HADM 2250 - Finance

Fall, Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only (no audit).

Forbidden Overlap: due to an overlap in content, students will receive credit for only one course in the following group: AEM 2240, AEM 2241, HADM 2220, HADM 2250, NCC 5560.
Prerequisite: HADM 2230 and ECON 1110 or equivalent. Recommended prerequsite: STSCI 2100 or equivalent. Enrollment limited to: non-NSHA undergraduates.

Fall: Staff; Spring: Y. Mao, X. Yang.

This course provides an introduction to core ideas in finance as well as a foundation for further study. Upon completion of this course students should be able to (1) perform basic valuation of cash flows from projects, bonds, and stocks; (2) demonstrate basic understanding of capital budgeting decisions through the use of concepts including the time value of money and discounted cash flow analysis; (3) assess the relation between risk and return and integrate that knowledge in determining corporate cost of capital; and (4) demonstrate an understanding of the role of debt and equity in corporate capital structure.