MBA 808: Creating Value Through Finance
Course Outline and TimeTable - Summer 1 2026

Date

Module

Topics

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

Last dates for Discussion Board postings

May 28

Module 1A

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

Term begins

June 4

Module 2

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

June 7

BS Quiz 5: Corporate Governance

June 8

Module 3

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

June 10

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: Goodwill Accounting

June 11

Module 4

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

June 14

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

June 15

Module 5

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

June 17

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

June 18

Module 6

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

Jun 22

 Module 7

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

Jun 25

Module 8

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

June 28

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

Jun 29

Module 9

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

Capital Budgeting Teams should have incremental cashflows computed

July 1

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

July 2

Module 10

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

July 5

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

July 6

Module 11

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

July 8

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

July 9

Module 12

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

July 10

July 10-11

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