FINC 620 - Corporate Finance

3 Credits
This course focuses on the application of financial theory and concepts for management decision making with emphasis on the practical aspects of finance. Students learn how to analyze a company’s financial information and practice financial planning. Students evaluate the capital investment process, the corporate restructuring process, as well as bankruptcy analysis. In addition, students explore the financial decision-making process relating to working capital management and international finance.

Grade Note(s): A grade of C or better is required on the final assessment in order to earn a passing grade in this course.
Course Learning Outcomes:
1. Evaluate corporate restructuring, expansion through mergers and acquisitions, distress restructuring, and bankruptcy prediction models in relation to financial planning.
2. Analyze the financial flows of a company and forecast the consequences of various decisions and alternatives.
3. Examine the process of managing working capital by exploring the relationships between short term assets and liabilities, as well as the cash and operating cycles.
4. Evaluate a company for the purpose of investment, acquisition, or as a management performance measure using techniques such as ratio analysis.
5. Assess the capital investment process, including cost of capital calculation, project cash flow estimation, and decision rules.
6. Apply the concepts of international finance and the effect of exchange rate risk on global financial management.