Jun 30, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
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OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024 [Archived Catalog]

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FIN 4580 - Applied Corporate Finance

This course examines advanced corporate finance topics presented through lecture and cases including capital structure, capital budgeting, payout policy, and mergers and acquisitions. Topics are explored using industry relevant tools and models and real time data.

Requisites: FIN 3000 and 3270 and 4510
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 describe the process of advanced capital budgeting
  • Students will be able to describe the payout policy decision
  • Students will be able to describe the process for evaluating potential mergers and acquisitions
  • Students will be able to describe the restructuring and reorganization process
  • Students will be able to explain the importance of external financing selection
  • Students will be able to numerically value companies
  • Students will be able to numerically calculate predicting impacts on firm financials of mergers and acquisitions
  • Students will be able to critique payout policy alternatives
  • Students will be able to critique capital structure alternatives
  • Students will be able to compare financial impacts of external financing sources
  • Students will be able to compare merger and acquisition proposals based on the risk/return tradeoff
  • Students will be able to create computer applications to implement multiple firm valuation techniques
  • Students will be able to create computer applications to estimate the financial impact of payout policy, capital structure and capital budgeting decisions

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