Nov 22, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2024-25
SAM 3100 - Foundations of Financial Management
A corporate finance course which will implement a profit-maximizing approach to investing, financing, and managerial decisions of a firm. The principles used apply equally to not-for-profit organizations and personal finances. Major topics include financial goals of a firm, financial mathematics, financial statement analysis, financial asset valuation, capital budgeting, risk and return, and cost of capital.
Requisites: (ACCT 1010 or ATCH 1030 or SAM 1000) and Jr or Sr
Credit Hours: 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 apply the principles to a variety of business and personal finance.
- Students will apply valuation techniques to business investment opportunities.
- Students will understand and explain several of the principles of finance.
- Students will understand and interpret the financial statements of a business.
- Students will understand the relation between risk and return and its impact on a firm’s cost of capital.
- Students will use financial information to evaluate the financial position and performance of a firm, both in relation to other firms, and over time.
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