Corporate Finance

Catalog description

Corporate Finance is about business structures that set the environment for the day-to-day operations of a business. This course teaches learners about the common forms of business structures, the factors that business owners consider when they choose which structure to use, and the roles of shareholders and stakeholders. This course also teaches that managing the financial function involves capitalizing the company and evaluating capital budget techniques, including those that use the time value of money. Through this course, learners will learn how to calculate the cost to finance a business using the weighted average cost of capital, how to value stocks and bonds, and how to determine the value of the firm. The prerequisites for this course include Principles of Financial and Managerial Accounting, Finance Skills for Managers, Applied Probability and Statistics, Principles of Economics, and Financial Statement Analysis.