MBA 808: Creating Value Through Finance
Course Outline and TimeTable - Fall 2023

Date
Week beginning

Module

Topics

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

Perusall Assignment

Sep 6

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

BS Quiz: Do I know the syllabus?
BS Quiz 1: What’s a financial system
BS Quiz 2: Financial Institutions

Sep 13

Module 2

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

Sep 16

BS Quiz 5: Corporate Governance

Perusall Assignment final annotation date: East India Company and Corporate Governance

Sep 17

Module 3

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

Sep 19

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

Perusall Assignment final annotation date: Goodwill Accounting

Module 4

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

Sep 23

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

Perusall Assignment final annotation date: Happiness and Time Preference

Sep 24

Module 5

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

Sep 26

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

Sep 27

Module 6

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

Oct 1

 Module 7

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

Oct 4

Module 8

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

Oct 7

BS Quiz 9: Discount Rates
MFL Homework (Chap 8) (Note Chapter 8 MFL HW is due earlier than Chapter 8 MFL Quiz)

Oct 8

Module 8 (Contd)

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

Oct 10

MFL Quiz Due (Chap 8)

Oct 11

Module 9

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

Capital Budgeting Teams should have incremental cashflows computed

Oct 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

Oct 15

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)

Oct 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

Oct 18

Module 11

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

Oct 20

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

Perusall Assignment final annotation date: Bond Market Swings

Oct 21

Module 12

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

Oct 23

Oct 23-24

Look at Course Requirements for more information about Test 2