BUSI 460 Advanced Financial Management

Course Description

Advanced financial management course for those concentrating in the field of finance. The coursework will provide the student a framework for analyzing the financial structure of various organizations, identifying problem or opportunity areas, investigating alternative solutions to such problems or opportunities, and recommending carefully reasoned solutions.

For information regarding prerequisites for this course, please refer to the Academic Course Catalog.

Course Guide

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Rationale

This course is designed to intensify the student’s comprehension of core financial analysis, valuation, capital budgeting, and payout concepts, tools, and technologies related to the corporation, and to introduce new concepts related to short-term and long-term corporate financial planning, mergers and acquisitions, and financial distress.

Course Assignment

Textbook readings and lecture presentations/notes

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Course Requirements Checklist

After reading the Course Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview.

Read & Interact Textbook Assignments (17)

The student will complete the Read and Interact Textbook Assignments (SmartBook – SB2.0) in the third party platform, Connect Plus.

Connect Homework Assignments (8)

The student will complete 8 Connect Homework Assignments in the third party platform, Connect Plus.

Connect Comprehensive Problems Assignments (2)

The student will complete the Comprehensive Problems #1 Assignment and Comprehensive Problems #2 Assignment using the third party platform, Connect Plus.

Comprehensive Problem #3 Excel Only Assignment

The student will build a Microsoft Word Excel spreadsheet to solve the Comprehensive Problem #3 – Capital Budgeting Challenge. Using the provided data, the student will determine whether the business should continue with their expansion plan and will provide a brief justification of their assessment. The student should consider aspects such as NPV, IRR, depreciation, inflation, taxes, and cash flow from operations when completing their analysis. The spreadsheet should be neat and easy to follow, with clear, descriptive labeling. All calculations must be made using the built-in Excel functions. The student will post the finished document into Canvas.

Quizzes (4)

The student will complete 4 bi-weekly Quizzes in the third party platform, Connect Plus. Each quiz will be open-book/open-notes and the grade will transfer to Canvas. The student is permitted up to 2 attempts for each quiz and the highest score achieved will be recorded in Canvas.

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