This syllabus may be subject to changes.
Week 1:
Chapter 1: Introduction to Corporate Finance
Chapter 2: Financial Statements and Cash Flows
Week 2:
Chapter 3: Financial Statement Analysis and Financial Models
Week 3:
Chapter 4: Discounted Cash Flow Valuation
Week 4:
Chapter 4: (cont.)
Project 1 due Thursday; Short in-class quiz
Chapter 10: Risk and Return: Lessons from Market History
Week 5:
Chapter 10: (cont.)
Chapter 8: Interest Rates and Bond Valuations
Thursday, Exam 1: Chapters 2, 3, 4, 10
Week 6:
Chapter 8: (cont.)
Week 7:
Chapter 11: Return and Risk: The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) (leave out sections 11.7 and 11.8)
Thursday, Exam 2: Chapters 4, 8, 10
Week 8:
Chapter 11 (cont.)
Begin Capital Budgeting Case
Chapter 5: Net Present Value and Other Investment Rules
Week 9:
Chapter 6: Making Capital Investment Decisions
Week 10:
Chapter 13: Risk, Cost of Capital and Valuation (sections 13.8, 13.9)
Chapter 7: Risk Analysis, Real Options, and Capital Budgeting
Week 11:
Chapter 7: (cont.)
Thursday, Exam 3: Capital Budgeting Case Due; Exam Chapter 5 and 6, and problems from case spreadsheet.
Week 12:
Chapter 9: Stock Valuation (cont.)
Week 13:
Chapter 14: Efficient Capital Markets and Behavioural Challenges
Chapter 31: International Corporate Finance
Week 14:
Chapter 31: (cont.)
Review for final exam
Week 15: Final Exam Chapters 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 25, 31
(See university schedule for day and time)