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Time: Location: 5:30 p.m. - 9:15 p.m. Monday & Wednesday Room #TBA Uptown Campus Instructor: Dr. Tony Plath Room 250-C Friday Building
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Course Prerequisites
Required: Preparatory Coursework Component of the MBA Curriculum: MBAD MBAD MBAD MBAD MBAD MBAD 5112 5113 5131 5141 5142 5191 Foundations of Microeconomics Foundations of Macroeconomics Fundamentals of Financial Accounting and Financial Management Business Statistics Quantitative Analysis in Business Legal Environment in Business
Office Hours: UNCC: 4:30 - 5:15 p.m. Monday - Friday Uptown: 9:15 - 9:30 p.m. Mon. & Wed. other times arranged by appointment. Phone Numbers: UNCC: 687-4413 (voice) 687-6987 (fax) Internet: daplath@email.uncc.edu
Recommended: Functional Coursework Component (Primary Block) of the MBA Curriculum: MBAD MBAD MBAD MBAD MBAD 6100 6112 6121 6131 6141 Leadership, Ethics, and the Business Environment The Economics of Business Decisions Business Information Systems Management Accounting Operations Management
Text
Required: Financial Management: Theory and Practice, 12th rev. ed. Eugene F. Brigham and Michael C. Ehrhardt (Hinsdale, IL: Thompson South-Western), 2008. As discussed in class, the supplemental readings that accompany the course and the Web extension material that accompanies the Brigham textbook will be available for download from the passwordprotected UNC-Charlotte FTP server at ftpserv.uncc.edu. The user ID for this FTP site is MBAD6152, and the password for the site will be provided to students in class. If you enter the FTP server from the root directory, browse to the folder /coba/finn/plath/classes/mbad6152/coursereadings/articles to locate all of the nontextbook course reading material shown in Table 1 below in Adobes Acrobat (e.g., PDF) format. To make it easy to locate the main subdirectory for the course reading material, when you login to the FTP site using the userid/password combination shown above, you will automatically begin your FTP session in the /coba/finn/plath/classes/mbad6152 directory. To facilitate the identification of each specific article shown in Table 1 below on the course FTP site, the title of each article represents the file name of the specific PDF file containing the article on the FTP server. Students are welcome to use whatever FTP client software they prefer in accessing this FTP site and downloading assigned reading material; however, please note that you must be familiar with the nonanonymous login procedure used by your FTP client software in order to access the homework solutions. Anonymous FTP login is not enabled for the /coba/finn/plath/classes/mbad6152/ directory or any of its subdirectories. For students using Microsofts Internet Explorer as an FTP client, simply enter the following URL on the Explorer command line to access the appropriate directory of the Universitys FTP server: ftp://mbad6152:student6152@ftpserv.uncc.edu
Course Description
This course explores the theory and the practice of corporate finance, and includes an introduction to asset management, the cost of capital, capital budgeting, financial optimization issues, and the socioeconomic aspects of financial management.
Course Objective
To provide students with an introduction to the nature and methods of financial analysis within the context of the business enterprise. Our attention will focus on: (1) developing an awareness of some major financial problems facing modern, for-profit business organizations as well as individual consumers; (2) obtaining an understanding of the basic principles and concepts necessary to analyze these financial problems; (3) reviewing the applied corporate finance literature to discover how contemporary financial managers are using the principles of financial management to solve business problems; and (4) developing the ability to apply these principles and concepts and independently evaluate alternative solutions to basic problems facing the financial manager.
Important Dates
Recommended: The Wall Street Journal and/or Business Week. Day Optional: Study Guide to Accompany Financial Management: Theory and Practice. Eugene F. Brigham, and Michael C. Ehrhardt (Hinsdale, IL: Thompson South-Western), 2005. Monday Monday Date July 21st August 11th Event Last Drop Day Comprehensive Final Exam 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
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Students must complete each of the ten short answer questions, and one of the four essay questions and/or extended problems. Each short answer question is worth eight points, so that the total number of points contained in the short answer section of the exam is 80. The essay question and/or extended problem selected is worth 20 points, so that the total number of points contained in the essay section of the exam is 20. The total number of points contained on the exam is 100. In this case, the examination score is also calculated according to the number of points awarded as a percentage of the number of points attempted. For example, a student missing 20 points out of the total 100 points attempted would be awarded 100 - 20 = 80 total points, representing 80 100 = 80 percent of the total points attempted on the exam. This translates into an examination score of 80.
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Two examinations will be given in this course: A midterm exam and a comprehensive final exam. Make-up examinations will not be permitted. Students who do not complete the midterm exam will have the points from this exam reallocated to the final exam. In this case, the final exam will represent 100 percent of students' final course grades. Students who fail to complete the final examination will receive zero credit for this exam, which represents 60 percent of students' final course grades. Students will be permitted to bring ONE 8 "-by-11" sheet of paper containing notes, formulae, etc. into each examination session during the semester. Given the use of a cheat sheet, it is not necessary for students to memorize equations, names, dates, places, etc. when preparing for course examinations. Rather, students should emphasize understanding financial concepts and relationships when preparing for exams. Given the limited time period allowed for each course examination, students will not be permitted to use calculator manuals or time-value interest factor tables during the exams. There simply isnt sufficient time to read the examination questions, reference material on your formula sheet, review specific keystroke instructions in your calculator manual, verify time-value interest factors from a hard-copy table, and respond to each examination question during the course exam periods. Thus, students are expected to know how to perform the relevant keystroke sequences necessary to solve basic financial problems on their calculators from memory during each course exam.
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Course Grades Final course grades will be determined according to the following schedule. While the point-grade assignment may be subject to downward revision, it will never be increased. Possible Points 100 100 200 Weighted Total Points 90 - 100 80 - 89 70 - 79 Below 70 Course Grade A B C U
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