FIN 564

Fall 2021 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Aug 23-Dec 8

Credit: 4 hours.

Provides key building blocks necessary for many careers in finance. Designed to provide a practical approach to analyzing and interpreting complex financial statements to make decisions from a range of user perspectives, including investment banks, equity investors and commercial banks. Advanced financial analysis and forecasting will be applied through assignments and casework. There will be an emphasis on business writing skills commonly applied by finance professionals.

4 graduate hours. No professional credit. Prerequisite: ACCY 501 or equivalent. A baseline understanding of financial accounting is expected of all students coming into this course.

FIN 564 class schedule data for fall 2021
CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
73395
Lecture-Discussion
G
9:30AM -10:50AM
TR
Business Instructional Fac
Vitek, M
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/23/21-12/08/21
Section Info:
The goal of this course is to teach students how to value virtually any business or company. More importantly, the course seeks to provide students with an understanding of the underlying factors that drive a company’s value and how those factors differ across industries. This class is designed to be hands-on and interactive. We will study a series of cases using real companies in a variety of industries. For each case, we will discuss the company’s business model, analyze its most recent financial statements, and construct a financial forecast using a discounted cash flow model. Then we will incorporate all this information to explore various financial concepts and drivers of valuation. A particular focus will be to examine how these differ across companies, industries and market environments. We will also use each case to introduce and analyze specific issues within the financial statements. These will include: common size income statements, return on invested capital and its components, working capital management and cash conversion cycles, share based compensation and fully diluted share count, convertible securities, net operating losses and deferred taxes, and acquisition accounting.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to MS:Finance -UIUC, MS: Finance Cost Rec -UIUC, MS: Finance - UIUC, or MS: Finance Cost Rec - UIUC.
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
75850
Online
XG
9:30AM -10:50AM
TR
n.a.
Vitek, M
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/23/21-12/08/21
Special Approval:
Departmental Approval Required
Section Info:
This online section is only for students registered in-absentia. The goal of this course is to teach students how to value virtually any business or company. More importantly, the course seeks to provide students with an understanding of the underlying factors that drive a company’s value and how those factors differ across industries. This class is designed to be hands-on and interactive. We will study a series of cases using real companies in a variety of industries. For each case, we will discuss the company’s business model, analyze its most recent financial statements, and construct a financial forecast using a discounted cash flow model. Then we will incorporate all this information to explore various financial concepts and drivers of valuation. A particular focus will be to examine how these differ across companies, industries and market environments. We will also use each case to introduce and analyze specific issues within the financial statements. These will include: common size income statements, return on invested capital and its components, working capital management and cash conversion cycles, share based compensation and fully diluted share count, convertible securities, net operating losses and deferred taxes, and acquisition accounting.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to MS:Finance -UIUC, MS: Finance Cost Rec -UIUC, MS: Finance - UIUC, or MS: Finance Cost Rec - UIUC.
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