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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-5664, FIN-5674, FIN-5784

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 37

Average GPA: 3.60 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 46.48%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Randall S Billingsley202458.5%39.1%1.9%0.5%0.0%0.0%3.537
John C Easterwood202075.5%23.1%1.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.7014
John M Pinkerton201739.8%57.3%2.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.364
Sattar A Mansi201649.2%47.8%3.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.484
Dilip K Shome201038.5%48.8%12.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.291
Frederick Hood2021100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.931
Charles R Sebuharara201263.0%36.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.602
Raman Kumar201975.2%24.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.724

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