Instructor Deng Xin, PhD , CFA, Associate Professor

Course Objective

■ Provide undergraduate students with a broad understanding of all the important financial principles, concepts, and analytical tools.

- Analysis of financial statements, the time value of money, risk and return, corporate financing choices, and investment analysis.

■ A key fundamental course in finance

- Advanced Corporate Finance, Financial Markets and Institutions, International Financial Management, Investments, Equity Securities, Fixed Income Securities, and Derivatives Securities.

Course Assessment

Components	Marks	Individual/Group
Coursework
Quiz	10	Individual
Homework	20	Group
Class participation	10	Individual
Final Examination*	60	Individual
Total	100

● Assessment Plan

Course Learning Objective	Assessment Method
Acquisition of knowledge: Students should demonstrate knowledge and application ability of core curriculum.	Quiz and exam that covers various topics in the core curriculum.Metric: marks scored in the quiz and exam.
Problem solving & decision making: Students should develop abilities to identify, analyze, and solve financial problems.	Students solve tutorial problems and make presentations to the class.Metric: marks scored in the home work and class participation.

Textbooks

● Main textbook

- Berk and Demarzo, Corporate Finance

● References

- Ross, Westerfield, and Jaffe, Corporate Finance

- Grintblatt and Titman, Financial Markets & Corprorate Strategy

Course Schedule

Lecture	Topics	Compulsory Readings
1	Introduction to Corporate Finance	C1
2	Accounting: Financial Statements and Financial Models	C2 and C3
3	Time Value of Money and Investment Rules	C4 and C5
4	Making Capital Investment Decisions and Risk Analysis	C6 and C7
5	Bond Valuation	C8
6	Stock Valuation	C9
7	Risk and Return	C10
8	The Cost of Capital	C13
9	EMH and Long-Term Financing	C14 and C15
10	C9apital Structure	C16
11	Tax, Financial Distress, Signaling	C17
12	Valuation for the Levered Firm	C18
13	Payout Policies	C19
14	Course Wrap Up
	FINAL EXAMINATION

Faculty team

邓　辛

沈蓓蓓

刘蔚林

刘　莹

刘方舟

岑冰峰

马　晗