Georgia State University Robinson College of Business – Fall Semester, 2004

MBA 8230 – Applications in Corporate Finance - Syllabus Supplement, Instructor: Dr. Charles Hodges

Class Hours: Wednesday, 4:30-7:00 p.m. Office: Richards College of Business, Room 10, SUWG
Class Room: Online and TBA Phone: (770)301-8648 and (678)839-4816
Class Webpage: http://www.gsu.edu/~fnccwh/mba8230.html
E-mail: mba8622@hotmail.com or chodges@westga.edu Office Hours: By appointment

See the course syllabus and video introduction for MBA 8130 course policies on attendance,
prerequisites, rescheduling of exams, academic honesty, etc.

Required Textbook: Corporate Finance; A Focused Approach, Ehrhardt and Brigham, Dryden Press
(2003), 1st

Grading: In accordance with Departmental policy, for masters level courses (MBA and FI prefixed), it is expected that
no more than 35 percent of the students in a given class section will receive a grade of A. The majority of the remaining
students are expected to receive grades of B. Those students demonstrating significantly lagging performance shall earn
grades of C or lower as appropriate.

Grade Weights: Final Exam 50%

Time Value of Money Problem Set 20% (A take home exam)
Two-minute Feedbacks 5% (5% from instructor component)
On-line Quizzes 25% (added 5% from instructor component)
100%

Daily Class Schedule for Wednesday Classes:1

Date Event
„ 10/20 Optional Face to Face Session
„ 11/27 Chat Session
„ 11/03 Chapter 8 Quiz Due and Chat Session
„ 11/10 Chapter 17 Quiz Due and Chat Session
„ 11/17 Chat Session
„ 11/24 Chapter 3 Quiz Due and Chat Session
„ 12/01 Chapter 6 Quiz Due and Chat Session
„ 12/08 Trimtech Quiz Due and Required Chat to discuss Trimtech
„ TBA 75 Minute Mini-Session to review Risk and Return
„ 12/15 Optional Face to Face Help Session, Chapter 13 Quiz Due
„ Final Exam – Face to Face, Friday, December 17 from 7:15 p.m. to 9:15 p.m.

Important links:
http://www.gsu.edu/~fnccwh/mba8230.html Course Webpage
http://www.real.com/ RealPlayer, click on download, and then look for free version
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/default.asp Windows Media Player
http://webct.gsu.edu/webct/public/home.pl WEBCT login page
http://www.swlearning.com/finance/ehrhardt/focused/focused.html Textbook Website

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Dates of Quizzes and Assignments are generally given according to the above schedule.
I will announce changes at least one week in advance.