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| Course Goals |
Financial management course has three major goals. First, to develop and understanding of the rapidly evolving and exciting theory of finance so that the learner can evaluate the firm's investment, financing, and dividend decisions in keeping with an objective of maxmizing shareholder wealth by considering social welfare and security; second, to become familiar with the application of analytical methods to a variety of problems in managerial finance; and third, to expose the student how to make correct financial decisions by implementing the concept of opportunity cost. |
| Prerequisite(s) |
Course Code Course Name… |
| Corequisite(s) |
Financial Management
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| Special Requisite(s) |
Good command of English is needed.
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| Instructor(s) |
Assist. Prof. Dr. İ.Ethem Tarhan |
| Course Assistant(s) |
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| Schedule |
The course is not offered this semester. |
| Office Hour(s) |
The course is not offered this semester. |
| Teaching Methods and Techniques |
-Lecturer of the course will use his lecture notes as well as modern financial management textbooks and peer reviewed articles.Moreover, powerpoint slides and resources will be shared to the CATS resources section for students to review. |
| Principle Sources |
-Teams will be organized in order to discuss real cases in financial environment. |
| Other Sources |
-Quess speakers from financial organizations will be invited for class discussions. |
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| Course Schedules |
| Week |
Contents |
Learning Methods |
| 1. Week |
Goals and functions of finance. |
Lecture notes
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| 2. Week |
Valuation of a firm's stock, portfolio analysis and selection. |
Lecture notes
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| 3. Week |
Investment in assets and required returns. |
Lecture notes
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| 4. Week |
Guest speaker |
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| 5. Week |
Financing and dividend policies |
Lecture notes, scholarly articles
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| 6. Week |
Management of liquidity and current assets |
Lecture notes, scholarly articles
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| 7. Week |
Short-and intermediate-term financing |
Lecture notes, scholarly articles
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| 8. Week |
Long-term financing |
Lecture notes, scholarly articles
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| 9. Week |
Midterm examination |
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| 10. Week |
Field trip |
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| 11. Week |
Learning team term projects starts |
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| 12. Week |
Mergers and acquisitions |
Lecture notes
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| 13. Week |
Business failure and reorganization |
Lecture notes
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| 14. Week |
Tools of financial analysis and control |
Lecture notes
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| 15. Week |
Financial ratio analysis |
Lecture notes
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| 16. Week |
Learning team PowerPoint presentations |
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| 17. Week |
Final examination |
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