MBA 808: Creating Value Through Finance
Course Outline and TimeTable - Fall 2025

Date

Module

Topics

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

Perusall Assignment

Sept 4
Class Meeting

Module 1A

Financial Markets and Institutions (Slides) (Video Parts 1 and 2 available on BrightSpace)
The text for Financial Markets and Institutions is available on BrightSpace.

Term begins

Sep 18
Class Meeting

Module 2

Module 2: Corporate Governance
The Corporation (Chap 1) /Corporate Governance (Chap 29) (Slides) (Video available on BrightSpace)

Sep 24

BS Quiz 5: Corporate Governance

Sep 25
Class Meeting

Module 3

Module 3: Introduction to Financial Statement Analysis (Chap 2) (Slides) (Video available on BrightSpace)

Oct 1

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

Perusall Assignment final annotation date: Goodwill Accounting

Oct 9
Class Meeting

Module 4

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

Oct 15

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

Oct 16
Class Meeting

Module 5

Module 5: The Time Value of Money (Chap 4) (Slides) (Videos available on BrightSpace showing problem solutions)

Oct 22

MFL Homework (Chap 4)
MFL Quiz Due (Chap 4)

Oct 23
Class Meeting

Module 6

Module 6: Investment Decision Rules (Chap 7) (Slides) (Video available on BrightSpace)

Oct 30
Class Meeting

 Module 7

Module 7: Capital Markets and the Pricing of Risk (Chap 10) (Slides) (Video available on BrightSpace)

Nov 6
Class Meeting

Module 8

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

Nov 12

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

Nov 13
Class Meeting

Module 9

Module 9: Valuing Stocks (Chap 9) (Slides) (Video Available on BrightSpace)

Capital Budgeting Teams should have incremental cashflows computed

Nov 19

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

Perusall Assignment final annotation date: Stock Market Bubbles

Nov 20
Class Meeting

Module 10

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

Dec 3

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.

Perusall Assignment final annotation date: Film Financing

Dec 4
Class Meeting

Module 11

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

Dec 10

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

Dec 11
Class Meeting

Module 12

Module 12: Valuing Bonds (Chap 6) (Slides) (Video available on BrightSpace)

Dec 16

Dec 17-
Dec 18

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