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Associated Term: Fall 2015
Levels: Undergraduate Main Campus Campus Lecture (LECT) Schedule Type Min Tech: 49% or Less Online Instructional Method Learning Objectives: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND FINANCE FINANCE 4310, MANAGERIAL FINANCE (CRN 14877) FALL 2015 SYLLABUS TIME: MW 1:30 to 2:50 PM PLACE: BUSN 313 INSTRUCTOR: Gary R. Hedrick OFFICE: BUSN 216 PHONE: 915-747-6033 EMAIL: grhedrick@utep.edu 915-525-3492 (cell) OFFICE HOURS: MW Noon to 1:20 PM, or by appointment Textbook: Michael C. Ehrhardt and Eugene F. Brigham, Financial Management – Theory and Practice, South-Western Cengage Learning, 13th edition (2011), IBSN 978-1-4390-7810-5 Catalogue Description / Prerequisite: FIN 4310: Managerial Finance: The development and utilization of financial plans, policies and practices in business enterprises. Particular emphasis is given to illustrative problems and cases. Restricted to majors: ACCT, BSAD, CIS, ECON, FIN, MGMT, and MKT. Prerequisite: FIN 3310. Objective: The objective of this course is to broaden and deepen your understanding of finance, as it applies to the internal decisions of the business enterprise, by empowering you with the enhanced insights that financial theory provides. As such, this course aims for your understanding of foundational topics in finance - such as valuation and risk, portfolio diversification, capital structure and budgeting, dividend policy, and financial markets and investments - to become a more natural part of your knowledge in finance. The insights that this course provides will enhance your application of finance to empirical analysis and the specialized settings involved in other finance courses. This course also broadens by introducing the theory and application of mergers and acquisitions, and bankruptcy, topics mostly new to students of finance at this juncture in their student career. Outcomes measurements: Student achievement in course objectives will be assessed based on performance on exams, case studies and through assigned homework. Course Requirements and Grading: Attendance will not be recorded nor is it strictly included as a component of your grade. Homework assignments, however, are required and considered part of your grade. Homework will not be taken up and graded; rather we will discuss the homework assignments in class. I will randomly call on students to discuss the homework. If you did not make a good faith attempt on the homework, or are not present to present it, it will result in a zero for one third of the homework portion of your final grade (which is 10%). Three such misses and your maximum final grade will be a 90. The material covered is generally considered difficult for the average student and is cumulative in its application. You are therefore highly encouraged to attend class and do the assigned homework. We will have five or six exams, including the final. This would suggest an exam every four or five class sessions or so. Your grade is largely based on your performance on these exams as well as any assigned case studies. The final will not be comprehensive, since the material, by its nature, is. Pace will be determined by the students’ comprehension as evidenced by performance on exams, so I am unable to specify in advance dates of exams to be given or material covered. I will endeavor to give you sufficient notice of exams. You are also highly encouraged to ask questions. This material is new to most students and may take some time for it to “click.” Grading Format: “A” - 90 TO 100 “B” - 80 TO 89.99 “C” - 70 TO 79.99 “D” - 60 TO 69.99 “F” - 0 TO 59.99 Automatic withdrawals from this class will not be done by the instructor. Missed exams must be made up as soon as possible and may result in a letter grade reduction if, in my sole discretion, the absence is deemed unexcused. Student Accommodations If you have a disability and need classroom accommodations, please contact The Center for Accommodations and Support Services (CASS) at 747-5148, or by email to cass@utep.edu, or visit their office located in UTEP Union East, Room 106. For additional information, please visit the CASS website at www.sa.utep.edu/cass. Academic Honesty: Scholastic/ academic dishonesty is prohibited and considered a violation of the UTEP Handbook of Operating Procedures. Any student who commits an act of scholastic dishonesty is subject to discipline. Scholastic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, cheating, plagiarism, collusion, the submission for credit of any work or materials that another person prepared or created, taking an examination for another person, and any act designed to give unfair advantage to a student or the attempt to commit such acts. Proven violations of the detailed regulations, as printed in the Handbook of Operating Procedures (HOP) and available in the Office of the Dean of Students and the homepage of The Dean of Students at www.utep.edu/dos, may result in sanctions ranging from disciplinary probation, a failing grade on the work in question, a failing grade in the course, suspension or dismissal, among others. Required Materials: Technical Requirements: View Catalog Entry
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