EXMGT 5562 - Business Finance

This course will explore financial resources and how these resources can best be managed. Topics include: managing assets, allocating funds, valuing the firm, and determining how financial decisions are made.

This course may be eligible for the Canada-Alberta Productivity Grant (CAPG), with final approval determined by CAPG administrators. Employers and applicants can review the CAPG guidelines and full details on the University of Alberta’s Continuing Education website.

Aimed at beginning to mid-career individuals interested in acquiring new workplace skills, this course will also benefit prospective or aspiring managers ready to take the next step in their careers.

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

• 🗸 Explain and be able to communicate the nature of corporate finance in an academic or a business forum.
• 🗸 Distinguish different types of business structure, identify the major corporate financial decisions and corporate objectives, and describe important basic concepts.
• 🗸 Be able to perform time value calculations by using financial mathematics.
• 🗸 Explain how to value a firm and apply skills in evaluation debt and equity securities.
• 🗸 Identify, define and compute the different types of annuities.
• 🗸 Use discounted YTM concepts to determine the value of a financial asset, including bonds and stocks.
• 🗸 Explain the nature of interest rate risk and describe the theories that are used to explain the term structure of interest rates.
• 🗸 Analyze the short- and long-term sources of funding to the corporation and make appropriate choices relative to the term structure of interest rates.
• 🗸 Apply skills in evaluating capital budgeting projects by using different methods of project evaluation.
• 🗸 Understand capital structure and outline the main factors that financial managers should consider when determining a company’s financing strategy.

• 🗸 Fully online course, accessible through CE Canvas, the University of Alberta’s eLearning management tool.
• 🗸 Learn through lectures and lively discussions, as you broaden your network and apply the course content to the context of your own work or organization and explore its implications for your professional practice.
• 🗸 This is a graded course; assessment activities may include exams, projects, presentations, journals, or research papers. Refer to the course syllabus for details on activities and assignments.
• 🗸 Refer to the course syllabus for details on activities and assignments.
• 🗸 A textbook is required for this course; further information will be provided in the course syllabus. Additional learning materials are provided through CE Canvas at no additional cost.