Applied Managerial Finance

MGMT X 130A

This course offers an introduction to the fundamentals of corporate finance, with an emphasis on the methods and sources of financing for corporations.

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What you can learn.

Learn the tools and techniques to make better business financial decisions
Understand the role of the financial manager as a key decision maker within the corporation
Explore a unified valuation approach for using net present value (NPV) as the basic concept underlying corporate finance
Understand financial accounting fundamentals, basic financial analysis, cost of capital, and short- and long-term financial planning
Study the valuation of future cash flows, capital budgeting techniques, and risk and return fundamentals

About this course:

This course offers an introduction to some of the more important topics in Managerial Finance, with an emphasis on the methods and sources of financing for corporations. Topics include corporate financial analysis, financial planning procedures, present value and security valuation, capital budgeting, capital structure, and approaches to raising capital. The course also covers securities markets, factors, and models explaining security returns, as well as the concept of market efficiency. Financial calculator is required. Transferable for UC credit.

Prerequisites

MGMT X 1A and MGMT X 1B Principles of Financial Accounting or equivalent or consent of instructor.