Simon Fraser University
Course:
Bus 312
Semester:
Spring 2015
Title:
Introduction to Finance
Instructor
George Blazenko
Assignments and other materials related to the course (when appropriate) can be found on the course website: beedie.sfu.ca/courses/bus312
As an experiment (cannot guarantee reliability), BUS312 *day* class will be recorded (audio and two projected images). For access to recordings you can go to:
http://stream.sfu.ca/Media/Catalog/catalogs/bus-312
Professor Blazenko
Office: Burnaby, WMX 3335, Telephone: 778-782-4959
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday: 4:30-5:20pm
TEACHING ASSISTANTS: Burnaby: WMX 3340, 778-782-3474 (during open office hours)
Anastasia Lavrik, Msc Finance,
Kenny Cho, BBA Undergrad, Finance Concentration,
Joe Dhillon, BBA Undergrad, Finance Concentration,
Mohak Goel, BBA Undergrad, Finance Concentration,
Ryan Smith, BBA Undergrad, Finance Concentration.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Finance is a defining subject of study in any business program. The study of finance (along with a number of other subjects, like, marketing, accounting, and human resource management) define who you are as business students. Any student who graduates with a degree in business must have some familiarity with financial principles and financial markets. The first objective of this course is to survey these topics for non-finance concentrators. The word "survey" means that we will not explore every area of the discipline nor will we indulge in advanced study of any area. The second objective of the course is to introduce students who are interested in becoming finance concentrators to topics that they will study in more depth in later advanced courses.
COURSE TEXT
Introduction to Financial Analysis for Corporations, 3’rd Edition (dark grey cover), by George W. Blazenko. A hard-copy can be purchased from the SFU bookstore. An electronic version of this manuscript is available free of charge from the course website. Documents