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May 02, 2024
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SBAF 302 - Intermediate Corporate finance
This course is intended to round out the student’s comprehensive overview of corporate finance topics; examines the concepts, techniques, and tools used by financial managers in their attempts to make effective investing and financing decisions. Specific attention is devoted to advanced capital budgeting topics, the dividend policy and financing decisions, international finance, financial risk management, and corporate restructuring.

Prerequisite:Foundation Certificate in Accounting and Finance or Bachelor's Degree in Accounting.

Part of the: Career Certificate in Finance

Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Grasp the importance of financial information in business lives
2. Assess the relative merits of two – period projects using net present value
3. Explain how to choose the appropriate discount rate for a given stream of cash flows, according to the investment horizon
4. Compare each of the capital budgeting tools and tell why NPV always gives the correct decision
5. Use breakeven analysis, sensitivity analysis, or scenario analysis to evaluate project risk
6. Use the Capital Asset Pricing Model to calculate the cost of capital for a particular project
7. Calculate the weighted average of cost capital

Term duration: 6 Weeks
Schedule: 2 Sessions/week - 2.5 Hrs/Session

Assessments and Attendance:
Learners are assessed throughout the term by tests, quizzes, assignments, projects or othermeans of evaluation. End-of-term achievement tests measure learners’ overall performancein the course. The final grade in each course is based on learners’ performance oncontinual assessment measures and the final test. Final course grades are NOT based on attendance, since in accordance with SCE’s attendance policy, learners must attend at least 60% of the class sessions in order to be allowed to take the final examination.


3.000 Continuing Education Units
3.000 Lecture hours

Levels: Continuing Education
Schedule Types: Lecture

SCE Career Development Department

Course Attributes:
SCE-BSD Courses-REG

Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Programs:     
      Accounting & Finance
      Finance
Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels:     
      Continuing Education
Must be enrolled in one of the following Colleges:     
      School of Continuing Education
Must be enrolled in one of the following Majors:     
      SCE Career Development
Must be enrolled in one of the following Departments:     
      SCE Career Development

Prerequisites:
(Continuing Education level SBAF 101 Minimum Grade of D and Continuing Education level SBAF 106 Minimum Grade of D)

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