Bus 2203 Principles Of Finance 1

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BUS 2203 Principles of Finance 1

Prerequisites:

BUS 1102 Basic Accounting.

Course Description:

Principles of Finance 1 provides a broad understanding of basic principles in the area of finance. The course introduces techniques for effective financial decision-making and helping managers to maximize shareholders’ wealth. The course covers topics related to the operation of financial markets and banking systems and the problems of financing and investment decisions and provides a theoretical background for critical and productive thinking.

Required Textbook and Materials:

The main required textbooks for this course are listed below, and can be readily accessed using the provided links. There may be additional required/recommended readings, supplemental materials, or other resources and websites necessary for lessons; these will be provided for you in the course’s General Information and Forums area, and throughout the term via the weekly course Unit areas and the Learning Guides.

Wright, R.E. & Quadrini, V. (2009). Money and Banking. Saylor Foundation. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 license. Available from: https://www.saylor.org/site/textbooks/Money%20and%20Banking.pdf

The textbook is available in pdf format on the course homepage.

Financial Calculator
For your convenience a financial calculator is strongly recommended. Any financial calculator is acceptable. A good, freely accessible, online financial calculator can be found at http://www.calculator.net/finance-calculator.html.

Software Requirements/Installation

No special requirements.

Learning Objectives and Outcomes:

By the end of this course students will be able to:

  1. Understand the general framework of financial concepts
  2. Examine how decision-making increases firm value
  3. Valuate an investment
  4. Explain the Risk-Return tradeoff
  5. Analyze how financial decisions affect the bottom line

Course Schedule and Topics

This course will cover the following topics in eight learning sessions, with one Unit per week. The Final Exam will take place during Week/Unit 9 .

Unit 1 Week 1- Financial World and Money
Unit 2 Week 2- Interest Rates
Unit 3 Week 3- Financial Structure
Unit 4 Week 4- Banking
Unit 5 Week 5- Financial Crisis and Regulation
Unit 6 Week 6- Monetary Policy Tools
Unit 7 Week 7- IS-LM Model
Unit 8 Week 8- Advanced Financial Topics
Unit 9 Week 9- Final Examination