Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Course Syllabus
Course Description
A study of the fundamentals of corporate finance management emphasizing the development of tools of analysis
necessary to assess a company's financial health and value, allocate financial resources, determine cost of capital,
assess investment and business opportunities, risk-return relationships, and working capital management.
Course eTextbook
Berk, J., & DeMarzo, P. (2014). Corporate finance (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Credits
Upon completion of this course, the students will earn three (3) hours of college credit.
Course Structure
1. Study Guide: Each unit contains a Study Guide that provides students with the learning outcomes, unit lesson,
required reading assignments, and supplemental resources.
2. Learning Outcomes: Each unit contains Learning Outcomes that specify the measurable skills and knowledge
students should gain upon completion of the unit.
3. Unit Lesson: Each unit contains a Unit Lesson, which discusses lesson material.
4. Reading Assignments: Each unit contains Reading Assignments from one or more chapters from the textbook.
5. Unit Assignments: Students are required to submit for grading Unit Assignments in Units II, IV, VI, and VIII.
Units II, IV, and VIII have two assignments due, and Unit VI has three assignments due. Specific information and
instructions regarding these assignments are provided below. Grading rubrics are included with each assignment.
Specific information about accessing these rubrics is provided below.
6. Participation-Discussion Assignment: Those students who will be attending the classes taught by Vietnamese
professors are not required to answer the discussion board questions. Instead they will discuss the questions
listed in the discussion board with their professors and peers during class participation sessions. Those students
who will not be attending the classes are required to e-mail the responses to the discussion board questions to
their CSU professor.
7. Final Exam: Final Exams will be administered by the CSU professors while in Vietnam.
Unit Assignments
Unit II Homework 1
Access MyFinanceLab using the link under the Course Content menu. This will launch the Course Home/Welcome page
in MyFinanceLab. Follow the instructions on the welcome page to start working in MyFinanceLab.
Unit II Homework 1 includes a total of 30 questions.
If you return to a previously completed Unit Homework assignment to work more problems, please let your professor
know so your grade can reflect your work.
Unit II Homework 2
Access MyFinanceLab using the link under the Course Content menu. This will launch the Course Home/Welcome page
in MyFinanceLab. Follow the instructions on the welcome page to start working in MyFinanceLab.
Unit II Homework 2 includes a total of 30 questions.
If you return to a previously completed Unit Homework assignment to work more problems, please let your professor
know so your grade can reflect your work.
Unit IV Homework 1
Access MyFinanceLab using the link under the Course Content menu. This will launch the Course Home/Welcome page
in MyFinanceLab. Follow the instructions on the welcome page to start working in MyFinanceLab.
Unit IV Homework 1 includes a total of 30 questions.
If you return to a previously completed Unit Homework assignment to work more problems, please let your professor
know so your grade can reflect your work.
Unit IV Homework 2
Access MyFinanceLab using the link under the Course Content menu. This will launch the Course Home/Welcome page
in MyFinanceLab. Follow the instructions on the welcome page to start working in MyFinanceLab.
Unit IV Homework 2 includes a total of 30 questions.
If you return to a previously completed Unit Homework assignment to work more problems, please let your professor
know so your grade can reflect your work.
Unit VI Homework 1
Access MyFinanceLab using the link under the Course Content menu. This will launch the Course Home/Welcome page
in MyFinanceLab. Follow the instructions on the welcome page to start working in MyFinanceLab.
Unit VI Homework 1 includes a total of 30 questions.
If you return to a previously completed Unit Homework assignment to work more problems, please let your professor
know so your grade can reflect your work.
Unit VI Homework 2
Access MyFinanceLab using the link under the Course Content menu. This will launch the Course Home/Welcome page
in MyFinanceLab. Follow the instructions on the welcome page to start working in MyFinanceLab.
Unit VI Homework 2 includes a total of 25 questions.
If you return to a previously completed Unit Homework assignment to work more problems, please let your professor
know so your grade can reflect your work.
Unit VI Essay
Choose one of the two companies discussed in the Finance in the News articles in the MyFinanceLab Unit VI Homework
2 assignment: The Resourcehouse Ltd. IPO or BCE Inc. bond refunding efforts.
Conduct research in the CSU Online Library, and write a paper discussing the various considerations for an initial public
offering (IPO) or a bond refunding. Use at least three peer-reviewed sources other than the textbook to support your
discussion; at least one of the sources must be from the CSU Online Library.
The paper must be in APA style format and a minimum of two pages in length.
Information about accessing the grading rubric for this assignment is provided below.
Unit VIII Homework 1
Access MyFinanceLab using the link under the Course Content menu. This will launch the Course Home/Welcome page
in MyFinanceLab. Follow the instructions on the welcome page to start working in MyFinanceLab.
Unit VIII Homework 1 includes a total of 20 questions.
If you return to a previously completed Unit Homework assignment to work more problems, please let your professor
know so your grade can reflect your work.
Unit VIII Homework 2
Access MyFinanceLab using the link under the Course Content menu. This will launch the Course Home/Welcome page
in MyFinanceLab. Follow the instructions on the welcome page to start working in MyFinanceLab.
Unit VIII Homework 2 includes a total of 20 questions.
If you return to a previously completed Unit Homework assignment to work more problems, please let your professor
know so they can manually change your grade.
APA Guidelines
CSU requires that students use APA style for papers and projects. Therefore, the APA rules for formatting, quoting,
paraphrasing, citing, and listing of sources are to be followed. Students can find CSUs Citation Guide in the myCSU
Student Portal by clicking on the Citation Resources link in the Learning Resources area of the myCSU Student Portal.
This document includes examples and sample papers and provides information on how to contact the CSU Success
Center.
Grading Rubrics
This course utilizes analytic grading rubrics as tools for your professor in assigning grades for all learning activities. Each
rubric serves as a guide that communicates the expectations of the learning activity and describes the criteria for each
level of achievement. In addition, a rubric is a reference tool that lists evaluation criteria and can help you organize your
efforts to meet the requirements of that learning activity. It is imperative for you to familiarize yourself with these rubrics
because these are the primary tools your professor uses for assessing learning activities.
Rubric categories include: (1) Assessment (Written Response) and (2) Assignment. However, it is possible that not all of
the listed rubric types will be used in a single course (e.g., some courses may not have Assessments).
The Assessment (Written Response) rubric can be found embedded in a link within the directions for each Unit
Assessment. However, these rubrics will only be used when written-response questions appear within the Assessment.
Each Assignment type (e.g., article critique, case study, research paper) will have its own rubric. The Assignment rubrics
are built into Blackboard, allowing students to review them prior to beginning the Assignment and again once the
Assignment has been scored. This rubric can be accessed via the Assignment link located within the unit where it is to be
submitted. Students may also access the rubric through the course menu by selecting Tools and then My Grades.
Again, it is vitally important for you to become familiar with these rubrics because their application to your
Assessments and Assignments is the method by which your instructor assigns all grades.
Grading
Unit Homework (8 @ 8%)
Unit VI Essay
Participation/Discussion
Final Exam
Total
= 64%
= 8%
= 13%
= 15%
= 100%
Course Schedule
By following this schedule, you will be assured that you will complete the course within the time allotted. Please keep this
schedule for reference as you progress through your course.
WEEK 1: 05/02/2016 05/08/2016
Read Professor's Profile - Email your professor and introduce yourself. Read over Course Syllabus.
WEEK 2: 05/09/2016 05/15/2016
Independent Studies
WEEK 3: 05/16/2016 05/22/2016
Complete Unit I and Unit II and Submit Unit II Homework 1 and Unit II Homework 2.
Unit I
Review:
Read:
Submit:
Notes/Goals:
Unit II
Review:
Read:
Submit:
Interest Rates, Valuing Bonds, Investment Decision Rules, and Fundamentals of Capital Budgeting
Unit Study Guide
Chapter 6: Valuing Bonds, pp. 170-188
Chapter 7: Investment Decision Rules, pp. 207-221
Chapter 8: Fundamentals of Capital Budgeting, pp. 234-247
Chapter 9: Valuing Stocks, pp. 272-282
Homework 1
Homework 2
Notes/Goals:
Course Schedule
Unit IV
Review:
Read:
Submit:
Valuing Stocks, Capital Markets and the Pricing of Risk, Optimal Portfolio Choice and the Capital
Asset Pricing Model, Estimating the Cost of Capital
Unit Study Guide
Chapter 10: Capital Markets and the Pricing of Risk, pp. 312-340
Chapter 11: Optimal Portfolio Choice and the Capital Asset Pricing Model, pp. 352-381
Chapter 12: Estimating the Cost of Capital, pp. 401-417
None
Capital Structure in a Perfect Market, Debt and Taxes, Financial Distress, Managerial Incentives,
Information, and Payout Policy
Unit Study Guide
Chapter 14: Capital Structure in a Perfect Market, pp. 478-494
Chapter 15: Debt and Taxes, pp. 509-518
Chapter 16: Financial Distress, Managerial Incentives, and Information, pp. 539-562
Chapter 17: Payout Policy, pp. 584-606
Homework 1
Homework 2
Notes/Goals:
Course Schedule
Unit VI
Review:
Read:
Submit:
Capital Budgeting and Valuation with Leverage, Valuation and Financial Modeling: A Case Study,
Financial Options, and Real Options
Unit Study Guide
Chapter 18: Capital Budgeting and Valuation with Leverage, pp. 626-643
Chapter 19: Valuation and Financial Modeling: A Case Study, pp. 675-691
None
Notes/Goals:
Course Schedule
Unit VIII
Review:
Read:
Submit:
Notes/Goals:
Course Schedule
All Unit Study Guides and Assessments to prepare for Final Exam
Final Exam
Participation/Discussion
Notes/Goals:
All Unit Study Guides and Assessments to prepare for Final Exam
Final Exam
Participation/Discussion
Notes/Goals: