ALS 351: Corporate Finance
Course Number: ALS 351
Course Name: Corporate Finance
Year: First-year
Semester: Spring
No. Units: 0.5
Faculty/Instructor(s): Luann Bangsund
Description
This course will allow students to develop a basic understanding of financial decision making. Students will be exposed to the underlying framwork of corporate finance including valuation, market efficiency and portfolio theory. The course will survey a set of special topics that includes early venture financing and IPO's.
Prerequisites
ALS 350
Topics Covered
Introduction to Managerial Finance
Time Value of Money
Bond and Stock Valuation
Cash Flows and Accounting
Forecasts, Sensitivities, Scenario, Simulation
Introduction to Risk and cost of Capital
Real Options
Company Valuations
Financing and Capital Structure
Debt Policy and Irrelevance
Options
Venture Capital to IPO's
Learning Objectives
Students will gain a basic understanding of financial decision making.
Grading
Class participation 10%
Homework 20%
Integrative assignment 20%
Final Exam (open book, open note ) 50%
Required Texts