Week 1: Introduction to this course.

Week 2: Overviews of financial management    Chapter 1    3 hours

Week 3: Financial system  Chapter 2,  3 hours

Week 4: Review of financial statements  Chapter 3, homework assignments,  6 hours

Week 5: Time value of money, Chapter 5, homework assignments , 6 hours

Week 6: Valuing Bonds, Chapter 6, homework assignments, 6 hours

Week 7: Valuing Stocks, Chapter 7, homework assignments, 6 hours

Week 8: Investment decisions making criteria, NPV and others. Chapter 8, homework assignments, 6 hours

Week 9: Mid term exam

Week 10: Estimating project cash flows, Chapter 9, homewok assignments, 6 hours

Week 11: Project analysis, Chapter 10, homework assignments, 6 hours

Week 12: Lesson from capital markets, Chapter 11, homework assignments, 6 hours

Week 13: measuring risk, Chapter 12, homework assignments, 6 hours

Week 14: Beta and cost of capital, Chapter 13, homework assignments, 6 hours

Week 15: Debt policy, Chapter 16, homework assignments, 6 hours

Week 16: Payout policy, Chapter 17, homework assignment, 6 hours

Week 17: Working capital management, Chapter 20. homework assignments, 6 hours

Week 18: Final Exam 

Graduate student of Department of Finance

Assessment of this course is by way of homework assignments and two exams. Totally ten homework assignments will be assigned during the semester. Homework assignments should be turned in on time(one week after they are assigned). The mid term and final exams are to be conducted according to NCCU administrative calendar of the academic year.

Marking/Grading scheme:

Homework assignments, class attendance, class participation     1/3 of 100%

Mid term exam    1/3 of 100%

Final exam   1/3 of 100%

Fundamental of Corporate Finance, by Brealey, Myers,and Marcus, 9th ed., McGraw-Hill, Taiwan Distributor: 華泰書局 (02)21621217

林基煌 , 李寶珍  著: 財務管理  第二版, 新陸書局