SYLLABUS

Business Finance Yiyu Shen

BA 3341 Section 502 Spring 2006

Lecture: Thursday 7:00 - 9:45 PM, SM2.106

My Office: SOM, Room 3.807 My Office Hours: Thursday, 4:00 - 7:00 PM

My E-mail: shenyiyu@student.utdallas.edu My Telephone: 972-883-4889

Required Textbooks:

Ross, Westerfield, and Jordan, Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, Seventh Edition

You can purchase either the Standard Edition or the Alternate Edition, it does not matter. It is available at the
campus bookstore and Off Campus Books which is located at 581 W Campbell Rd, Richardson. Their
telephone number is 972-907-8398.

Optional Reading: Though not required, students are strongly encouraged to regularly read a business
periodical, I recommend Business Week.

Calculator: You will need a calculator which has financial functions. I recommend TI-BA II Plus.

Evaluation: Quiz 25%

Midterm 35%
Final Exam 40%

Total grades higher or equal to 75 A

Total grades between 60 (including 60) and 75 B
Total grades between 45 (including 45) and 60 C
Total grades lower than 45 F

Homework and Quizzes: To help develop your understanding of the material, I will recommend some end-of-
chapter problems after each session. No homework submission is required. Rather,I will give 5 quizzes
altogether. So each quiz takes 5% of the total grade.

WebCT
I will use WebCT extensively to teach this course. I will put syllabus, lecture slides, homework answers, etc on
webct.utdallas.edu . You are encouraged to check your WebCT account often for new materials and use
WebCT's email and discussion board to communicate with me and other students.
Exams:

1) All exams will be multiple-choice, closed book and closed notes. However each student may use one letter
size sheet of paper with HANDWRITTEN notes on it.

2) Students are responsible to bring a financial calculator, scantron (Form No: 882-E) and pencil to each exam.

3) There are no make-ups and all scores will count towards your overall evaluation. If you miss a midterm you
must have written documentation of a serious illness from a physician. Since there are no make-ups additional
weight will be put on the final.

4) Since many of the ideas we are going to cover build on one another the final will be cumulative, and you
must attend it to receive a passing grade in this class.

5) I am very willing to entertain questions you may have regarding grading but will not take these questions
during class. Please submit in writing, within one week, any disputes you have with specific grades in a well
thought-out argument.

Drops: The policies for dropping classes have changed this year. Dates you should know:
Wednesday January 25: Last day to drop the class without a “W”
Monday February 13: Undergraduates “WP” or “WF” withdraw period begins
Thursday March 16: Last day to withdraw from the class with a “WP” or “WF”

Other Things You Should Know

You are expected to read the selected chapters before class.

If you would like to request academic accommodations due to a disability please contact Disability
Services, Student Union 1.610, 972-883-2098 (V/TDD). If you have a letter from Disability Services
indicating you have a documented disability that requires academic accommodations, please present the
letter to me so we can discuss the accommodations you might need for class.

Notice of Policy on Cheating:

Students are expected to be above reproach in all scholastic activities. Students who engage in scholastic
dishonesty are subject to disciplinary penalties, including the possibility of failure in the course and dismissal
from the University. "Scholastic dishonesty includes but is not limited to cheating, plagiarism, collusion, the
submission for credit of any work or materials that are attributable in whole or in part to another person, taking
an examination for another person, any act designed to give unfair advantage to a student or the attempt to
commit such acts." Regents' Rules and Regulations, Part One, Chapter VI, Section 3, Subsection 3.2,
Subdivision 3.22.
 Course Schedule (Tentative)

Wk Date Topic Chapters

1 01/12 Overview
Financial Statements and Cash Flow Chapter 1-2

2 01/19 Introduction to Valuation: The Time Value of Money Chapter 5

3 01/26 Discounted Cash Flow Valuation (Quiz 1) Chapter 6

4 02/02 Interest Rate and Bond Valuation Chapter 7

5 02/09 Stock Valuation (Quiz 2) Chapter 8

6 02/16 Net Present Value and Other Investment Criteria Chapter 9

7 02/23 Making Capital Investment Decisions (Quiz 3) Chapter 10

8 03/02 Midterm Exam

9 03/09 Spring Break

10 03/16 Some Lessons from Capital Market History Chapter 12

11 03/23 Return, Risk, and the Security Market Line Chapter 13

12 03/30 Options and Corporate Finance (Quiz 4) Chapter 14

13 04/06 Cost of Capital Chapter 15

14 04/13 Financial Leverage and Capital Structure Policy (Quiz 5) Chapter 17

15 04/20 International Corporate Finance and Review Session Chapter 22

16 04/27 Final Exam