MGMT 410: Financial Management

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Class Program
Bachelor of Applied Science-Applied Management
Credits 5 Lecture Hours 55 Lab Hours 0
This course covers financial management principles with a focus on the concepts associated with allocation of resources. Students will learn how to meet financial objectives and make decisions through topics such as analysis of financial statements, forecasting, cash and capital budgeting, risk and return, capital structure, value of money, and financing. Case studies are used to examine financial management problems and solutions.

Prerequisites

Acceptance into the Bachelor of Applied Science in Applied Management program.
Course Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to demonstrate the following knowledge or skills:

  1. Examine and discuss ethics in finance
  2. Demonstrate and describe how to read and analyze financial statements
  3. Classify and evaluate investments and opportunity cost
  4. Identify and calculate the time value of money
  5. Explain how a market interest rate is determined
  6. Evaluate investment choices using Net Present Value
  7. Define the difference between a commercial bank and an investment bank
  8. Calculate the rate of return and expected rate of return for an investment
  9. Identify and explain the costs associated with the cost of capital such as flotation, administrative and underwriting
Institutional Outcomes
IO2 Computation: Students will be able to reason mathematically.
IO3 Human Relations/Workplace Skills: Demonstrate effective leadership, critical thinking, teamwork, and technical and information literacy competencies needed to make critical decisions to resolve interpersonal and organizational challenges that most often occur in the modern workplace.
Course Content Outline
  1. Module 1 Ethics and Financial Statements
  2. Module 2 Time Value of Money
  3. Module 3 Financial Markets
  4. Module 4 Risk and the Cost of Capital
  5. Module 5 Capital Budgeting
Department Guidelines

The class syllabus must contain all elements as described in the Syllabus Checklist. A class schedule must be provided to students that contains content covered (text chapters, topics, etc.) and tentative test/project dates (to include final date/time). The work in this course will be primarily project-based.

PO5 Identify the significance of and key decisions in the operations management function, and quality management/quality control methods.

BAS-AM Writing Standard:

Students will design documents and present information according to industry standards and/or the APA style guide, honor academic honesty as outlined in the Student Code of Conduct, and model integrity as expressed in the College’s Guiding Principles.