Introduction to Finance

3 credits

Introduces the basic principles of financial valuation, including the timevalue of money and the risk/return trade off. Develops tools for the quantitative analysis of corporate and/or individual financing and saving decisions, and of capital budgeting decisions. Credit will be granted for only one of COMM_O 298 or MGMT_O 310. Prerequisite: one of COMM_O 101, MGMT_O 100, and one of COMM_O 105, MGMT_O 110, and 3 credits of ENGL_O. Second-year standing. Corequisite: COMM_O 190, and one of COMM_O 293, MGMT_O 201, and ECON_O 295.