This syllabus may be subject to changes.
Week 1: September 3, 5
Chapter 1: Introduction to Corporate Finance
Chapter 2: Financial Statements and Cash Flows
Week 2: September 10, 12
Chapter 3: Financial Statement Analysis and Financial Models
Week 3: September 17, 19, 20
Chapter 4: Discounted Cash Flow Valuation
Friday: Make-up for Thursday, November 28
Week 4: September 24, 26
Project 1 due Tuesday; Short in-class quiz
Chapter 4: (cont.)
Chapter 10: Risk and Return: Lessons from Market History
Week 5: October 1, 3
Tuesday: Exam 1: Chapters 2, 3, 4, 10
Chapter 8: Interest Rates and Bond Valuations (include the brief discussion long-term debt basics in Chapter 15: pp. 476-481)
Week 6: October 8, 10
Chapter 8: (cont.)
Week 7: October 15, 17
Tuesday, Exam 2: Chapters 4, 8, 10
Chapter 11: Return and Risk: The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) (leave out sections 11.7 and 11.8)
Week 8: October 22, 24
Chapter 11 (cont.)
Begin Capital Budgeting Case
Chapter 5: Net Present Value and Other Investment Rules
Week 9: October 29, 31
Chapter 6: Making Capital Investment Decisions
Week 10: November 5, 7
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 12, 14
Chapter 7: (cont.)
Thursday, Exam 3: Capital Budgeting Case Due; Exam Chapter 5 and problems from case spreadsheet.
Week 12: November 19, 21
Chapter 9: Stock Valuation (cont.)
Chapter 14: Efficient Capital Markets and Behavioural Challenges
Week 13: November 26, 28
Chapter 31: International Corporate Finance
Week 14: December 3, 5
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