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Overview of Summer 2009

MBA 8135 Streaming Video Control Review

„Who am I? „ Use both Video and Audio

„ Variable Quality Video used for Lectures
„Changes for Summer 2009 „ Use Windows Media Player for Video
z PowerPoint Slides (with irrelevant numbers)
„Course Details z Live Links,
http://www2.gsu.edu/~fnccwh/mba8135.html
„Contact Information z Control Features
• Pause Button
zhttp://www2.gsu.edu/~fnccwh/ • Slide names are live links to skip ahead and back
pdf/8135sylsu09.pdf „ Audio for Problem Solving
z Uses Flash
zhttp://www2.gsu.edu/~fnccwh/pdf/8 z Should Play in most browsers
135suppsu09.pdf

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Who am I? Course Components

„ Ph.D. (1993) from Florida State University in

Corporate Finance
„ Former Assistant Professor and MBA Corporate
Finance Coordinator at Georgia State
„ Online GSU Corporate Finance since 1998
„ Currently Professor of Finance at U. of West
Georgia
„ Consulting in Corporate Finance and
Investments
„ Research is mix of Corporate Finance
(asymmetric information) and Investments
(mutual funds and long-run investing)
„ Ulearn/WEBCT Vista
zQuizzes and Online Mid-Term (yes)
zChat (yes), Bulletin Board (some)
zEmail (yes)
„ MSN Instant Messenger =
mba8622@hotmail.com
„ Chapter Outlines with Video
„ Face to Face Final Exam

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Course Details More Course Details

„ Class Hours: Monday and Wednesdays, 7:40 p.m..

„ Wednesdays
„ Mostly Ross Westerfield Jaffe
z Chats @7:40-9:00 p.m. zOccasional disconnect between text,
z Quizzes @11:00 p.m.
„ McGraw Hill Primis Online custom published book for
end of chapter problems, and
MBA 8135 - Corporate Finance. The ISBN of the textbook is testbank
978-0-390-80084-8. Hardcopies can be purchased from
the GSU bookstore or you can order the text as an eBook
from Primis Online:
„ No Accounting, add Capital Structure
https://ebooks.primisonline.com/eBookstore/eBookOptio „ Final Exam is mix of common
ns.jsp
z The custom book includes selected chapters from two questions and instructor specific
textbooks, Fundamental of Corporate Finance, Eighth
Edition, by Ross, Westerfield and Jordan and Corporate „ 2 hour Mid-Term and Final Exams
Finance, Eighth Edition, by Ross, Westerfield and Jaffe

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How I present material

Grading
„ Chapter Outlines with Video and Audio
z Need to Know/Don’t need to know
z Every Chapter has overview video „Grade Weights:
z Use Videos to lecture and cover “typical” calculations,
usually end of chapter problems (new for me) zQuizzes (top 11 of 12) 33%
z Have “best in breed” video lectures for most topics
z Audios to solve most problem types zTwo-Minute Feedback 2%
„ Textbook
z Disconnect between text, end of chapter problems, and zMid-Term Exam 30%
testbank
z Brevity in text implies use multiple chapters zFinal Exam 35%
„ Accommodates various learning styles
100%

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Daily Class Schedule
„ 6/8 Optional Face-to-Face Orientation in Classroom South 203 at 7:40 pm
Prerequisites
„ 6/10 Chat Session (7:40-9:00pm) and Ross/Westerfield/Jaffe Chapter 1 Quiz Due by 11 p.m.
„ 6/17 Chat Session (7:40-9:00pm) and Ross/Westerfield/Jordan Chapter 5 Quiz Due by 11 p.m
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6/17 Chat Session (7:40-9:00pm) and Ross/Westerfield/Jordan Chapter 6 Quiz Due by 11 p.m
6/24 Chat Session (7:40-9:00pm) and Ross/Westerfield/Jaffe Chapter 5 Bonds Quiz Due by 11
„Prerequisites: MBA 8000, MBA 8025.
p.m
„ 6/24 Chat Session (7:40-9:00pm) and Ross/Westerfield/Jaffe Chapter 5 Stocks Quiz Due by 11 „CSP: 1,2,3,6,7,8.
p.m
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7/1
7/1
Chat Session (7:40-9:00pm) and Ross/Westerfield/Jaffe Chapter 6 Quiz Due by 11 p.m
Chat Session (7:40-9:00pm) and Ross/Westerfield/Jaffe Chapter 7 Quiz Due by 11 p.m
„Co requisites: MBA 8015, MBA 8030.
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7/8 Chat Session (7:40-9:00pm) and Ross/Westerfield/Jaffe Chapter 8 Quiz Due by 11 p.m
7/15 Chat Session (7:40-9:00pm) and Mid-Term Exam Due by 11 p.m zEither or both of these courses can be
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7/22 Chat Session (7:40-9:00pm) and Ross/Westerfield/Jaffe Chapter 9 Quiz Due by 11 p.m
7/22 Chat Session (7:40-9:00pm) and Ross/Westerfield/Jaffe Chapter 10 Quiz Due by 11 p.m taken simultaneously with MBA 8135.
„ 7/29 Chat Session (7:40-9:00pm) and Ross/Westerfield/Jaffe Chapter 12 Quiz Due by 11 p.m
„ 7/29 Chat Session (7:40-9:00pm) and Capital Structure Quiz Due and Optional Face to Face
Help Session
„ 8/1 Course Comprehensive Final Exam, Saturday, from 10:15 am
to 12:15 pm, Classroom TBD

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Grading Policy Face to Face Sessions

„ The finance department employs the +/- grading system. „Optional

A C- is considered a passing grade for this course and a
C- is considered passing for prerequisite purposes for zJune 8, Optional Face-to-Face
this course, as well as for all finance electives.
„ In accordance with Departmental policy, for masters Orientation in Classroom South 203
level courses (MBA and FI prefixed), it is expected that at 7:40 pm
no more than 35 percent of the students in a given class
section will receive a grade of A. The majority of the „Required
remaining students are expected to receive grades of B.
Those students demonstrating significantly lagging zAugust 1, Comprehensive Final Exam,
performance shall earn grades of C or lower as Saturday, from 10:15 am to 12:15 pm,
appropriate. This policy is amended to incorporate +/-
grades as mentioned in the paragraph above. Classroom TBD

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Contact Information

„ Office: RCOB 18, U. of West Georgia

„ Office Phone and Voicemail: (770)301-
8648 (cell) or (678)839-4816 (office)
„ Class Webpage: Ulearn
„ E-mail: Ulearn (preferred) or
chodges@westga.edu or
chodges@gsu.edu
„ MSN Instant Messenger:
mba8622@hotmail.com