This syllabus may be subject to changes.
Week 1: September 2, 4
Chapter 1: Introduction to Corporate Finance
Chapter 2: Financial Statements and Cash Flows
Week 2: September 9, 11
Chapter 3: Financial Statement Analysis and Financial Models
Week 3: September 16, 18
Chapter 4: Discounted Cash Flow Valuation
Week 4: September 23, 25
Project 1 due WEDNESDAY; Short in-class quiz.
Chapter 4: (cont.)
Chapter 10: Risk and Return: Lessons from Market History
Week 5: September 30, October 2
Chapter 8: Interest Rates and Bond Valuations (include the brief discussion long-term debt basics in Chapter 15: pp. 476-481)
Week 6: October 7, 9
Monday: Exam 1: Chapters 2, 3, 4, 10.
Chapter 8:(cont.).
Week 7: October 14, 16
Chapter 11: Return and Risk: The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) (leave out sections 11.7 and 11.8)
Week 8: October 21, 23
Chapter 11 (cont.)
Wednesday, Exam 2: Chapters 4, 8, 10
Begin Capital Budgeting Case
Chapter 5: Net Present Value and Other Investment Rules
Week 9: October 28, 30
Chapter 6: Making Capital Investment Decisions
Week 10: November 4, 6
Chapter 13: Risk, Cost of Capital and Valuation (sections 13.8, 13.9)
Chapter 7: Risk Analysis, Real Options, and Capital Budgeting
Week 11: November 11, 13
Chapter 7: (cont.)
Wednesday, Exam 3: Capital Budgeting Case Due; Exam Chapter 5 and problems from case spreadsheet.
Week 12: November 18, 20
Chapter 9: Stock Valuation (cont.)
Chapter 14: Efficient Capital Markets and Behavioral Challenges
Week 13: November 25, 27
Chapter 31: International Corporate Finance
Week 14: December 2, 4
Chapter 25: Derivatives and Hedging Risk
Week 15: Final Exam Chapters 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 25, 31
See University schedule for day and time.