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BALOCHISTAN UNIVERSITY OFINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY,

ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENTSCIENCES

FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES

Introduction to Business FinanceFin-202

Course PlanFall 2009

Course Instructor: Bilal Sarwar Email address: [email protected]
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]


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Course Objectives

This course aims to provide students with a theoretical and practical understanding of the

fundamental principles of finance. Introduction to Business Finance is designed to pave

sound conceptual foundation and practical workable understanding of modern

fundamentals of business finance. The overall objective of this course is for you to

understand financial ideas and develop skills that underpin a wide range of everyday

issues.

Finance is an interesting and exciting area of study. There are many interesting and

exciting careers in the area of finance. Although this course is only the beginning, it

provides a base on which you can build a future in finance.

At the end of this course, you should be able to:

Understand the financial environment Apply your knowledge of the time value of money in calculating present and

future values of cash flows.

Describe the sources of short term & long term finance

Understand the Working capital management.

Demonstrate your ability to gather information on Cash and marketable securities. Demonstrate your competency in using manual and calculator computation to

solve financial problems .

Assessment

A student's final grade in the subject will be determined by the following assessmentProcedures:

Class Participation & Attendance 5 %

Quizzes 10%

Assignments + Presentations 10%

Mid-term Examination 25%

Final Examination 50%


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Texts for the Course

1. Gitman, Lawrence J. Principles of Managerial Finance , 11 edn Harper Collins

Reference Text

Weston. J. Fred and Brigham. Eugene.F (1998) Essentials of Managerial Finance , 10 th edition, The Dryden Press.

Brigham. Eugene F & Houston. Joel F (1999) Fundamentals of Financial Management 9th edition, South Western, Australian.

Van Horne. James C & Wachowicz. John M (1998) Fundamentals of Financial Management, 10 th edition, Prentice Hall, Sydney

* Supplementary material will be provided by the Instructor.*You will need a scientific calculator to complete this unit

Schedule of Lectures

Lecture No Topics1. Course overview2. Business Finance Introduction

3. Forms of Business Organization4. The financial Markets: an overview

5. The financial Markets: an overview(contd..)

6. Time value of money Concepts

7. Time value of money Concepts (contd)

8. Time value of money Concepts(contd)

9. Time value of money Concepts (contd)10. Sources of short term finance

11. Sources of short term finance

12. Sources of short term finance

13. Source of Long term Finance





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* Schedule of remaining topics to be announced

STUDY TECHNIQUE

1. It is recommended that you read the text pages before attending the lecture for that

class 2. Some students will find the mathematical concepts and notations hard to

understand and remember. It is recommended that you keep a journal of all the

new symbols that are introduced each week.

3. It is important that you understand this course conceptually. Memorising the

methods is not an effective way of studying this course. Try to visualise the

problem and verbalise the solution. Thinking and talking about it might help you

to understand better.4. It is recommended that you spend at least five to six hours a week on reading the

text and attempting the questions. Consistent work is a very effective way of

understanding the course

5. Friendly advice - some students try to study the semesters work in the week

leading to the exam. Do not leave your study to the last minute. If you think you

have difficulty understanding the lecture from week to week, then you have a very

low probability of understanding the whole course in a week!

6. Some students study better in a group. Organise yourself a study group of not

more than four and practice your questions

7. Do not hesitate to seek the help of your lecturer; do not be embarrassed that you

might be asking a very basic or dumb question. It is the duty of the Lecturer to

help you wherever possible.

8. The Students Counselling will be given on Tuesday and Thursday 10.00 am to

02.00 pm

Good Luck

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