Teaching & Courses
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F300
Introduction to Financial Management
- 16-weeks
- 3 credits
- Prerequisite: A200 or (A201 or A205) or (A202 or A207)
Broad survey of finance for non-Kelley School students. Topics include the determinants of interest rates and the time value of money; the sources and uses of financial information; the structure, role, and regulation of financial markets; monetary policy; the pricing of risk in financial markets; goals of investors; and how firms manage their financial affairs, including planning, budgeting, and decision making.
Learning Objectives:
I. Introduction: How to gather information
II. Interest Rates & Time Value of Money
A. Interest rates and exchange rates
B. Time Value of Money
III. Financial Systems, Markets and Securities
A. The financial system & securities
B. The financial markets, investment banks & brokers
IV. Financial Planning
A. Financial statements & planning
B. Cash budgeting & working capital management
V. Fixed Asset Investing & Their Financing
A. Capital budgeting
B. Long-term sources of capital
C. Cost of capital and capital structure
Typical Text: Finance, An Integrated Global Approach, Shetty, McGrath, and Hammerbacher
