2022-2023 Academic Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2022-2023 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

FIN 240 - Corporate Finance


This course is an introduction to the basic concepts, principles, and analytical techniques of corporate finance. The goal of the course is to help the student understand financial markets and decisions made by financial managers. Topics covered in this course include the time-value of money, valuation of securities, valuation of corporate investments, market efficiency, risk and return and capital structure. The course focuses on the more practical application of these topics, although important theories and models are to be introduced to explain why the practical applications make sense. The student will also learn how to make simple personal finance decisions.

Most of the topics covered are based on quantitative analyses. The student is expected to be competent in basic arithmetic and algebra in order to do well in the course.

*This class was formerly MGMT240. Students who completed MGMT240 should not take this class. 

Prerequisites: MGMT 100 , ACCT 101  or MGMT101; QBUS 110  or MGMT110; juniors and seniors only.

Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered annually