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The Financial Management course at the University of Dhaka, taught by Asia Khatun, covers fundamental concepts in finance, including corporate finance principles, risk and return analysis, and capital budgeting. The course aims to equip students with essential financial knowledge applicable to various professions, with a grading system based on quizzes, midterms, and a final exam. Key topics include time value of money, financial statement analysis, and cost of capital, supported by a detailed lecture plan.

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Course Outline Financial Management

The Financial Management course at the University of Dhaka, taught by Asia Khatun, covers fundamental concepts in finance, including corporate finance principles, risk and return analysis, and capital budgeting. The course aims to equip students with essential financial knowledge applicable to various professions, with a grading system based on quizzes, midterms, and a final exam. Key topics include time value of money, financial statement analysis, and cost of capital, supported by a detailed lecture plan.

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University of Dhaka

Financial Management (2202)


Department of Accounting and Information Systems
Undergraduate Program
3 Credit Hours

Course Instructor: Asia Khatun


Lecturer
Department of Accounting and Information Systems
University of Dhaka

Instructor’s Contact/Office Address:


Official Cell: +8801879542576
Email Address: asia.khatun@du.ac.bd(Preferred)
Class Schedule: Sunday and Tuesday (Time: 12.00 pm – 1.15 pm); Room No: 5054

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

The aim of this course is to introduce the students to the basic concepts in finance and the
analytical tools used in business finance. The course focuses on basic principles of corporate
finance, analysis of risk & return, cost of capital, analysis of time value of money, various
sources of finance available to business enterprise, capital structure & financial statement
analysis and essentially Capital Budgeting. This course would facilitate the easy
conceptualization of the basic areas of finance. This will also encourage the students to proceed
towards the advanced issues in financial management.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

The basic objective of this finance foundation course is to summarize the fundamental theoretical
aspects of finance relevant to the future study of finance and application within a range of
profession including accounting and property valuation issues. By the end of this course students
should be able to:

1. Explain the financial goal governing a firm’s decisions

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2. A deep understanding of the concepts of time value of money and its application to
various valuation models to value long-term debt, preference shares and ordinary shares
3. Explain the importance, role and techniques of capital budgeting in a project or firm
4. Understand risk and return, diversifiable and non-diversifiable risk, and asset pricing
models
5. Understand how to determine the cost of capital of a project or firm
6. Explain operating and financial leverage, and implications for the target capital structure
7. Discuss theories and issues related to dividend policy
8. Identify & apply ethical principles relevant to the finance profession

DISTRIBUTION OF WEIGHTAGE:
Examination Marks Percentage of marks
Quizzes/Term-Paper/Assignments/Class Attendance 10 10%
Mid Term Examination-1 15 30%
Mid Term Examination-2 15
Semester Final 60 60%
Total 100 100%

GRADING:
Numerical Grade Letter Grade Grade Point
80% and above A+ (A Plus) 4.00
75% to < 80% A (A Regular) 3.75
70% to < 75% A- (A Minus) 3.50
65% to < 70% B+ (B Plus) 3.25
60% to < 65% B (B Regular) 3.00
55% to < 60% B- (B Minus) 2.75
50% to < 55% C+ (C Plus) 2.50
45% to < 50% C (C Regular) 2.25
40% to < 45% D - 2.00
< 40% F - 0.00
--------------------- I - Incomplete
--------------------- W - Withdrawal/Withdrawn

Reference Books:
1. Eugene F. Brigham and Joel F. Houston. Fundamentals of Financial Management
(Thomson South-Western).
2. I M Pandey. Financial Management (Vikas Publishing HousePvt. Ltd.)
3. M.Y. Khan and P.K.Jain. Financial Management: Texts, Problems and Cases
4. L.J. Gitman and E.A. Moses. Principles of Managerial Finance
5. James Van Horne and John M. Wachowicz Jr. Fundamentals of Financial Management
(Prentice Hall).

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LECTURE PLAN

Week Class Name of the Discussion Point


Chapter
1 1 Introduction Introduction about the course, course teaching method,
review of the overall course.
2 Definition of finance, Objectives & Functions of Finance,
Traditional Vs. Modern View of Finance
2 3 Goal of Finance: Profit Maximization vs. Shareholders’
Wealth maximization
4 Agency Problem in Finance, How to Resolve Agency
Problem, Finance & Accounting, Finance & Economics.
3 5 Financial Markets and Institutions: The Financial Markets, Types of
Environment Markets: Primary Markets vs. Secondary Markets;

6 Financial Institutions; The Stock Market; Government


Investment Policy.
4 7 Time Value of Future & Present Value of a Single Sum, Future & Present
Money Value of Annuity.

8 Future & Present Value of Annuity Due, Loan


Amortization Schedule.
5 9 Perpetuities, Market Value, Economic Value.
10 Net Present Value (NPV) and Internal Rate of Return
(IRR) of an Investment.
6 11 Mathematical problem of Time Value of Money.
12 Mid-Term Examination
7 13 Financial Users of Financial Analysis, Nature of Ratio Analysis,
Statement Analysis Liquidity Ratios.

14 Asset Management Ratios, Debt Management Ratios,


Profitability Ratios.
8 15 Market Value Ratios, Du-Point Analysis, Trend Analysis,
Comparative Statement Analysis.
16 Inter-Firm Analysis, Utility & Limitations of Ratio
Analysis.
9 17 Concepts of Uncertainty, Risk and Return; Risk-free and Risk-adjusted
Return and Risk Return; Bond Returns; Return from a Stock Investment

18 Types of Risks: Business Risk and Financial Risk, Total


Risk and Specific Risk, Diversifiable Risk and Systematic
Risk

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10 19 Single-Asset Risk and Portfolio Risk; Risk Measurement:
Variance, Standard Deviation and Coefficient of Variation.

20 Introduction to Valuation of Bond and Debenture


Security Valuation

11 21 Valuation of Preferred Stock


22 Valuation of Common Stock
12 23 Cost of Capital Capital Structure and its Costs; Comparison; Calculating
and interpreting the Costs of Different Financing Methods
24 Cost of Different Financial Instruments; CAPM Approach;
Bond: Yield-plus-Risk Premium Approach
13 25 Dividend-Yield-plus-Growth-Rate; Cost of Newly Issued
Common Stock or External Equity
26 Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC); Rationale for
WACC.
14 27 Marginal Cost of Capital (MCC); Factors affecting the
Cost of Capital, Different Uses of Cost of Capital.
28 Short-term Financing; Intermediate-term Financing; Long-
Sources of
term Financing, Factors affecting a Company’s Choice of
Financing and
Finance; Concepts of Warranties, Covenants, Guarantees;
Instruments Used
Financing Problems of Small Firms
Therein

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