Introduction to Corporate Finance

The objective of this course is to introduce students to the theory and practice of corporate finance, and to provide students with a set of concepts and tools necessary to answer the most important questions related firms' valuation as well as investment and financing decisions, both under certainty and under uncertainty. The course covers time value of money, free cash flow, net present value, risk-adjusted discounting using the capital asset pricing model, weighted average cost of capital, effects of financial leverage on firm value, and valuation methods with leverage to determine the value of a project or firm.