BUSN 455 - Financial Management

5 Credits

Course in corporate financial management that will study the concepts associated with the allocation of scarce resources across assets over time. Analysis and calculations are done both by hand on paper and by using the spreadsheet program Excel. Topics covered are: financial statements and cash flow, time value of money, interest rates, discounted cash flow analysis, stocks, consumer, corporate and government debt, capital budgeting, exchange rates. Also includes basic concepts of International Financial Management. Extensive practice with problem analysis, problem setup, making necessary calculations and making conclusions based on the calculations using Excel.

Pre-requisite(s) BUSN 218 and ACCT& 202 and BUSN 210 with min 2.0
Program Admission Required Yes Admitted Program BAS - BUSN
Fees

Quarters Typically Offered
Fall Evening, Online
Designed to Serve Students in the BAS Applied Management program
Active Date 20230328T10:32:25

Grading Basis Decimal Grade
Class Limit 24
Contact Hours: Lecture 55
Total Contact Hours 55
Degree Distributions:
ProfTech Course Yes
Restricted Elective Yes
Course Outline

Forms of business organization
Financial statement analysis and cash flows
Time value of money
Discounted cash flow analysis
Financial markets and interest rates
Valuing Stocks & Debt
Capital budgeting decision methods
Valuing Debt
International finance

Student Learning Outcomes
Formulate solutions and recommendations to business problems using the appropriate financial tools and calculations.

Use Excel to perform financial calculations with an emphasis on data type, Number Formatting, financial functions and formulas, and spreadsheet setup for complex calculations.

Perform financial statement analysis to gage performance of firms using Excel.

Determine cash flows from accrual accounting financial statements using Excel.

Calculate commonly used financial formulas used in making business decisions.

Develop complex dynamic spreadsheets for capital budgeting and consumer loan analysis.