This course provides an overview of financial management and the financial system. The goal is to equip students with the basic understanding of how financial decisions are made. Students will learn fundamental finance concepts and tools, and how they are applied in practice. The course will lay a foundation for more advanced finance courses that students will subsequently take. Topics include time value of money, capital budgeting, risk and return tradeoff, and security valuation.
This course provides an overview of financial management and the financial system. The goal is to equip students with the basic understanding of how financial decisions are made. Students will learn fundamental finance concepts and tools, and how they are applied in practice. The course will lay a foundation for more advanced finance courses that students will subsequently take. Topics include time value of money, capital budgeting, risk and return tradeoff, and security valuation.
