UNITED INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

COURSE SYLLABUS

1 School School of Business and Economics (SOBE)

Department
2
/ Centre
3 Programme BBA

4 Course Title Corporate Finance

5 Course Code FIN4117

Trimester
6 Summer, 2016
and Year
Pre-
7 FIN3123: Managerial Finance
requisites
8 Status Major Elective Course
Credit
9 3
Hours
10 Section B, E
Section B: Monday & Wednesday : 08:30 AM 09:50 AM
11 Class Hours
Section E: Sunday & Tuesday : 03:35 PM 04:55 PM
Class
12 Room # 313 , Main Campus
Location
Course https://sites.google.com/site/corporatefinancefin4117uiu162/
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website www.elms.uiu.ac.bd/courses/Summer2016/SOBE/Summer16:FIN4117
Name (s) of
Academic Md Mohan Uddin, PhD (MUd)
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staff / Associate Professor
Instructor(s)
15 Contact mohanuddin@bus.uiu.ac.bd
16 Office Room#508, Main Campus

Sunday 04:55 PM 06:15 PM

Monday 09:50 AM 11:10 AM
Counselling
17 Tuesday 04:55 PM 06:15 PM
Hours
Wednesday 09:50 AM 11:10 AM
Any other time By appointment

Ross, S. A., Westerfield, R., & Jaffe, J. F. (2013). Corporate finance (10th ed.).
18 Text Book
McGraw-Hill Education.
 FIN4117 Course Syllabus Summer 2016

1. Ehrhardt, M., & Brigham, E. (2016). Corporate finance: A focused approach. Cengage
Learning.
2. Brealey, R. A., Myers, S. C., Allen, F., & Mohanty, P. (2012). Principles of corporate finance.
19 Reference Tata McGraw-Hill Education.
3. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv6YtbTdb5s6PX18Jn9OACQ
4. http://www.investopedia.com/
Bring your own scientific calculator to participate effectively in classroom
Equipment
20 activities. You are not allowed to borrow from others in the classroom during
& Aids
class activities.
Looking at the right-hand side of the balance sheet of companies, one can easily
find out that companies can finance their assets by issuing debt and equity
securities. The basic issues revolve not only around making decisions as to how
much debt or how much equity be used to finance assets but also around decisions
Course as to what types of debt securities or equity securities be issued. It is also not a
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Rationale recent phenomenon that leasing has become one of the popular ways of financing
corporate assets. In order to achieve the goal of shareholder wealth maximization,
these corporate financing decisions are crucial. The Corporate Finance course is
therefore essential for the business students who are the future corporate
managers.
The Corporate Finance course initially introduces the students with the corporate
form of business organizations and its financing environment. After that the course
familiarizes the students with the implications of capital market environment for
Course
22 corporate financing decisions. Remaining part of the course covers the concepts,
Description
theories and applications related to long term debt and equity financing, valuation
and capital budgeting of leveraged firms, corporate payout policies, lease
financing, merger and acquisitions, and financial distress.
The objectives of the course are to
1. Introduce the corporate financing environment and impact of efficient
capital market on corporate financing decisions.
2. Explain the concepts and theories of corporate capital structure
Course 3. Discuss the link between corporate leverage and investment decision
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Objectives making techniques
4. Elaborate dividend policy and lease financing decisions
5. Explain corporate decisions related to merger, acquisition, divestiture, and
financial distress situations.
Letter Marks % Grade Point Letter Marks% Grade Point
Grade Grade
A (Plain) 90-100 4.00 C+ (Plus) 70-73 2.33
A- (Minus)FIN4117
86-89 3.67 C (Plain) Course66-69
Syllabus 2.00 Summer 2016
B+ (Plus) 82-85 3.33 C- (Minus) 62-65 1.67
B (Plain) 78-81 3.00 D+ (Plus) 58-61 1.33
24 Course
B- (Minus) 74-77 After the successful
2.67 D (Plain) completion
55-57 of this
1.00course, the students will be able to:
Learning F (Fail) <55 0.00
Letter Grade Marks %
1. Identify
Grade Point
the financing
Letter Grade Marks%
environment of corporations and understand the
Grade Point
A (Plain)
Outcomes
90-100 4.00 impact
C+of efficient market
(Plus) 70-73 hypothesis
2.33 on corporate financing decisions
A- (Minus) (CLOs)
86-89 3.67 2. Interpret
C (Plain)
the concepts66-69 2.00 related to corporate capital structure and
and theories
B+ (Plus) 82-85 3.33 C- (Minus) 62-65 1.67
B (Plain) 78-81 3.00 dividend policy 58-61
D+ (Plus) 1.33
B- (Minus) 74-77 2.67 3. Evaluate different 55-57
D (Plain) methods of 1.00assessing projects and compare lease as a
F (Fail) <55 0.00
long term financing method along with traditional debt and equity
financing
4. Analyze different aspects of mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures for a
corporation
5. Recognize corporate financial distress situation and deal with its
consequences

Teaching Lecture, open discussion, class exercises, case studies, group activities
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Methods
26 Topic Outline

Class Topics/Assignments CLOs Reading Reference Activities

1 Introduction to corporate finance 1 Chapter 1
2,3 Efficient capital markets and behavioral challenges 1 Chapter 14
4,5 Long-term financing: An introduction 1 Chapter 15 Quiz 1
6,7,8 Capital structure: Basic concepts 2 Chapter 16
9,10,11 Capital structure: Limits to the use of debts 2 Chapter 17 Quiz 2
MID-TERM EXAMINATION
12,13 Valuation and capital budgeting for the levered firm 3 Chapter 18
14,15,1
Dividends and other payouts 2 Chapter 19
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17,18 Leasing 3 Chapter 21 Quiz 3
19,20 Mergers, acquisitions and divestitures 4 Chapter 29
21,22 Financial distress 5 Chapter 30 Quiz 4
Submitting
23 PRESENTATION OF THE PROJECT PAPER Chapter 21
project paper
24 REVIEW

Assessment Types Marks

Attendance and Participation 5%
Class Tests 15%
Assessment
27 Assignments/presentation 15%
Methods Mid Term exam 25%
Final Exam 40%

Grading
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Policy
 FIN4117 Course Syllabus Summer 2016

a. Class Attendance and Participation:

Class attendance is mandatory (at 80% of classes) to qualify for grading as per
university policy.
b. Examination:
There is NO provision for make-up of missed classes, quizzes, or the mid-term
Additional examination.
29 Course
c. Assignment and Term Project:
Policies
Failure to submit the Assignments, Term Paper on the due date will result in
50% deduction from the possible score.
d. Counselling:
You are expected to follow the counseling time-table as set out in this course.

a. Academic Calendar Spring2016: http://www.uiu.ac.bd/academic/calendar/

b. Academic Information and Policies:
http://www.uiu.ac.bd/academic/academic-information-policies/
Additional
30 c. Grading and Performance Evaluation:
Information
http://www.uiu.ac.bd/academic/grading-performance-evaluation/
d. Proctorial Rules
http://www.uiu.ac.bd/academic/1192-2/