Corporate Finance
Ashok Thampy
Corporate Finance
Course Syllabus
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Corporate Finance
Ashok Thampy
Welcome to Corporate Finance Course
This document will guide you through the course syllabus and provide important
information related to this course.
Pre-requisites
Basic understanding of high school mathematics.
Note: Please be sure that you are able to meet the pre-requisites for this course in order to
ensure an optimal learning experience.
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Corporate Finance
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COURSE AGENDA
Week Section Name Topics Covered
Introduction
Forms of Business Organization
Overview of Corporate Role of the Finance Manager
1
Finance
Assets and Sources of Funds
Separation of Ownership and Management
The Corporation and the Stock Market
Introduction
Simple and Compound Interest Rate
Annual Percentage Rate and Effective Annual
Rate
2 Time Value of Money
Future Value and Present Value
Valuing a Perpetuity
Valuing an Annuity
Planning for Retirement
Introduction
Bond Terminology and Valuation
Yield to Maturity
3 Bonds and Stocks
Risk of Investing in Bonds
Stock Price, Dividends and Return
Multiples Based Evaluation
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Introduction
Payback Period
Capital Budgeting: Decision Net Present Value (NPV)
4
Tools
Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
NPV vs IRR
Profitability Index
Introduction
Capital Budgeting: Forecasting Earnings
5 Estimation and Estimating Free Cash Flow
Applications
Discount Rate for Capital Budgeting
Mini Case Study
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TIME COMMITMENT
Course Length
5 Weeks of content, 1 Week Break (Tentative Webinar)
Each week is released across the globe on Thursday, 03:30 UTC.
Weekly Commitment
4-5 hours per week. This includes the time spent in going through the course materials (videos
and reading materials), completing the assessment(s) and participating in the discussion
forums.
GRADING
Grading Scheme
The course includes End of Week assessments and a Final Proctored Exam. The format of
these assessments is in the form of multiple choice questions. There are 5 graded assessments
and 1 final proctored exam in this course. The score from each assessment will contribute to
the final score, which you can track using the Progress tab.
Note: The ungraded assessments are interspersed throughout the course to recall what you
have learnt so far. These do not count for final assessments.
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Week Weightage
1,2,3,4 and 5 10%
Final 50%
Proctored
Exam
GETTING HELP
For course-related questions, use the discussion forums.
For general edX-related queries, visit edX Help Center on the edX website.
For any technical issues, use the Help button on edX course page (screenshot attached
below).
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