Fundamentals of Finance | Intercampus Course Exchange

UMass Lowell

Graduate

Course not available for

UMass Amherst, UMass Chan Medical School

This course introduces students to the finance function in the context of the modern corporation. Students are exposed to a variety of analytical techniques and to theory applied to financial decision making. Specific topics include financial statements and cash flows, risk and rates of return, the time value of money, stock and bond valuation, and determination of a firm's cost of capital. The course concludes with an introduction to a major financial decision for a firm: analyzing capital investments.

Finance

Course Number

FINA.5010

Section

201

Credits

Instructor Name

Weicker,Raymond Thomas

Instructor Email

Raymond_Weicker@uml.edu

Prerequisite

Pre- or Co-req: ACCT.5010 Financial Accounting, or permission of graduate program coordinator.

Schedule & Modality

M, 6:30 PM - 9:20 PM

In Person

Enrollment Numbers

Capacity

How to Register

In order to register for an ICX course, students must fill out the ICX registration form. The form must be signed by the student's advisor or graduate coordinator, by the department chair or appropriate person. The form is sent to the host campus and is signed by the department chair and instructor of the course. If there are seats available, the student will be enrolled. A shadow course will be created on the student’s home campus allowing the credit to be added to the student’s transcript. The UMass registrars will ensure that proper credits are given to the student and that no charges incur from the host campus.