Core
Students must obtain a grade of B or better in 756.701 Corporate Finance to continue in the program.
- 756.701 Corporate Finance
- 756.710 Advanced Corporate Finance: A Case Study Approach
- 756.752 Mergers, Acquisitions, and Valuation
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756.701 Corporate Finance
The main goal of this course is to analyze the major financial decisions of corporations. This is not an introductory course. Students are required to be familiar with the basic concepts of corporate finance. This course deals primarily with a firm’s investment and financing decisions and its interactions with the capital markets. Topics include valuation and risk, capital budgeting, the cost of capital, capital structure theory, and working capital management. Students develop the fundamental principles of financial valuation and analysis, which provide a solid foundation for all other finance courses.
Notes: Recommended as first MBA core course completed. (3 credits)
Prerequisite(s): BU.790.609 OR BU.756.004 OR BE.790.609 OR BE.756.004
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756.710 Advanced Corporate Finance: A Case Study Approach
By employing a case study approach, students learn how the theoretical concepts and tools learned in the Corporate Finance class are applied in solving real world problems. Through such key concepts as financial forecasting, cost of capital, capital budgeting, optimal capital structure, dividend policy, and firm valuation, students learn the analytical techniques necessary to make rational financial decisions. (3 credits)
Prerequisite(s): BU.756.701
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756.752 Mergers, Acquisitions, and Valuation
Using a case approach, this course explores the incentives for using acquisition, divestiture, and alliances as vehicles to achieve corporate strategic objectives. Students address analytical techniques often employed in restructuring and alliances, negotiation strategies, valuation, and the evolution of these transactions. Also discussed are problems encountered in post-merger integration and alternative modes of market entry, such as joint ventures and internal development. (3 credits)
Prerequisite(s): BU.756.701
