MBA 808: Creating Value Through Finance
Course Outline and TimeTable - Fall 2026

Date

Module

Topics

Due Dates
Details on assignments can be found in each module.

Last dates for Discussion Board postings

August 31

Module 1A

Financial Markets and Institutions (Slides)
The text for Financial Markets and Institutions is available on BrightSpace.

Term begins

Sept 14

Module 2

Module 2: Corporate Governance
The Corporation (Chap 1) /Corporate Governance (Chap 29) (Slides)

Sept 20

BS Quiz 5: Corporate Governance

Sept 22

Module 3

Module 3: Introduction to Financial Statement Analysis (Chap 2) (Slides)

Sept 27

BS Quiz 6: Financial Statements and Fundamental Analysis
MFL Homework (Chap 2)
MFL Quiz Due (Chap 2)
Financial Statement Analysis: Group Assignment

Last date for posting: Efficiency Ratios

Sept 28

Module 4

Module 4: Arbitrage and Financial Decision Making (Chap 3) (Slides)

Oct 4

BS Quiz 7: Arbitrage
MFL Homework (Chap 3)
MFL Quiz Due (Chap 3)

Oct 5

Module 5

Module 5: The Time Value of Money (Chap 4) (Slides)

Oct 11

MFL Homework (Chap 4)
MFL Quiz Due (Chap 4)
Time Value of Money: Group Assignment

Oct 12

Module 6

Module 6: Investment Decision Rules (Chap 7) (Slides)

Oct 19

 Module 7

Module 7: Capital Markets and the Pricing of Risk (Chap 10) (Slides)

Oct 26

Module 8

Module 8: Fundamentals of Capital Budgeting (Chap 8) (Slides)

Nov 1

BS Quiz 9: Discount Rates
MFL Homework (Chap 8)
MFL Quiz Due (Chap 8)

Nov 2

Module 9

Module 9: Valuing Stocks (Chap 9) (Slides)

Capital Budgeting Teams should have incremental cashflows computed

Nov 8

BS Quiz 10: Efficient Markets Hypothesis
MFL Homework (Chap 9)
MFL Quiz Due (Chap 9)
Stock Valuation: Group Assignment
Capital Budgeting Teams should have computed cost of equity in two different ways
First draft of Capital Budgeting Project should be complete;

Last date for posting: Stock Market Bubbles

Nov 9

Module 10

Module 10: Capital Structure
Chap 14: Capital Structure in a Perfect Market (Slides)
Capital Structure, Financial Distress and Agency Costs (Slides)

Nov 15

BS Quiz 11: Capital Structure -- Modigliani-Miller
BS Quiz 12: Capital Structure -- Taxes, Incentives and Financial Distress
BS Quiz 13: Capital Structure -- Slides
MFL Homework (Chap 14)
MFL Quiz Due (Chap 14)
Capital Budgeting Teams should have cost of debt computed in at least two different ways.

Last date for posting: Capital Structure

Nov 16

Module 11

Module 11: Interest Rates (Chap 5) (Slides)

Nov 22

MFL Homework (Chap 5)
MFL Quiz Due (Chap 5)
Capital Budgeting Case due

Nov 23

Module 12

Module 12: Valuing Bonds (Chap 6) (Slides)

Peer Evaluations Due

Dec 1

Dec 1-2

Test 2 can be take any time on the days specified
Look at Course Requirements for more information about Test 2