BUSI 370 - Financial Management

Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Laboratory (or Other) 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:

Assess and evaluate the financial status of the firm using financial ratios.
Calculate the issue price for different financing options
Compare and contrast the cost of stocks and bonds as methods of financing.
Compare and contrast the return for stocks and bonds as investments
Prepare cash and capital budgets
Compare and contrast short term sources of financing