Finance 310 Syllabus Spring 2015 1
FIN 310- Corporate Finance- Spring 2015
Instructor: Shoba Premkumar Section: B MWF- 2.10- 3 pm
Office: 3239 Gerdin Office Hours: MWF- 10- 10.50 am
Phone: 294-7379
Prerequisites: Fin301 EMail: shobha@iastate.edu Room : 2134 Gerdin Textbook: Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 9th Edition; by Ross, Westerfield and Jordan;
Case Book: Finance Online Case Library – Finance 310(Premkumar)
Required Accessories: Financial Calculator – TI BA II+
Learning Outcomes:
To build on the concepts learnt in Finance 301 and apply them to financial decision making
To become familiar with the environment encountered by finance executives by analyzing case studies that simulate real world situations and developing strategies and solutions for those cases.
To develop analytical and problem solving skills through extensive case analysis
To develop oral and written communication skills through case presentation and report
To develop inter-personal and group work skills through group case projects. Cases:
There are 8 case analyses in this course
Students will be randomly assigned to teams. Each team will analyze in-depth two cases. A written report will be required for one case and a class presentation for the second case. Class presentations should take approximately 30 minutes with another 15 minutes left for Question and Answer session.
All students are required to be familiar with all the cases. There will be a quiz related to the case or current lecture topic in the last 15 minutes after case presentation. Each student needs to attend six case quizzes and four of your highest scores would be considered. Grading:
Case report 15 Case presentation 15
Instructor: Shoba Premkumar Section: B MWF- 2.10- 3 pm
Office: 3239 Gerdin Office Hours: MWF- 10- 10.50 am
Phone: 294-7379
Prerequisites: Fin301 EMail: shobha@iastate.edu Room : 2134 Gerdin Textbook: Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 9th Edition; by Ross, Westerfield and Jordan;
Case Book: Finance Online Case Library – Finance 310(Premkumar)
Required Accessories: Financial Calculator – TI BA II+
Learning Outcomes:
To build on the concepts learnt in Finance 301 and apply them to financial decision making
To become familiar with the environment encountered by finance executives by analyzing case studies that simulate real world situations and developing strategies and solutions for those cases.
To develop analytical and problem solving skills through extensive case analysis
To develop oral and written communication skills through case presentation and report
To develop inter-personal and group work skills through group case projects. Cases:
There are 8 case analyses in this course
Students will be randomly assigned to teams. Each team will analyze in-depth two cases. A written report will be required for one case and a class presentation for the second case. Class presentations should take approximately 30 minutes with another 15 minutes left for Question and Answer session.
All students are required to be familiar with all the cases. There will be a quiz related to the case or current lecture topic in the last 15 minutes after case presentation. Each student needs to attend six case quizzes and four of your highest scores would be considered. Grading:
Case report 15 Case presentation 15