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Managerial Finance I
Required of students pursuing majors and emphases in the School of Business. Covers fundamentals necessary to analyze financial statements, including a statement of cash flows and financial ratio analysis, identifying financial management goals, time value of money, valuation, risk and return characteristics, and capital and cash budgeting.
Prerequisites
Prerequisites: ACCT 2010 and STAT 2040 and ECON 2010. FA, SP.
Pedagogical Approach & Learning Outcomes
Pedagogical Approach
The course is designed to explain the substantive parts of financial management.
Learning Outcomes
Course Objective
1. Understand the basics of a career in financial management. [LO 1A]
2. Know how to analyze financial statements (balance sheets and income statements). [LO 1B, 2, 3B, & 3C]
3. Know how to make time-value-of-money calculations. [LO 2]
4. Know how to use a financial calculator. [LO 2]
5. Know how to assess the value of financial assets (securities, projects and businesses) [LO 1A, 1B, 2]
6. Identify and quantify financial risk and its role in financial decision making. [LO 1B, 2, 3B, & 3C]
7. Know how to conduct a capital budgeting analysis. [LO 1A, 1B, 2] 8. Assess ethics issues in finance. [LO 1A, 1B]
Assessment & Other Information
Assessment
Participation - 10
Problem Sets - 10
Module Quizzes - 10
Case Projects - 25
Three Exams - 15 each
Other Information
None
Course Resources
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Business Finance Essentials (Open (Access) Textbook)