Bill Mellett - Syllabus
School of Business
FIN/571 Version 3
Corporate Finance
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Course Description
This course applies corporate finance concepts to make management decisions. Students learn methods to evaluate financial alternatives and create financial plans. Other topics include cash flows, business valuation, working capital, capital budgets, and long-term financing.
Policies
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Course Materials
Emery, D. R., Finnerty, J. D., & Stowe, J. D. (2007). Corporate financial management (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.
All electronic materials are available on the student website.
Week One: Foundations of Finance
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Points
Objectives
1.1 Discuss 12 principles of foundational corporate finance.
1.2 Compare and contrast accounting net income and cash flows.
1.3 Compare and contrast the market value of an asset or liability from the book value.
Readings
Read Ch. 2 & 3 of Corporate Financial Management.
Read the following items, available at http://ecampus.phoenix.edu:
Learning Team Handbook
Guide to Charter
Learning Team Charter
Learning Team Log
Learning Team Evaluation
Participation
Participate in class discussion....