BMC 103 - Business Finance

Delivery Options Online Asynchronous

UCalgary Continuing Education

Course Description

Examine the key areas of business finance: discounted cash flow analysis, valuation procedures, capital budgeting, cost of capital, leasing, capital structure of the firm, financial rate analysis, and preparation of pro forma financial statements. Emphasis is on capital structure decisions that affect the financial management of the firm. Attention is given to the financial environment in which Canadian firms operate; its major institutional aspects; sources and forms of external financing; and trends and changes in financial market conditions.

Course Details

Course Learning Outcomes

Students will learn various techniques of financial calculations and analyses which should enable them to assist in the estimation of the financial needs of their organizations, to formulate alternatives to finance related problems, to understand and debate the merits of key financial variables that underpin finance presentations and to be able to arrive at consistent financial decisions. The course will include a case study involving the process of financial analysis of an acquisition of a private company. The analysis will utilize skills learned during this and other related financial courses.

Students should endeavour to integrate knowledge gained from prior prerequisite courses, most notably in accounting and economics, with tools from Business Finance to develop a conceptual framework to solve financial management problems.

By completion of this course, successful students will be able to:

Identify fundamental financing alternatives
Utilize the time value of money concepts
Apply the concepts to the valuation of a private business
Apply the concepts to the acquisition or sale of a business

Prerequisites

BMC 205 Business Management and BMC 162 Accounting Fundamentals

Applies Towards the Following Program(s)

Certificate in Professional Management : Optional Courses
Certificate in Professional Management - PEG : Optional Courses
Certificate in Professional Management specializing in Construction Management : Optional Courses
Certificate in Professional Management specializing in Risk Management : Optional Courses
Certificate in Professional Management specializing in Strategic Management : Strategic Management Courses

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BMC 103 - 026

Sep 17, 2024

Online Asynchronous

Available

Online Asynchronous

Sep 17, 2024 to Dec 16, 2024

40.0

Online Asynchronous

Flat Fee non-credit

$639.99

Reading List / Textbook

This textbook and additional learning materials are being offered in a digital format. Access may be purchased from the University of Calgary Bookstore.

Title: Foundations of Financial Management
Edition: 12th CE
ISBN: 978-1260889574

Visit the UCalgary Bookstore at www.calgarybookstore.ca.

Section Notes

This course uses Desire2Learn (D2L), an online learning management system. The instructor will post your course outline and other materials in D2L. For more information about D2L, please visit our Online Learning Resources.

Unless notified, all online courses are available at 9 am MT the day before the start date. Students registered on (or after) the start date will receive access within one day of registration.

Students unfamiliar with online learning are encouraged to take our free Digital Skills for Learning Online course.

Unless otherwise stated, notice of withdrawal or transfer from a course must be received at least seven calendar days prior to the start date of the course.