Jun 30, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

FIN 4610 - Financial Management and Policy


Case study of financial management in business enterprises. Planning current and long-run financial needs, profit planning, allocation of funds, raising funds, dividend policies, expansion and combination, recapitalization and reorganization.

Requisites: FIN 3270 and 3410 and Sr only
Credit Hours: 3
OHIO BRICKS Capstone: Capstone or Culminating Experience
General Education Code (students who entered prior to Fall 2021-22): 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will be able to apply the lessons of capital budgeting to project analysis, lease analysis, and firm valuation.
  • Students will be able to build simple spreadsheet-based financial models for financial forecasting and capital budgeting.
  • Students will be able to solve capital budgeting problems by identifying the timing and amount of the relevant cash flows and by estimating the appropriate discount rate.
  • Students will learn the theoretical foundations of financial policy, including capital structure and dividend policy, and understand the valuation implications of these policies to firms.


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