Corporate Finance

Catalog description

This course focuses on the financial management of both publicly held and private corporations. Students are presented with a conceptual framework for addressing problems commonly faced by corporate decision makers and are provided opportunities to apply these concepts to contemporary business situations. Topics covered include but are not limited to: time value of money, the relationship between risk and return including the capital asset pricing model, the valuation and role of debt and equity, capital budgeting/project evaluation techniques, cost of capital, cash flow estimation, project risk analysis, real options, company valuation, and capital structure decisions.