Description:

Corporate finance is central to the operation of every organization. This course explores the theoretical aspects of corporate finance. The end goal is to provide students with the tools necessary to conduct accurate financial analysis. For students pursuing a career in finance, the topics provide the foundation for an immersion in the science of finance. Students pursuing non-finance careers will receive a complete coverage of finance issues encountered by all senior managers.

Detailed coverage of corporate finance issues is addressed in this course. Topics such as cost of capital, value of the firm, derivative securities, efficient capital markets, capital structure and others are covered in the context of value maximization.

Strong mathematical skills and extensive use of computer based tools are required. Prerequisite foundation courses are integrated throughout the course and students are assumed to have a working knowledge of financial accounting, economics and statistics.

Required Textbooks & Materials:

Principles of Corporate Finance by Brealey, Myers and Allen, 9th ed., New York: McGraw Hill, Inc. 2008

Text Web Site--Download supplements written by Dr. Will

Financial Calculator - HP 12C

Access to Computer and Excel

Download FinCoach version 1.0 FREE at
http://www.mattwill.com/docs/FCprgm.exe

Prerequisites - MBA 501, MBA 502, MBA 504, MBA 507  (unless waived by Dr. Will)

Syllabus--SAMPLE ONLY--See syllabus distributed in class for exact course requirements

Lecture Slides

Set 1 .                   Set 7               
Set 2 .                   Set 8               
Set 3 .                   Set 9               
Set 4 .                   Set 10
Set 5 .                   Set 11
Set 6 .                   Set 12

Homework Resources

Turn It In .Com Account:  www.turnitin.com

Homework MUST be submitted via turnitin.com, unless noted otherwise. You will need an ID and password to register for the course. Download ID and Password.

M&A Project Requirements - Additional requirements will be sent via email.

Online Lectures - Chapters (May not work with IE. Try Firefox or Safari browsers)

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Click on the above links to hear a lecture

Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism

You must not adopt or reproduce ideas, words, or statements of another person without giving an appropriate acknowledgement to the source. You must give due credit to the originality of others and acknowledge an indebtedness wherever you:

· Quotes another person’s actual words, either oral or written;

· Paraphrases another person’s words, either oral or written;

· Uses another person’s ideas, opinions, or theories; or

· Cites facts, statistics, or other illustrative material, unless the information is common knowledge.

All assignments must be your original work and not the work of other students. Neither group work nor the individual work of another student may be submitted by you. Submission of such work will be considered academic misconduct. Incidents of academic misconduct, dishonesty and/or plagiarism will be handled as per the Student Handbook.

Academic Integrity and the penalties for violations are defined both on the public site of the university as well as in the Student Handbook (requires intranet access). It is the responsibility of the student to avail themselves of this information.