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BUSINESS FINANCE
BA 303
Fall 2010
Prof. Miner
Office Hours: Before and after class, and by appointment
Phone: 503-866-6977
E-mail: minerc@behavioralecon.com
Course Catalog Description
The course leads the student through the development and study of a decision framework for financial management, with special emphasis on small-and medium-sized businesses. Topics include analysis of financial health, planning for future financial performance, evaluation of investment opportunities, and analyses of risk. Financing of firm growth and valuation will be introduced. An integration of the concepts of financial management into a total system approach to business decision making will be facilitated with the use of cases, as appropriate.
Prerequisites
(1) BA 205: Business Communications Using Technology
Working knowledge of Excel expected.
(2) BA 211: Fundamentals of Financial Accounting
(3) Junior Standing
Note:
The School of Business Administration strictly enforces prerequisites for business courses. If you complete the prerequisites for a course subsequent to completing the course, you will not receive credit for the prerequisite courses: you’ve taken the courses out of sequence. Contact me immediately if you haven’t completed the prerequisite coursework.
Course Learning Objectives
Understand how and when to apply the basic concepts of financial analysis in a business setting, demonstrated through your ability to:
* Evaluate the financial health of firms through financial statement analysis
* Forecast financial statements and determine funds needs
* Use future and present value techniques to solve valuation problems
* Forecast cash flow and performance characteristics of planned capital expenditures
* Understand and quantify the relationship of investment risk to investment returns
To a lesser but important extent, develop competence in the use of spreadsheets to present, analyze, and solve financial...