This course examines the role of the financial manager in determining the appropriate composition and level of assets and their financing within the context of stockholder wealth maximization. Key theoretical constructs include operating and financial leverage, the risk-return tradeoff, liquidity, and agency theory. Topics include financial analysis and planning, working capital management, cost of capital, capital budgeting, and mergers and acquisitions.

Prerequisite: -EC100 or -EC101 and -EC102 and -BU205.

1 unit — Golfari

Offerings

Term	Block	Title	Instructor	Location	Student Limit/Available	Updated
Spring 2025	Block 5	Theory of Business Finance	Andrea Golfari	Palmer Hall 121	25 / -3	05/20/2025
Fall 2025	Block 3	Theory of Business Finance	Andrea Golfari	TBA	25 / 17	05/20/2025