Principles of Financial Management

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This course provides an introduction to financial management, offering a survey of finance from the corporate financial manager's perspective. Corporate finance examines the investing and financing decisions that financial managers encounter in their goal to maximize shareholders' wealth. This course aims at improving students' critical thinking and quantitative skills in the field of finance. Application of problem-solving techniques, along with discussions of the social and ethical issues that a firm encounters are also explored relative to the maximization of shareholder value. Key topics include financial markets and intermediaries, analysis of financial statements, time value of money, interest rates, capital structure, cost of capital, debt and equity valuation, and capital budgeting. Prerequisite: ECO 110 , ECO 120 , ACC 221 , and ACC 222 ; declared in one of the following programs: CBA major, business administration minor, or any non-CBA program that lists FIN 355 as a requirement or elective. Offered Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer.