| Course Title: Corporate Finance |
| Start Date: 01/27/2026 End Date: 05/12/2026 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2026 |
| Description: The course covers issues related to core principles of corporate financing and investing decision-making, with the goal of giving students a solid understanding of the main theories underlying a firm's investment decisions using open databases and a case-study approach. Students will learn to apply theories, concepts, and principles of corporate financing and investing decision-making; estimate future cash flows and evaluate the risk and return of an investment project; define the best investment opportunity based on the capital budgeting criteria; interpret the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) of a company; identify the operating and financial risk generated by the assets and capital structure; apply CAPM for valuation purposes; gain a working knowledge of core elements of financial statements. |
| Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Steven Schmeiser | sschmeis@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/27/2026 - 05/12/2026 | Lecture | Tuesday and Thursday | 10:30AM - 11:45AM | SKNR - Skinner Hall | 216 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: ECON-110. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| NXGBL0001 | NXGBL: Nexus in Global Business | This course is approved for the Global Business Nexus track. |
| NXNPO0001 | NXNPO: Nexus in Nonprofit Organizations | This course is approved for the Nonprofit Organizations Nexus track. |
| IR0005 | INTREL-PE: International Political Economy | This course has been approved to count towards the International Relations major's International Political Economy focus. |
| IR0001 | INTREL: International Relations major | This course has been approved to count towards the International Relations major. |
| EOS0004 | EOS-4: Financial Analysis | This course has been approved to count towards the EOS minor in the Financial Analysis subject area |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 28 | Enrollment: 27 | Available: 1 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| To be determined. |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |