Syllabus
Course Syllabus
Course Information
Course Number / Section
Course Title
Term
Days & Times
Classroom
FINA 5170 (001)
Financial Management
Fall 2013
Tuesday 6:30 p.m. – 9:20 p.m.
BLB 070
Professor Contact Information
Professor
Office
Office Phone
Office Hours e-mail Address
Tomas Mantecon Prieto
394E
940-891-6905
Tuesdays 11:30 p.m. – 1:55 p.m.; 5:50pm – 6:25 p.m. and by appointment tomas.mantecon@unt.edu
Prerequisites
Students must complete ACCT 5020, FINA 5040, ECON 5000, BCIS 5090, DSCI 5010 before enrolling in this course.
Students who are non degree or degree seeking undecided may not register for certain courses without departmental approval.
Course Description
The course objectives are to develop the knowledge and understanding of a broad set of corporate financial principals and fundamentals. This course will teach you the tools and techniques used and proposed in corporate financial management. Analysis of the investment and financing decisions and the environment in which such decisions are made are covered in readings, problems and class discussion.
Course Objectives
The “tools” you will acquire in this course will be the foundation for other business courses you take, as well as the knowledge you acquire as a professional.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will have developed an understanding of the following business finance concepts:
Bond and Stock Valuation
Risk, Return, Portfolio Diversification and CAPM
Capital Budgeting Decisions
Valuation using Discounted Cash Flows and Multiples
Agency Problems, Compensation and Performance Measures
Efficient Markets and Behavioral Finance
1
Required Text
Brealey, Myers & Allen, Principles of Corporate Finance, McGraw-Hill (11th Ed. 2014)
Suggested Reading
The Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times
Class Format
The first part of each class will consist of a lecture on the assigned topic. Students are expected to have read the
Course Information
Course Number / Section
Course Title
Term
Days & Times
Classroom
FINA 5170 (001)
Financial Management
Fall 2013
Tuesday 6:30 p.m. – 9:20 p.m.
BLB 070
Professor Contact Information
Professor
Office
Office Phone
Office Hours e-mail Address
Tomas Mantecon Prieto
394E
940-891-6905
Tuesdays 11:30 p.m. – 1:55 p.m.; 5:50pm – 6:25 p.m. and by appointment tomas.mantecon@unt.edu
Prerequisites
Students must complete ACCT 5020, FINA 5040, ECON 5000, BCIS 5090, DSCI 5010 before enrolling in this course.
Students who are non degree or degree seeking undecided may not register for certain courses without departmental approval.
Course Description
The course objectives are to develop the knowledge and understanding of a broad set of corporate financial principals and fundamentals. This course will teach you the tools and techniques used and proposed in corporate financial management. Analysis of the investment and financing decisions and the environment in which such decisions are made are covered in readings, problems and class discussion.
Course Objectives
The “tools” you will acquire in this course will be the foundation for other business courses you take, as well as the knowledge you acquire as a professional.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will have developed an understanding of the following business finance concepts:
Bond and Stock Valuation
Risk, Return, Portfolio Diversification and CAPM
Capital Budgeting Decisions
Valuation using Discounted Cash Flows and Multiples
Agency Problems, Compensation and Performance Measures
Efficient Markets and Behavioral Finance
1
Required Text
Brealey, Myers & Allen, Principles of Corporate Finance, McGraw-Hill (11th Ed. 2014)
Suggested Reading
The Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times
Class Format
The first part of each class will consist of a lecture on the assigned topic. Students are expected to have read the