ADVANCED CORPORATE FINANCE
- Course
- ACFN584 - ADVANCED CORPORATE FINANCE
- Department
- Accounting and Finance - English - Master
- Course Type
- Course
- Status
- Required
- Language
- English
- Credit
- 3
- ECTS
- 0
- T+P+L
- 3 + 0 + 0
- Course Coordinator(s)
- -
- Prerequisite
- -
Course Description
The aim of the course is to analyze the primary issues in modern corporate financial theory and practice. The focus will be on the corporate practice (corporate financial policies) that will create value and maximize the wealth of shareholders. We will be concerned with what financial managers do and why, and how the theory of finance explains these behaviors. The course is designed in line with the subject topics covered in the Chartered Financial Analysts (CFA) Exam (Level I). The course studies the essentials of corporate finance with basic theories. It covers time value of money, financial statement analysis, valuing stocks and bonds, capital budgeting, capital structure decisions and cost of capital estimation.
ADVANCED CORPORATE FINANCE
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Course Syllabus
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction |
| Week 2 | The Weighted-Average Cost of Capital and Company Valuation (Chp 13) |
| Week 3 | The Weighted-Average Cost of Capital and Company Valuation (Chp 13) |
| Week 4 | Introduction to Corporate Financing (Chp 14) |
| Week 5 | Introduction to Corporate Financing (Chp 14) |
| Week 6 | How Corporations Raise Venture Capital and Issue Securities (Chp 15) |
| Week 7 | How Corporations Raise Venture Capital and Issue Securities (Chp 15) |
| Week 8 | Debt Policy (Chp 16) |
| Week 9 | Debt Policy (Chp 16) |
| Week 10 | Payout Policy (Chp 17) |
| Week 11 | Payout Policy (Chp 17) |
| Week 12 | Long-Term Financial Planning (Chp 18) |
| Week 13 | Long-Term Financial Planning (Chp 18) |
| Week 14 | Revision |
| Week 15 | Final Exam |
Reference Books & Course Materials
- 01 Brealey, R.A., Myers, S.C. and Marcus, A.J., 2023. Fundamentals for Corporate Finance. 11th ed. New York: McGraw Hill. ISBN 9781264101566.
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Program Outcomes
- P01 PO1: Endowed with the ability to evaluate self-learning needs adapted to the principle of lifelong learning.
- P02 PO2: Established a general knowledge of economics sufficient to conduct independent and original research on economic issues and suggest relevant economic policies to solve both microeconomic and macroeconomic problems.
- P03 PO3: Reached the required knowledge and skills; to understand the foundations, basic framework, and complexity of economic theories; to recognize the contribution and limitations of traditional theories; to explore modern economic theories and modeling of more complex situations; and to apply introduced theories in a discussion of research interests.
- P04 PO4: Engaged in scientific inquiry, critical thinking, using quantitative and qualitative methods to demonstrate the ability to analyze and make recommendations for complex contemporary economic issues.
- P05 PO5: Demonstrated the development of critical thinking and scientific reasoning skills with an attention to ethical aspects of data analytics, and been aware of acting in accordance with the ethical standard of scientific research and professional work.
- P06 PO6: Been equipped with the ability to plan, take responsibility in economic projects individually or within a team for economic decision making for a variety of economic concepts in national and global environment.
- P07 PO7: Endowed with the ability to communicate and explain effectively economic arguments both in oral and written ways to those with scholar knowledge and non-experts.
- P08 PO8: Been able to apply economic theory and methods in real life situations which is of primary importance to generate relevant economic policies and conduct economic research.
- P09 PO9: Developed an ability to conduct economic research and write a thesis connecting the theory and empirical conditions with particular attention to ethical perspectives and social responsibilities.
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