Syllabus Introduction of Financial Management
Introduction to Financial Management Course Syllabus
First Semester 2010-2011
INTRODUCTION TO FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
GENERAL INFORMATION: Lecturer: Dr. Nguyen Thu Hien Class schedule: Wednesdays (9.05 – 11.30am) E-mail: nthuhien2009@yahoo.com (please use subject “FIN” to avoid ignorance of your emails due to high spam rate in my inbox) TA: Tu n Duy: tuanduy07@gmail.com; Cell: 0908 665 388 Number of credits: 3 Prerequisite: Principles of Accounting Text book: Ebook - Fundamentals of Corporate Finance - 6th ed., Stephen A.Ross, Randolph W.Westerfield, and Bradford D. Jordan, 2004, McGraw Hill (available in hard and soft copy) Materials: Provided through email account: fmsem12009@gmail.com (pw “finance123”) Recommended readings: The textbook’s website: http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007353062x/information_center_view0/ http://www.mhhe.com/business/finance/corpfinonline/. Choose “Finance Tutor Series” for your practices. Principles of Managerial Finance, Lawrence J. Gitman, 10th ed., 2003 (ebook) COURSE DESCRIPTION: Finance is always the value drive of every business entity in an economy. Financial management is therefore one of the central tasks of business administrators. This course is designed as an introduction to finance, which will provide fundamental concepts and skills to perform major financial decisions in a corporation, including investing, financing and working capital management decisions. COURSE CONTENTS: This course provides basic concepts of the time value of money, valuation and rates of return, cost of capital and capital budgeting. Students will learn about how capital markets function, about different types of securities and financing instruments that exist, and about how to manage cash flows. Also, risk, working capital management, leverage, forecasting, and the analysis of financial statements and ratios are given with particular attention. This course should provide students with basic financial math skills and an excellent
First Semester 2010-2011
INTRODUCTION TO FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
GENERAL INFORMATION: Lecturer: Dr. Nguyen Thu Hien Class schedule: Wednesdays (9.05 – 11.30am) E-mail: nthuhien2009@yahoo.com (please use subject “FIN” to avoid ignorance of your emails due to high spam rate in my inbox) TA: Tu n Duy: tuanduy07@gmail.com; Cell: 0908 665 388 Number of credits: 3 Prerequisite: Principles of Accounting Text book: Ebook - Fundamentals of Corporate Finance - 6th ed., Stephen A.Ross, Randolph W.Westerfield, and Bradford D. Jordan, 2004, McGraw Hill (available in hard and soft copy) Materials: Provided through email account: fmsem12009@gmail.com (pw “finance123”) Recommended readings: The textbook’s website: http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007353062x/information_center_view0/ http://www.mhhe.com/business/finance/corpfinonline/. Choose “Finance Tutor Series” for your practices. Principles of Managerial Finance, Lawrence J. Gitman, 10th ed., 2003 (ebook) COURSE DESCRIPTION: Finance is always the value drive of every business entity in an economy. Financial management is therefore one of the central tasks of business administrators. This course is designed as an introduction to finance, which will provide fundamental concepts and skills to perform major financial decisions in a corporation, including investing, financing and working capital management decisions. COURSE CONTENTS: This course provides basic concepts of the time value of money, valuation and rates of return, cost of capital and capital budgeting. Students will learn about how capital markets function, about different types of securities and financing instruments that exist, and about how to manage cash flows. Also, risk, working capital management, leverage, forecasting, and the analysis of financial statements and ratios are given with particular attention. This course should provide students with basic financial math skills and an excellent