BUSI 370 - Financial Management

Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Laboratory Hours: 0

Prerequisite(s): ACCT 115 and ECON 100 or ECON 110

Restriction(s): None

Corequisite(s): None

This course is designed to give students in bachelors degree programs the necessary financial management background for entry-level management positions. (This assumes that the students have not completed a normal business administration sequence of course work.) The purpose of the course is to analyze the financial planning process and the financial operating methods available to firms. It provides students with procedures to analyze financial decisions and to assess options available to a firm in an ever changing business environment.

Student Learning Outcomes of the Course:

Students will prepare capital budgets, evaluate stocks and bonds as methods of financing, and compare short term sources of financing.
Students will evaluate short term financing such as accounts receivable, trade discounts, etc.
Students will assess and evaluate the financial status of the firm using ratios.
Ratio analysis is also one section of the required research project.
Students will be required to complete and use the information on financial statements, and prepare different types of budgets.
Students will identify ethical issues of their individual company in the research project.
Students identify the current economic and financial trends that affect the financial position of the firm in the research project.
Students will identify the impact of international finance on the firm.