Business Finance

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Business Finance (3) This course gives an overview of the fundamentals of business finance and provides students with powerful tools to understand and address financial challenges that modern businesses confront. Topics covered include financial statement analysis, time value of money, capital budgeting, valuation of bonds and stocks, risk-return trade-off, market efficiency, introduction to capital asset pricing models, and international finance. Topics are presented in a lecture/discussion format with an emphasis on practical applications, analytical thinking, and problem-solving techniques. AU Core Integrative Requirement: Quantitative Literacy II. Prerequisite: ACCT-240, ECON-150 or ECON-200, and STAT-204, and completion of Quantitative Literacy I requirement. Restriction: Registration not allowed in both FIN-365 and KSB-221. Note: Students may not receive credit toward a degree for both FIN-365 and KSB-221.