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BU 393
The corporate financial manager's role in the firm as it relates to long-term issues in investing and financing is emphasized. Specific study is given to the theory and practice of capital budgeting, capital structure, dividend policy, cost of capital, valuations, mergers and acquisitions. A management emphasis is achieved through combined use of lecture and cases. Prerequisites: BU283 or BU383.
Contributed by Students
The content is very interesting. The exams, however, are much harder than the practice problems. An annoying thing for me was the fact that there were 2 quizzes due every single week. My advice would be to attend classes and stay on top of the content throughout the term. It is very difficult to catch up at the end since the course keeps getting tougher.
**** me the final was HARD. Useful course though, and taught a lot of essential finance stuff like replacement projects, market cap and stock prices. and lots of other stuff that was cool but I forgot 💀
VERY TOUGH EXAMS but interesting content!
Final was very hard, course requires multiple times practice weekly
Course is on the harder side, mainly because exams are fully quantitative with fill-in-the-blank style questions. Best way to do well is to actually come to class and focus on understanding the material as it’s taught. In my opinion, the homework wasn’t very relevant to exams, and the textbook wasn’t helpful. TopHat questions are the most useful resource, especially for studying and understanding how questions are framed. Workload is a good amount since a lot of learning comes from independent review of lecture slides and practicing concepts outside of class. Marta is a great prof and does a good job explaining difficult content. Overall, the course is challenging, but manageable if you stay consistent and actually attend lectures.