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FIN-5654: Principles of Financial Management

Description: Provide an understanding of the basic principles and concepts underlying the finance function, and the analytical tools for making financial decisions. The specific topics covered are Goals of a Corporate Firm and Agency Problem, Cash Flow Estimation and Financial Statement Analysis, Financial Assets and Markets, Time Value of Money, Risk and Return, Diversification and Capital Asset Pricing Model, Valuation of Stocks and Bonds, and Market Efficiency. Executive MBA and Professional MBA students only.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 2 credits

Prerequisites: FIN-5604

Required By: FIN-5784, FIN-5664, FIN-5674

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 9

Average GPA: 3.63 (rounds to A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 45.16%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Randall S Billingsley202458.3%38.9%2.3%0.5%0.0%0.0%3.526
John C Easterwood2020100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.921
Frederick Hood2021100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.931
Raman Kumar201977.0%23.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.721

Grade Distribution Over Time

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Spring 2019Spring 2020Spring 2021Spring 2022Spring 2023Spring 2024Term050% W