MBA 808: Creating Value Through Finance
Course Outline and TimeTable - Summer 2 2025

Date

Module

Topics

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

Perusall Assignment

July 14

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

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July 21

Module 2

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

July 23

BS Quiz 5: Corporate Governance

July 24

Module 3

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

July 27

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

Perusall Assignment final annotation date: Goodwill Accounting

July 28

Module 4

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

July 29

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

July 30

Module 5

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

July 31

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

Aug 1

Module 6

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

August 5

 Module 7

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

August 7

Module 8

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

August 10

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

August 11

Module 9

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

Capital Budgeting Teams should have incremental cashflows computed

August 13

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

August 14

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)

August 17

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

August 18

Module 11

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

August 19

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

August 20

Module 12

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

August 22

Aug 22-Aug 23

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