Course BBA 3301

The American University BBA 3301 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

Bridges financial management with corporate finance. Students apply financial data for use in decision making by applying financial theory to problems faced by commercial enterprises. Introduces students to basic financial theory, financial forecasting, time value of money techniques, and risk analysis. Other areas covered involve analyzing financial statements with ratios, valuing securities, capital budgeting, and calculating weighted average cost of capital.

Course description

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

Bridges financial management with corporate finance. Students apply financial data for use in decision making by applying financial theory to problems faced by commercial enterprises. Introduces students to basic financial theory, financial forecasting, time value of money techniques, and risk analysis. Other areas covered involve analyzing financial statements with ratios, valuing securities, capital budgeting, and calculating weighted average cost of capital.

Learning outcomes

  • Explain foundational finance theories.
  • Analyze a forecast using relevant data.
  • Apply time value of money techniques to various pricing (valuation) and budgeting problems.
  • Apply measures of risk in financial analysis.
  • Conduct preliminary financial statement and ratio analysis.
  • Evaluate stock and bond valuation.
  • Perform a capital budgeting analysis.
  • Calculate weighted average cost of capital used in capital budgeting analysis.

Prerequisites

None

Textbook

Financial management: Principles and applications (Rev: 12th ed.)

Publisher: Pearson (2014)

Author: Titman, S., Keown, A. J., & Martin, J. D.

ISBN: 978-0-13-342382-2

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