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San José State University

School: Lucas Graduate School of Business

Department: Accounting and Finance

Course Number: BUS 270

Title: Financial Management

Section: 1

Semester: Spring

Year: 2015

Instructor:

Dr. Marco Pagani

Office Location:

BT 859

Office Phone:

(408) 924-3477

Email:

marco.pagani@sjsu.edu

Office Hours:

MW – 1:30-2:30PM (BT 859) or by appointment

Class Day/Time:

Tuesdays: 3/3, 3/10, 3/24, 3/31, 4/7, 4/14, and 4/21 6:00-10:00PM

Saturdays: 3/7 and 3/14 – 10:00AM-2:00PM

Classroom:

Lucas Business Complex

Prerequisites:

BUS 220

Course Description

The course provides students with the analytical techniques underpinning the two most important

decisions taken by financial managers in order to maximize the value of a business entity: the

investment decision and the financing decision. The investment decision includes cash flow

estimation, asset pricing and risk analysis in capital budgeting. The financing decision focuses on

optimal capital structure and the cost of capital.

Course Content Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

LO1 – Demonstrate understanding of time value of money concepts by computing present values

and future values of different series of cash flows. (MBA program goals #2)

LO2 – Understand the return/risk measures of financial assets. (MBA program goal #1)

LO3 – Compute the required returns of securities using the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)

and other multi-factor asset pricing models. (MBA program goals #1 & #2)

BUS 270 Financial Management – Spring 2015

LO4 – Compute the price of fixed-income securities and measure price and interest risks. (MBA

program goals #2)

LO5– Compute the price of equity securities and understand how to perform corporate valuation.

(MBA program goals #1 and #2)

LO6 – Understand the structure of financial statements and how to compute the components of the

firm’s cash flows. (MBA...