Course Objectives

This course will focus on using Microsoft Excel 2007 to conduct a wide range of financial analysis and modeling that reinforces and extends students understanding of fundamental topics in corporate finance that were covered in previous finance courses. It will concentrate on corporate finance rather than investments. It is a "hands-on" course in which you will work directly in Excel to explore most of the powerful features of this and similar spreadsheet software. You will develop a valuable and marketable skill set that will serve you well in any career path that you choose.

This course will build on the content of FIN 331 (Business Finance I) which is required as a prerequisite. It will also be helpful as a precursor or follow-up course for FIN 338 (Intermediate Financial Management) and will serve you well in any other finance course you take.

In addition, this course will incorporate frequent discussion of current events in the world if finance, using articles from BusinessWeek magazine and other sources.

Above all, this course is intended to be practical, useful, and interesting. As with any course, what you get out of it will be directly related to what you put into it. If you take it seriously and work hard at it, you will have something very valuable to take away from it.