Case

Finance 1: develops tools and concepts for understanding of problems facing financial managers. Topics include time value of money, financial ratios, stock and bond valuations, capital investment decisions and short-term finance.

Finance 2: develops tools and concepts for understanding of problems facing financial managers. Topics include capital market history, risk and return implementing the capital asset pricing model, cost of capital, capital structure dividend policy, international finance, mergers and acquisitions and options.

Working capital management: financial management of the short-term assets and liabilities of the corporation. To manage the cash, marketable securities, accounts receivable, inventory, payables and short-term debt-financing of the firm.

Equity assets analysis: the structure of financial markets in Canada followed by a more in-depth analysis of key equity investment topics. Those topics could include equity asset allocation and portfolio management, assessment of equity portfolio performance, the capital asset pricing model, valuation of stocks, and capital market efficiency. The topics would benefit students wishing to move on in banking or investments.

Financial institutions: discuss the function and analysis of financial markets and introduce key institutional details of the Canadian markets. The course will briefly highlight the nature of financial securities, the major players that buy and issue them and the securities regulations and procedures that govern their transfer. The course will cover some of the key material covered in the Canadian Securities Course. The CSC is required of almost anyone working in the financial markets and students interested in a career in finance are recommended to enrol in the CSC during the current academic year, so that they will have their CSC designation prior to looking for a summer finance job.

International finance: issues related to international financial markets and the financial...