BA 340: Financial Management Course by Madeleine Brady Romero at Oregon State University, Study Guides, Projects, Research of Finance

Download BA 340: Financial Management Course by Madeleine Brady Romero at Oregon State University and more Study Guides, Projects, Research Finance in PDF only on Docsity! OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF BUSINESS Finance Madeleine Brady Romero BA 340 Office: Bexell Hall 311 Fall 2004 Office Hours: MW 1-2:00pm & M 5:50-6:50pm CRN: 18092 E-mail: Madeleine.Romero@bus.oregonstate.edu Text Website: www.aw.com/gitman Instructor_Website: http://www.bus.oregonstate.edu/faculty/ (click on Course Materials; BA340; M.Romero) COURSE CATALOG DESCRIPTION Role and functions of a financial manager in the modern business environment in which a manager operates; formulation of financial objectives and policies; financial analysis, forecasting, planning, and control; asset management; capital budgeting; acquisition of funds through borrowing, stock issue, and by internal means; dividend policy; and international aspects of finance. PREREQUISITES (1) ECON 201: Introduction to Microeconomics (2)BA 213 or BA 215: Managerial Accounting or Fundamentals of Financial Accounting (3) Junior Standing COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES Understand how and when to apply the basic concepts of financial analysis in a business setting, demonstrated through your ability to:  Evaluate the financial health of firms through financial statement analysis & forecasting  Use future and present value techniques to solve valuation problems  Forecast cash flow and evaluate planned capital expenditures  Understand and quantify the relationship of investment risk to investment returns  Understand short-term and long-term issues in financial management of firm  Use calculators & spreadsheets to present, analyze, and solve financial problems. CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS REVIEWED IN THE COURSE This course will enable you to perform the following financial decision making analyses:  understand time value of money calculations and applications in financial problems  use valuation and returns models to analyze securities and capital investments  understand cash flow and market value concepts  construct ,analyze, and forecast financial statements  calculate and interpret basic financial ratios  understand how to construct and assess a proposed capital budgeting project  understand the capital markets and determine value for debt & equity instruments  understand basic history of securities performance and learn how to measure and interpret historical returns  understand the relationship between risk and returns: both in theory and application  understand how companies measure their cost of capital  understand the fundamentals of working capital management More specific daily learning objectives are itemized in the attached course outline. REQUIRED TEXT & MATERIALS 1) Principles of Managerial Finance, Brief, 3rd Edition, by Lawrence Gitman 2) Lecture Cases and In-Class Problems. Download In-Class Problems from instructor’s web site (340LectureProblems). 3) PMF CD-ROM Software (packaged with new texts and available on the text website) It contains 1) PMF Problem Solver, and 2) PMF Excel Spreadsheet Templates. (Software instructions are in Appendix D of text.) These spreadsheet models are needed to complete Excel homework assignments. It is assumed that the student has a rudimentary knowledge of Excel. (Open/save files, copying, moving, entering formulas, etc.) If a basic refresher is needed, it is recommended that you review an Excel tutorial. Suggested websites: http://www.fgcu.edu/suppport/office2000/excel/ and/or http://www.baycongroup.com/tutorials.htm 4) Financial Calculator. HP12C, HP10BII or TI BA2+ recommended. Calculator tutorials are available on my website. These same tutorials are also at: www.aw.com/gitman. Click on PMF Brief, then student resources, then download Financial Calculator Guide. RECOMMENDED READING & MATERIALS 1) Course material on Romero’s website: Includes: 1. Homework solutions (340HWSoln); 2. In-Class Problems (340LectureProblems); Course syllabus & outline (340syllabusF04 & 340courseoutlineF04); and 3. Calculator tutorials (USEFINCAL.pdf and HP-10BII.pdf). 2) Principles of Managerial Finance Web Site: www.aw.com/gitman. Contains calculator tutorials, self-assessment quizzes, and other student resources. 3) The Wall Street Journal. Order forms available from instructor for those interested. GRADING PROCEDURE MIDTERMS (2) 25% each HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS 15% COMPREHENSIVE FINAL 30% You are guaranteed at least the following grade if your weighted average course score falls within the following percentiles: A 93-100 B+ 87-90 C+ 77-80 D+ 67-70 A- 90-93 B 83-87 C 73-77 D 60-67 B- 80-83 C- 70-73 F below 60 Additionally, a curve may be applied to these scores. Class participation is encouraged, and may be used in the final grade evaluation if the student is border-line between two grades. It is necessary to pass the final exam to pass the course. NO MAKE - UP EXAMS WILL BE GIVEN. NO EXCUSES ACCEPTED. The course outline lists TENTATIVE dates for the exams. You are responsible to take the exam whenever it is given, even if the tentative date changes. You must take the exam with the section in which you are enrolled.