ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

Faculty of Management

ISL 333E – FINANCE

2021-2022 Fall
CRN: 13611

INSTRUCTORS : Oktay TAŞ (oktay.tas@itu.edu.tr),

Kaya TOKMAKÇIOĞLU (tokmakcioglu@itu.edu.tr),

ASSISTANT : Yusuf Onur DERİN (deriny@itu.edu.tr)

COURSE PERIOD : Oct 04, 2021 - Jan 14, 2022 (Thursday)

COURSE OBJECTIVE
The objective of this course is to teach the fundamentals of corporate finance and equip the
students with the decision rules applied in the area of financial management.

TEXT BOOK(S)
Fundamentals of Financial Management (Brigham, E.F., Houston, J.F., 13th ed, Cengage,
2013, ISBN: 9780538482127)

Class Notes Package (ppt print out)

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

The course grade will be assigned based on the following weights:

Term project 15 %
Quizzes 10 %
Midterm 35 %
Final 40 %

TENTATIVE COURSE OUTLINE

Week Date Topic Assignment

1 10/7 Introduction to Financial Management Ch1 & Ch2
2 10/14 Financial Statements Ch3
3 10/21 Analysis of Financial Statements Ch4
4 10/28 Financial Planning and Forecasting Ch17
5 11/4 Time Value of Money Ch5
6 11/11 Interest Rates Ch6
7 11/18 Valuation of Bonds Ch7
11/25 Break
8 12/2 Midterm Exam
9 12/9 Risk – Return Ch8
12/12 Submission of Term Project
10 12/16 Stocks and their Valuation Ch9
11 12/23 Cost of Capital Ch10
12 12/30 Capital Budgeting Ch11
13 1/6 Cash Flow Estimation and Risk Ch12
14 1/13 Real Options Ch13
Final Exam