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MBA 648: Managerial Finance
Course Outline and TimeTable - Summer 1, 2015

 
   
 

Module termination Days

Topics

Projects and other Deadlines
MFL refers to MyFinanceLab Assignment; MFL assignments due at midnight on assigned date

May 26 Course begins The text for Financial Markets and Institutions is available on Blackboard.
The assignment for that chapter, which can be found on the Assignments Page is due at the on the date indicated on the MFL Blackboard page. The rough date is given below.

Module 1 ends
May 29

Financial Markets and Institutions (Slides) (Parts 1 and 2, Video available on Blackboard)

Make sure you have read each chapter and also tried your hand at the questions on the chapter before you start the assignments The more you have read, the better you will be able to perform.
Chinese Financial System Blackboard Discussion Group opens on May 29
Assignment 1 on Fin Mkts and Institutions and Assignment 2 on Fin Mkts and Institutions due

Module 2 ends
June 2

The Corporation (Chap 1) /Corporate Governance (Chap 29)
(Slides) (Video available on Blackboard)

Text for Corporate Governance (Chapter 29) available on Blackboard; MFL Due (Chap1)

Module 3 ends
June 5

Introduction to Financial Statement Analysis (Chap 2)(Slides) (Video available on Blackboard)

MFL Due (Chap 2)
MFL Quiz Due (Chap 2)

Modules 4 and 5 end
June 9

Module 4: Arbitrage and Financial Decision Making  (Chap 3) (Slides) (Video Available on Blackboard; additional videos showing problem solutions also available on Blackboard)
Module 5: The Time Value of Money (Chap 4) (Slides) (Videos available on Blackboard showing problem solutions)

MFL Due (Chap 3)
MFL Quiz Due (Chap 3)
MFL Due (Chap 4)
MFL Quiz Due (Chap 4)

Module 6 ends
June 12

Interest Rates (Chap 5) (Slides)

MFL Due (Chap 5)
MFL Quiz Due (Chap 5)

Module 7 ends
June 15

Valuing Bonds (Chap 6) (Slides) (Video available on Blackboard)

MFL Due (Chap 6)
MFL Quiz Due (Chap 6)
Chinese Financial System Blackboard Discussion Group closes on June 15

Module 8 ends
June 17
Module 7a: Investment Decision Rules (Chap 7) (Slides) (Video available on Blackboard) MFL Due (Chap 7)
MFL Quiz Due (Chap 7)

Module 9 ends
June 19

Module 7b: Fundamentals of Capital Budgeting (Chap 8) (Slides)

MFL Due (Chap 8)
MFL Quiz Due (Chap 8)

Module 10 ends
June 22

Valuing Stocks (Chap 9) (Slides) (Video Available on Blackboard)


MFL Due (Chap 9)
MFL Quiz Due (Chap 9)

Module 11 ends
June 24

Capital Markets and the Pricing of Risk (Chap 10) (Slides) (Video available on Blackboard)

MFL Due (Chap 10)
MFL Quiz Due (Chap 10)
Excelrite case due June 24

Module 12 ends
June 26
Chap 14: Capital Structure in a Perfect Market (Slides) (Video available on Blackboard)
Chap 15: Debt and Taxes and Chap 16: Financial Distress, Managerial Incentives, and Information (Slides)
(Video available on Blackboard)

MFL Due (Chap 14)
MFL Quiz Due (Chap 14)
MFL Due (Chap 15)
MFL Quiz Due (Chap 15)
Online Quiz on Capital Structure based on the article on how CFOs make capital structure decisions (available all day on June 28 and due by midnight June 29); requires Respondus Lockdown Browser.

June 30

Final Exam

This exam covers only the topic of Capital Structure, requires Respondus Lockdown Browser and is closed book. It can be taken during the entire day of June 29 and of June 30 until midnight.

 


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