Course Coordinator: Poon Hing Chuen, BSc (Hons), MBA (HKBU); MCF (PolyU of HK); MPA (SCU, Aust.)
Aims
This course aims to prepare learners to apply essential tools and key concepts to evaluate the financial policies of a corporation. It equips learners with the skills necessary to make rational financial decisions.
Contents
The course covers the following topics:
- Overview of corporate finance
- Investment decisions: capital budgeting
- Cost of capital and capital structure of a firm
- Corporate financing decisions
- Other topics in corporate finance
Contact hours
A total of 33 contact hours across one term, consisting of six three-hour lectures and five three-hour tutorial classes.
Assessment
The continuous assessment portion of the course accounts for 40% of the total course score, which consists of two written assignments (30%) and class participation (10%). The final examination accounts for the remaining 60% of the total course score. Students are required to submit written assignments via the Online Learning Environment (OLE).
Set book(s)
Ross, S A, Westerfield, R W, Jaffe, J and Jordan, B D, (2022) Corporate Finance, 13th edn, McGraw-Hill.