This syllabus may be subject to changes.
Week 1: January 21, 23
Chapter 1: Introduction to Corporate Finance
Chapter 2: Financial Statements and Cash Flows
Week 2: January 28, 30
Chapter 3: Financial Statement Analysis and Financial Models
Week 3: February 4, 6 - class begins at 8:15
Chapter 4: Discounted Cash Flow Valuation
Project 1 due Wednesday, February 6; short quiz.
Week 4: February 11, 13, 15 -class begins at 8:15
Chapter 4: cont.
Chapter 10: Risk and Return: Lessons from Market History
Week 5: February 18, 20
Class cancelled Monday, February 18
Exam 1: Wednesday, February 20th Chapters 2, 3, 4, 10.
Week 6: February 25, 27- class begins at 8:15
Chapter 8: Interest Rates and Bond Valuations (include the brief discussion on Long-term Debt: The Basics in Chapter 15, pp. 476-481).
Week 7: March 4, 6, 8 - class begins at 8:15
Chapter 11: Return and Risk: The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) (leave out sections 11.7 and 11.8)
Week 8: March 18, 20
Begin Capital Budgeting Case
Chapter 5: Net Present Value and Other Investment Rules
Week 9: March 25, 27
Chapter 6: Making Capital Investment Decisions
Exam 2: Wednesday, March 27: Chapters 8, 11.
Week 10: April 1, 3
Chapter 13: Risk, Cost of Capital and Valuation (sections 13.8, 13.9)
Chapter 7: Risk Analysis, Real Options, and Capital Budgeting
Week 11: April 8, 10
Class cancelled Monday, April 8
Exam 3: Wednesday, April 10th Capital Budgeting Case Due; Exam Chapter 5 and problems from case spreadsheet.
Week 12: April 15, 17
Chapter 9: Stock Valuation
Chapter 14: Efficient Capital Markets and Behavioral Challenges
Week 13: April 24
Chapter 31: International Corporate Finance
Week 14: April 29
Chapter 25: Derivatives and Hedging Risk
Week 15: Final Exam Chapters 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 14, 31, 25
See University schedule for day and time.