FI 3300- CORPORATION FINANCE GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY Course Syllabus Spring Semester – 2010 Dr. Isabel Tkatch Web page: http://www2.gsu.edu/~fncitt/Fi3300.htm Assistant Professor of Finance Office Phone: 404-413-7351 E-mail: [email protected] Office Fax: 404-413-7312 Class meetings: Aderhold Learning Center, Room 031, Wednesday 7:15 PM – 9:45 PM Office Hours: Robinson College of Business 1241, Wednesday 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM, by appointment NOTE: It is your responsibility to read, understand and abide by all of the course information and policies listed below. Failure to do so could result in you failing this course or being withdrawn from the course by your instructor or by the Finance Department. The course syllabus provides a general plan for the course; deviations may be necessary. COURSE SECTIONS The following table lists all sections of FI 3300 for the Spring Semester 2010. Each section has a unique Course Number. Be sure to check your registration record on the GOSOLAR online system to locate the correct time and location for your specific class and Instructor. Full Semester Classes: Course Class Class Number Days Times Instructor Classroom / Location 10574 TR 08:00 am - 09:15 am Shabnam M Mousavi Aderhold Learning Center 304 10575 TR 09:30 am - 10:45 am Craig Ruff Alpharetta Center 13707 MWF 10:00 am - 10:50 am Bunyamin Onal Aderhold Learning Center 204 10577 MWF 11:00 am - 11:50 am Richard Fendler online 10576 TR 11:00 am – 12:15 pm Zinat Alam Aderhold Learning Center 304 10578 MW 12:00 noon–01:15pm Jonathan Godbey Aderhold Learning Center 403 17299 TR 01:00 pm – 02:15 pm Sandhya Vallapuzha Aderhold Learning Center 324 10579 TR 02:30 pm – 03:45 pm Sandhya Vallapuzha Aderhold Learning Center 229 10580 MW 03:00 pm – 04:15 pm Bunyamin Onal Aderhold Learning Center 403 10582 M 04:30 pm – 07:00 pm Jonathan Godbey Aderhold Learning Center 202 10583 W 04:30 pm – 07:00 pm Genna Brown Aderhold Learning Center 106 10581 R 04:30 pm – 07:00 pm Igor Osobov Aderhold Learning Center 030 10585 M 07:15 pm – 09:45 pm Jonathan Godbey Aderhold Learning Center 432 10584 W 07:15 pm – 09:45 pm Isabel Tkatch Aderhold Learning Center 031 17965 R 01:00 pm – 03:30 pm Zinat Alam Aderhold Learning Center 432 Please direct any questions or concerns to the course coordinator, Dr. Jonathan Godbey. His email address is [email protected] PREREQUISITES: The course prerequisites for FI 3300 are: AC 2101, Principles of Accounting I (or its equivalent) AC 2102, Principles of Accounting II (or its equivalent) EC 2106, Principles of Microeconomics (or its equivalent) CSP 1,2, 6 All students, regardless of degree program (graduate or undergraduate) or status, (transient or post-baccalaureate) must have completed all 3 prerequisites (or the equivalents thereof) with a grade or "C-" or better. The Department of Finance may disenroll you if it is discovered during the semester that you have not successfully completed all of the prerequisites. This action will result in a loss of fees; no refund is guaranteed. This action could also result in a final grade of "WF" for the course in some circumstances. If the above prerequisite courses were completed as transfer courses, it is your responsibility to confirm that transfer credit has been received and credited properly. If your transfer credit has not been received and placed on your record, it is your responsibility to provide to the Department of Finance documentation by no later than one week prior to the semester midpoint (see official Academic Calendar as published by the Registrar’s office), confirming that the above prerequisites have been satisfactorily completed. All transient and post-baccalaureate students must provide documentation to the Department of Finance, by no later than one week prior to the semester midpoint (see official Academic Calendar as published by the Registrar’s office), confirming that the above prerequisites have been satisfactorily completed. Documentation, as referred to above, may consist of a copy of a grade report or a copy of an unofficial transcript. Documentation received after the aforementioned date will not be accepted and those students who have been withdrawn for prerequisite violation will not be reinstated in the class. REQUIRED TEXT: Lectures in Corporate Finance (Revised 5th edition) by Jayant R. Kale and Richard J. Fendler, published by Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company (ISBN: 978-0-7575-5767-5). REQUIRED CALCULATOR: The Finance Department at GSU recommends that for FI 3300, you use the Texas Instruments BA II Plus. The textbook website contains detailed directions on using the BA II Plus along with several examples demonstrating how to use the BA II Plus to solve most time value of money problems. Any other calculator must be approved by your instructor. You may not use calculators capable of storing formulas. COURSE OBJECTIVE: FI 3300 is designed to give students Finance majors a solid foundation of the basic concepts that are necessary to excel in future Finance courses. It will give non-majors a basic understanding of the role and function of financial managers in the firm. To successfully complete the course students should be able to: - Create, discuss and explain the income statement, balance sheet and statement of cash flows - Perform time value of money calculations - Value and describe stocks and bonds - Evaluate capital budgeting projectsATTENDANCE: Each student is expected to attend all scheduled class meetings for the entire duration of the class meeting. An attendance sign-up sheet will be circulated each class period. It is your responsibility to sign the attendance sheet. If you do not sign it, you will be considered absent. The attendance sheet may be circulated at any time during the class period (at the beginning of class, at the end of class, or in the middle of class) and may even be circulated twice during the same class period. If you do not sign the attendance sheet when circulated or if you do not sign the attendance sheet both times it may be circulated during a given class period, you will be considered absent. Students arriving late may be permitted to sign the