This course discusses important topics in finance from the perspective of financial managers, who are responsible for making investments and financing decisions. The concept of net present value, suitably adapted to account for taxes, uncertainty, and strategic concerns, is used to analyze how investment and financing decisions interact to affect the value of the firm. The course provides the theory and practices of corporate financial management covering business organizations, basic financial statements, present value concepts, capital budgeting, long term financing, cost of capital, capital structure and dividend policy. At the end of this course, you will be expected to obtain useful financial knowledge as well as a solid foundation on further advanced finance courses in the future.

· I reserve the right to make changes based on the future agenda. Hence you are responsible for any changes that are announced during the semester.
· I will post the lecture slides at latest the day before every lecture day.
· The ground rule for the final exam will be posted in a timely manner.
· Attendance will not be checked, however, I strongly encourage you to actively participate the classes, where we will deal with some exercises/problem-solving activities. I will grade at the end of the semester how actively you take part in the classes.