FINA210 - Business Finance

FINA210 - Business Finance
Course Number	FINA210
Number of Credit Hours	3
Course Subject	Finance
Taught at	Olayan School of Business

Course Description

This course teaches the tools that determine and analyze the major decisions a financial manager has to make, including identification of the firm’s goals, time value of money, use of discount cash flow models, capital budgeting under certainty, capital structure as it relates to cost of capital, dividend policy, and ethics in finance.

Topical Coverage

Introduction to Corporate Finance, Working with Financial Statements, Time Value of Money, Discounted Cash Flow Valuation, Interest Rates and Bond Valuation, Stock Valuation, Net Present Value and Other Investment Criteria, Making Capital Investment Decisions, Return Risk and the Security Market Line, Cost of Capital, Financial Leverage and Capital Structure Policy

Learning Goals

FINA210_B-LG1: Business Professional Knowledge & Competence, FINA210_B-LG2: Decision Making, FINA210_B-LG3: Ethics, FINA210_B-LG4: Teamwork

Specific Learning Objectives

FINA210_B-LG1.1: Business Professional Knowledge & Competence, FINA210_B-LG2.1: Decision Making, FINA210_BLG3.1: Ethics, FINA210_B-LG4.1: Teamwork

Prerequisite Courses

ACCT210 - Financial Accounting

Instructional Methodology

Lecture, Class Discussion, Case Study

Performance Evaluation

FINA210_Test1, FINA210_Test2, FINA210_Quizzes, FINA210_Case Analysis, FINA210_Attendance and Participation