Fall 2024 Finance B5302 section 002

Corporate Finance (Half-Term)

Corporate Finance (Half-T

Call Number 16733
Points 1.5
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Yiming Ma
Type LECTURE
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

Corporate finance is an introductory course required for all MBA students. It is designed to cover those areas of finance that are important to all managers, whether they specialize in finance or not. At the end of the course, you will be able to value a firm. To reach this goal, the course covers the following topics:

1. Introduction to frameworks for firm valuation (enterprise DCF and multiples)
2. Multiple valuations
3. Free cash flows (definition, projections)
4. Residual value
5. Weighted average cost of capital
6. Optimal capital structure

The course will consist of approximately one‐half lecture and one‐half in‐class case discussions, for which students should prepare carefully. The course aims to provide students with an understanding of sound theoretical principles of finance and the practical environment in which financial decisions are made.

Web Site Vergil
Department Finance
Enrollment 46 students (74 max) as of 2:06PM Sunday, December 8, 2024
Subject Finance
Number B5302
Section 002
Division School of Business
Open To Business
Section key 20243FINC5302B002