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Foundations of Financial Management

13th Edition
by Block, Hirt, and Danielsen
© 2009 McGraw-Hill Irwin

Course This course introduces corporate financial management and covers financial analysis,
Description optimizing operating and financing strategies, financial forecasting, time value of money, cost
of capital analysis, and basic capital budgeting techniques, including discounted-cash-flow
analysis. Funds sources and financial-resource allocation are analyzed. Spreadsheet software
packages are used to analyze data and solve case-based problems.

Prerequisite: ACCT 212 / 3-3

A note about the course syllabus and general course layout...

All student objectives, assignments or expectations can be identified by either a light

blue shaded background or bolded blue text.

Terminal DeVry University course content is constructed from curriculum guides

Course developed for each course that are in alignment with specific Terminal Course
Objectives Objectives. The Terminal Course Objectives (TCOs) define the learning
objectives that the student will be required to comprehend and demonstrate by
course completion. The TCOs that will be covered in detail each week can be
found in the Objectives section for that particular week. Whenever possible, a
reference will be made from a particular assignment or discussion back to the
 TCO that it emphasizes.

Given the financial and economic environment in which a firm operates,

1 demonstrate an understanding of the financial function and the environment within
which it is carried out.

Given a firm’s financial statements, evaluate the firm’s past and current financial
2 performance, including an assessment of the firm’s financial performance relative to
industry averages.

Given the firm’s operating and financing strategy, formulate the firm’s Pro-Forma
3 financial statements.

Given a firm’s need to finance short-term and long-term assets, compare and
4 contrast the principle financing strategies available to the finance manager.

Given a firm’s need to finance short-term assets, demonstrate the importance of

5 current asset management to the firm’s financial success.

Given a firm’s need to invest cash flows and to prioritize investment opportunities,
6 demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the Time Value of Money.

Given a case where a firm is considering individual or multiple long-term projects,

7 compare and contrast the primary strategies used in optimizing capital budgeting
decisions.

Given a firm’s capital structure, and its need for additional funding, compare and
8 contrast the advantages of using the primary sources of financing available to the
firm.

Given a firm’s mix of labor and capital assets, evaluate the tools used to describe the
9 firm’s operating and financial leverage.

Given a firm’s debt structure, evaluate the economics of replacing and/or

10 extinguishing existing debt.

Given the firm’s debt structure and requirement for additional long term assets,
11 compare and contrast leasing versus purchasing.

Course A Course Project is one of the required assignments within this course. It is worth 200 points
Specific and is divided into two parts. Part 1 is due at the end of Week 3 and Part 2 is due at the end of
Week 6. Students are required to complete each component by the due date accordingly.
Requirements Any portion of Part 1 that is submitted after Week 3 will be subject to the Late Assignment
Policy. Additional details regarding the Course Project are located under the Course Home
tab.

Course
Schedule
Week, TCOs
Readings/Class Preparation Activities/Assignments
and Topics

Assignment: Practice Problems (not

Chapter 1 - The Goals and
graded). Solutions provided in Doc
Week 1 Functions of Financial Management
Sharing
TCO 1,2
Chapter 2 - Review of Accounting
Homework ES (graded)
Business Ethics
Chapter 3 - Financial Analysis
Discussions (2 graded topics)

Assignment: Practice Problems (not

Week 2 Chapter 4 - Financial Forecasting graded). Solutions provided in Doc
TCO 3,9 Sharing
Chapter 5 - Operating and Financial
Leverage Leverage
Homework ES (graded)

Discussions (2 graded topics)

Assignment: Practice Problems (not

Chapter 6 - Working Capital and graded). Solutions provided in Doc
Week 3 Sharing
the Financing Decision
TCO 4, 5
Chapter 7 - Current Asset Homework ES (graded)
Funding
Management
Course Project: Part 1 due

Discussions (2 graded topics)

Assignment: Practice Problems (not

Week 4 Chapter 8 - Sources of Short-Term graded). Solutions provided in Doc
TCO 6 Financing Sharing

Time Value of Chapter 9 - The Time Value of Homework ES (graded)

Money Money
Discussions (2 graded topics)

Midterm Exam
 Week 5 Assignment: Practice Problems (not
Chapter 10 - Valuation and Rates of graded). Solutions provided in Doc
TCO 8
Return Sharing
Valuation and
Chapter 11 - Cost of Capital
Cost of Capital Homework ES (graded)

Discussions (2 graded topics)

Assignment: Practice Problems (not

Week 6
Chapter 12 - The Capital Budgeting graded). Solutions provided in Doc
TCO 7 Sharing
Decision
Capital
Chapter 13 - Risk and Capital Homework ES (graded)
Budgeting and
Budgeting
Risk
Course Project: Part 2 due

Discussions (2 graded topics)

Chapter 14 - Capital Markets

Week 7 Assignment: Practice Problems (not
TCO 1, 10, 11 Chapter 15 - Investment Banking: graded). Solutions provided in Doc
Public and Private Placement Sharing
Capital Markets
and Long-Term
Financing Chapter 16 - Long-Term Debt and Homework ES (graded)
Lease Financing
Discussions (2 graded topics)

Week 8
All TCOs Final Exam
All Topics

Due Dates for Unless otherwise specified:

Assignments &
 access to most Weeks begins on Sunday at 12:01 am MT
Exams  all assignments are to be submitted on or before Sunday at the end of the specified
week that they are due, 11:59 P.M. (MT).

 all quizzes and exams are to be completed on or before Sunday at the end of the
specified week that they open, 11:59 P.M. (MT).

"Week 8" opens at 12:01 am MT Saturday of the 7th week. Any assignments or
exams must be completed by 11:59 pm Thursday of the 8th week.
 Assignment The maximum score in this class is 1000 points. The categories, which
Values and contribute to your final grade, are weighted as follows:
Letter Grades
Assignment Points Weighting

Discussions 210 21%

(30 Pts, Weeks 1-7)

Homework ES 210 21%

(30 Pts, Weeks 1-7)

Course Project Part 1 100 10%

(Week 3)

Course Project Part 2 100 10%

(Week 6)

Midterm 130 13%

Final Exam 250 25%

Total Points 1000 100%

All of your course requirements are graded using points. At the end of the course, the points
are converted to a letter grade using the scale in the table below.

Letter Grade Points Percentage

A 900 - 1000 90% to 100%

B 800 - 899 80% to 89%

C 700 - 799 70% to 79%

D 600 - 699 60% to 69%

F 599 - and below Below 60%

For policy on assignment values and letter grades (and all other policies), please review the
information contained in "Policies" under the Course Home section of your course.

Late DeVry University is an intense learning environment. Thus, late work poses a serious threat to
Assignment a student’s ability to keep up with the pace of this course. There are times, however, when
students may fall behind due to unforeseen circumstances. As a rule, late work is unacceptable,
Policy but the instructor recognizes that sometimes emergencies prevent students from completing
their work on time. In the event that the student cannot submit his/her work on time he/she
should contact the instructor immediately. The instructor reserves the right to deduct points for
the late submission.
 Cutoff time for "on time" assignment postings is 11:59 pm Mountain Time the day the
assignment is due.

One final note: Please note that technical problems are not excuses for late assignments in this
class. Please back up your work in several places: your system, a floppy or Zip disk, email the
file to yourself at another e-mail account, etc. There is nothing worse than losing hard work to
a computer crash, and such issue will not constitute a valid excuse for late work in this class.
Students are expected to take the necessary steps to ensure the timeliness of their work. Play it
safe!

Discussion In the "Discussion" areas of the course, you, as a student, can interact with your instructor and
Requirements classmates to explore questions and comments related to the content of this course.
Discussions will always close Sunday, 11:59 P.M. Mountain Time (MT).

A successful student in online education is one who takes an active role in the learning
process. You are therefore encouraged to participate in the discussion areas to enhance your
learning experience throughout each week.

The discussions will be graded for:

1. Frequency—Number and regularity of your discussion comments, and

2. Quality—Content of your contributions

Frequency—Number and regularity of your contributions. Students are expected to log into
the course and post (respond) in the discussion topics on a minimum of three separate days
per week in each graded discussion, beginning no later than Wednesday.

Quality—Content of your contributions. Examples of quality posts include:

 providing additional information to the discussion;

 elaborating on previous comments from others;

 presenting explanations of concepts or methods to help fellow students,

 presenting reasons for or against a topic in a persuasive fashion,

 sharing your own personal experiences that relate to the topic, and

 providing a URL and explanation for an area you researched on the Internet.

Full credit is awarded when both high quality and required frequency is met.

For policy on discussions (and all other policies), please review the information contained in
"Policies" under the Course Home section of your course.

Plagiarism and
Undergraduat
e Citations

Plagiarism
Plagiarism is a violation of the Academic Integrity code of this institution and will not be
tolerated. The plagiarism policy applies to every aspect of your coursework including
threaded discussions, exams, quizzes, essays, assignments, etc. It is important that students
fully cite any outside ideas, text and visual aides they reference in that work.

If you copy from, rely on, or paraphrase from your text or from any other source, you must
include in-text citations and complete end-of-text citations. For any source, you must include
the proper reference material including the full URL and date accessed if the source is from the
Web. For help, see the APA Citation Policy and Materials section below. Failure to cite
completely in-text and at the end of the paper is a violation of DeVry Academic
Standards. Instructors are required to follow the DeVry Academic Integrity Policy.
Refer to your Student Handbook or the Policy tab under Course Home to read the
policy.

Students agree that by taking this course all required papers may be subject to submission for
textual similarity review to Turnitin.com for the detection of plagiarism. All submitted papers
will be included as source documents in the Turnitin.com reference database solely for the
purpose of detecting plagiarism of such papers. Use of the Turnitin.com service is subject to
the Terms and Conditions of Use posted on the Turnitin.com site.

How to Avoid Plagiarism

For additional information see your student handbook, which is available in the Student
Services website.

APA Citation and Reference Materials

If you have any questions, we recommend using the following APA reference
materials.

APA Reference Materials

APA Guidelines for Citing Sources

This tutorial is a resource for citing references using the 5th edition of the
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2001).
Highlights include purposes of citing, guidelines and examples of how to
cite sources in text and at the end of a paper, and how to format a
reference list or an entire paper.

APA Handbook
 This handbook is a resource for citing references using the 5th edition of
the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
(2001). Highlights include APA websites, practice exercises, ways to
avoid plagiarism, and guidelines and examples for how to use sources,
cite sources in TDA posts, cite in the text and at the end of a paper, edit
citations, and format a reference list or an entire paper.

Student APA Training

This video will teach you the basics that you need to know in order to get
started with APA style citation. No special software or set-up is required
for the video.

American Psychological Association (APA) Style Website

This website provides answers to frequently asked questions and lists

APA manuals, style guides, and software available for sale. Purchase is
optional. Two good references are Concise Rules of APA Style and the
5th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological
Association (2001).

Frequently
Asked
Questions
When are grades calculated, and how can I view my grades?

 You must complete any quizzes and post your written assignments (if necessary) to
the weekly Dropbox by Sunday 11:59 p.m. (MT) each week, except Week 8 which
closes at 11:59 p.m. (MT) Thursday.
 Once your work is reviewed, you should see comments and total points for each
assignment in the Gradebook. Instructors should have Discussion work graded by the
following Tuesday and all other assignments by the following Friday.

 You may check your progress at any time by going to the Gradebook, selecting the
week and then your name.

 Click on the points earned for each assignment in the Gradebook to see any instructor
comments.

What should I do if a discrepancy is found with my grade?

1. Double-check the error and try to determine what caused it.

2. Send your instructor an email explaining your findings.

3. Trust that any error in grading will be corrected quickly.

What if I cannot get my work submitted on time?

 If you have an emergency that will cause your work to be late, please contact your
instructor in advance of the due date so that arrangements can be made. Your
instructor may reserve the right to deduct points for work turned in late based on the
reason and the timeliness of notice.
 If a technical problem prevents you from meeting the scheduled due date, please
contact the Help Desk at 1-800-594-2402 and immediately email your instructor
about the situation.

What should I do if I have a disability that requires accommodation?

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for eligible students with

documented disabilities as defined by state and federal laws relating to the Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA). Our intent is to ensure that every student who makes a request for
accommodations under ADA is advised of the accommodation process as promptly as
possible. If you are a student with a verifiable documented disability, and you can provide
medical documentation regarding this disability, then contact our ADA Officer at
adaofficer@devry.edu or adaofficer@keller.edu for more information on how to receive ADA
accommodations in your online classes or fax your request to 630-929-9745.

How can I get extra credit?

It is policy that extra credit will not be allowed in online courses for any reason.