Tentative Outline

Week 1
    Introduction--Why study finance?, Financial system, Finance at the firm, Investments, Financial Institutions, Jobs in Finance   
    Chapter 1: Introduction to Corporate Finance: Organizational Structure, Nexus of Contracts, Types of markets
 
Week 2
  Chapter 2: Accounting-The basic statements
   Chapter 3" Working with Financial Statements --Ratios
    Dupont Analysis
     Introduction to Financial Planning (chapter 4)

Week 3
    Interest Rates--Economic perspective
    Chapter 5: Time Value of Money
    Chapter 6: DCF

Week 4
Chapter 7: Valuation of Bonds
    Chapter 8 Valuation of Stock

Week 5:
   Capital Budgeting : NPV and Alternatives Chapter 9
    Making investment decisions: Chapter 10

Week 6 Capital Budgeting continued

Week 7: Test
   

Week 8 Capital Markets
   Market efficiency--History (chapter 12)

Week 9--Risk and Return introduction (chapter 13)
    Chapter 10 & 11: Risk and Return

Week 10--Cost of capital and Long term Financial policy (chapter 15,16, 17)

Week 11--Cost of capital continued
    Chapter 12: Cost of Capital and Capital Budgeting

Week 12 --Risk and the firm
            Introduction to derivatives (chapter 14)

Week 13--Derivatives 

Week 14-- pulling it all together

Week 15--Final