BUS 317 Finance
Finance is a way of thinking about economic problems that involve uncertainty over time. This course is designed to provide an introductory framework for understanding how financiers think, how they break down components of a financial problem, and how they make decisions as investors and corporations in the financial market. Core concepts include the flow of cash between the financial statements, financial statement analysis, time value of money, valuation, working capital management, intermediate and long- term financing, the cost of capital, capital budgeting, and securitization. In addition, this course will touch on advanced concepts including the latest issues in FinTech, such as robo-advisors, big data, blockchain technology, goal- based investing, gamification and behavioral finance.