Emphasis will be placed on crafting a business plan, forms of ownership and exploring funding options.

Covers portfolio management, including the management of investments in stocks, bonds and other financial instruments. Examines individual financial instruments in depth and the investment strategies of shifting the relative amounts held by the investor during changing economic conditions.

Examines the various types of financial markets, financial intermediaries and the types of transactions supported by each market. Analyzes the sources and uses of funds by commercial banks, management concepts for banks and how commercial banks are regulated.

This course provides sufficient institutional detail of the primary risks faced by the major types of financial firms and the applicability of these risks for the financial manager. Topics covered include asset valuation, the economic role of money markets and how this role relates to security valuation and risk analysis, risk measurement, options pricing, derivative risk management, measuring and comparing risk exposures across financial markets, risks and rewards of international financial markets and recent developments in the practice of risk management. Cases and industry applications are used.

This course provides an extensive coverage of corporate finance theory and the applicability of this theory for the financial manager. Topics covered include capital budgeting under uncertainty, the relevance of capital structure decisions on security valuation and risk, mergers and acquisitions, option pricing, real options, measuring and managing a firm's risk exposures and risks and rewards of international financial markets. Cases are used.

Introduces the concepts of finance. Reviews the basic tools and their use for making financial decisions. Explains how to measure and compare risks across investment opportunities. Analyzes how a firm chooses the set of securities it will issue to raise capital from investors as well as how the firm's capital structure is formed. Examines how the choice of capital structure affects the value of the firm. Presents valuation and integrates risk, return and the firm's choice of capital structure.

Presents international financial tools, applications and concepts used in formulating effective financial management strategies. Examines fundamental international financial relationships and transactions among firms, foreign exchange rate determination and forecasting, foreign exchange risk and exposure, balance of payment accounting and evolution of the international monetary system. Analyzes special topics such as working capital management strategies, capital budgeting, cost of capital and optimal capital structure in the context of international operations.

Develops a framework for analyzing corporate financing and investment decisions. Applies with techniques for evaluating capital investments, capital structure and dividend decisions, with the interaction between investment and financing decisions. Topics covered include mergers and acquisitions, leasing, working capital management and a more rigorous analysis of cost of capital, risk and return and corporate liabilities.

Provides a rigorous treatment of the fundamental principles of investments, investment management and asset pricing. Analyzes asset allocation, asset pricing models, international diversification, active portfolio management, performance evaluation and other pertinent topics. Approaches the analysis from the perspective of individual investor, corporate financial manager and the investment manager.