Finance (FNCE) 371

Overview

Corporate finance has undergone tremendous changes in recent years. As new global markets open, there will be even more changes and expanding opportunities. There will be a significant impact on the role of the financial decision makers. In FNCE 370, you worked with the fundamental concepts of corporate finance. In this course, you will apply these fundamental concepts to a variety of issues in corporate finance, such as short-term financial management, lease management, and international corporate finance. With the aid of case studies, you will apply what you learned in FNCE 370 to real-life situations. You will see how corporate finance models are being used in real businesses in which financial or operation managers describe their firm’s financial management systems.

Outline

Lesson 1: Short-Term Finance and Planning

Lesson 2: Cash and Liquidity Management

Lesson 3: Credit and Inventory Management

Lesson 4: International Corporate Finance

Lesson 5: Leasing

Lesson 6: Mergers and Acquisitions

Lesson 7: Risk Management (An Introduction to Financial Engineering)

Lesson 8: Options and Corporate Securities

Evaluation

Your final grade in FNCE 371 is based on three assignments, one Midterm Examination, and one Final Examination. You must achieve a minimum grade of "D" (50%) on the Final Examination and an overall course grade of at least "D" (50%).

If you are taking FNCE 371 in order to transfer credit to one of the accounting organizations, check the organization’s specific requirements. Most accounting organizations require a final grade of “C+” (65%) for transfer credit.

Students who do not complete any one of the assignments or examinations will automatically fail this course. This condition is negotiable only if there is an extreme or dire circumstance, and only with permission of the course coordinator. Such requests must be supported by valid documentation.

The following chart describes the credit weight associated with each course requirement:

Assignment 1	Assignment 2	Assignment 3	Midterm Exam	Final Exam	Total
10%	10%	10%	30%	40%	100%

To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.