BA 3341 – 001 Business Finance

Spring 2005

Time: Saturday, 9:00 – 11:45 am

Classroom: SOM 1.212

Instructor: Zhengzheng Li
Office: SM 3.708
Phone: 972-883-4882
Email: georgeyl@utdallas.edu
Webpage: www.utdallas.edu/~georgeyl
Office hours: Wednesday, 03:00-05:00 pm, or by appointment

Textbook: “Fundamentals of Corporate Finance,” by: Ross, Westerfield, and Jordan,

McGraw-Hill Irwin, 6th Edition, 2003.

Optional Reading: Though not required, students are strongly encouraged to regularly
read a business periodical, I recommend The Wall Street Journal.

Calculator: You will need a calculator which has financial functions.

TI-BA II Plus is strongly recommended.

Course Webpage: All lecture notes, assignments, solutions, and grades will be posted on
my homepage. It is each student’s responsibility to check the course
website frequently.

Grading: Attendance and Participation 10%

Quizzes 20%
Midterm 30%
Final 40%

Homeworks and Quizzes: To help develop your understanding of the material, I will
recommend some end-of-chapter problems after each session. No homework submission
is required. Rather, I will occasionally give a quiz based upon these assignments. The
lowest grade of your quizzes will be dropped in computing your final score.

Exams:
o All exams will be multiple-choice, closed book and closed notes. However each
student may use one letter size sheet of paper with notes on it.
o No makeup exams will be given. If you miss the midterm, your final will count for
70% of your semester grade, provided you make arrangements with me prior to
the exam date.
o Final exam will be comprehensive and you must attend it to receive a passing grade
in this class.
o Students are responsible to bring a calculator, scantron (Form No: 882-E) and
pencil to each exam.
o Please submit in writing, within one week, any disputes you have with specific
grades in a well thought-out argument.
 Course Schedule

Wk Date Topic Chapters

1 01/15 Overview
Introduction to Corporate Finance Chapter 1
Financial Statements, Taxes, and Cash Flow Chapter 2
2 01/22 Working on Financial Statement Chapter 3

3 01/29 Introduction to Valuation: The Time Value of Money Chapter 5

4 02/05 Discounted Cash Flow Valuation Chapter 6

5 02/12 Interest Rate and Bond Valuation Chapter 7

6 02/19 Stock Valuation Chapter 8
7 02/26 Net Present Value and Other Investment Criteria Chapter 9
Review

8 03/05 Midterm

9 03/12 Spring Break

10 03/19 Making Capital Investment Decisions Chapter 10

Project Analysis and Evaluation Chapter 11
11 03/26 Some Lessons from Capital Market History Chapter 12
Return, Risk, and the Security Market Line Chapter 13

12 04/02 Cost of Capital Chapter 15

Raising Capital Chapter 16

13 04/09 Financial Leverage and Capital Structure Policy Chapter 17

14 04/16 Dividends and Dividend Policy Chapter 18

15 04/23 Review

16 04/30 Final Exam

05/02 Final Grades

Notice of Policy on Cheating:

Students are expected to be above reproach in all scholastic activities. Students who
engage in scholastic dishonesty are subject to disciplinary penalties, including the
possibility of failure in the course and dismissal from the University. "Scholastic
dishonesty includes but is not limited to cheating, plagiarism, collusion, the submission
for credit of any work or materials that are attributable in whole or in part to another
person, taking an examination for another person, any act designed to give unfair
advantage to a student or the attempt to commit such acts." Regents' Rules and
Regulations, Part One, Chapter VI, Section 3, Subsection 3.2, Subdivision 3.22.
Recommended Learning Regimen:

o Outside of Class:
• Read Assigned Chapter(s)
• Review Class Notes
• Work on assignments and check solutions
• Work as many of the end-of-chapter problems as you feel you need to
thoroughly understand the material. I also recommend working the Chapter
Review and Self-Test Problems at the end of each chapter and going over the
Concepts Review and Critical Thinking Questions.
• Meet with instructor during office hour
• Form study groups
• Study the calculator manual which comes with your calculator early in the
course. Also, try to work problems using your calculator where appropriate.
Practice improves your understanding of how your calculator works.

o During Class:
• Attend Lectures
• Take Notes
• Actively participate in class discussion and work on sample problems

Recommended Problems:

Chapter Problems
 University of Texas at Dallas
School of Management

BA3341 Section 001 Zhengzheng Li

Business Finance Spring 2005

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