Finance 210

COURSE DESCRIPTION
 
 
The course  is an introduction to corporate finance  and  provides a framework for analyzing investment and  financial  decisions of corporations. The course  is also an  introduction  to  capital   budgeting,  capital   structure,  cost  of  capital,   and dividend policy.  The  focus  is  on  fundamental principles of  modern financial theory, so  the  approach is  rigorous and  analytical. The  main   topics  covered include: (1) Net  present value  and  investment  decisions; (2) Capital budgeting and risk; (3) Cost of Capital;  (4) Capital structure; and (5) Dividend policy.
 
COURSE OBJECTIVES
 
 
- Evaluate the role of the Corporate Finance Manager
- Demonstrate the ability to evaluate investment decisions using   a  variety of appraisal techniques
- Describe and evaluate the main sources of business finance
- Examine the factors that determine a company’s dividend policy
- Describe and calculate the cost of capital for a business
- Explain and describe the different elements of working capital
 
 
REQUIRED TEXTBOOK & MATERIALS
 
 
Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, Ross, Westerfield, Jordan, Bley, Middle East Edition, McGRAW HILL International.

COURSE OUTLINE
 

Topics to be Covered
List of Topics	No of Weeks	Contact hours
NET PRESENT VALUE AND OTHER INVESTMENT CRITERIA (Chapter 9)	2	6
MAKING  CAPITAL INVESTMENT DECISIONS (Chapter 10)	2	6
PROJECT ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION (Chapter 11)	2	6
COST OF CAPITAL (Chapter 14)	2	6
RAISING CAPITAL (Chapter 15)	2	6
FINANCIAL LEVERAGE AND CAPITAL STRUCTURE POLICY (Chapter 16)	3	9
DIVIDEND  POLICY (Chapter 17)	2	6

 
GRADE DISTRIBUTION
 

Assessment No.	Assessment task	Week due	Proportion of Final Assessment
1	First Exam	6	25%
2	Second Exam	10	25%
3	Final Exam	16	40%
4	Attendance and Participation		10%

  
  Assignments:   The   assignment  consists   of  questions  and   problems  from   the textbook.
Quiz: The quiz  consists  of some  brief and  direct  questions. The time allotted for the quiz will not exceed 15 minutes.
Exams: There  will be mid-term exams  and  a final exam  for this course,  and  they
will account for 90% of the final grade.
 
 
CLASS RULES
1.  Please switch  off  your  mobile phones. Sending Messages is prohibited.
2.  Please refrain  from talking after entering the class.
3.  Remain  in class during the entire  class period.
4.  There is no make-up exam.
           5.  Copying another student’s work is plagiarism. This will not be tolerated.
If discovered both students (the student that   copied, and   the student whose work is copied) will receive a zero grade