SemesterFall Semester, 2025
DepartmentIntegrated Curriculum by Dept. of Finance
Course NameFinancial Management
InstructorCha Yunju
Credit3.0
Course TypeElective
PrerequisiteEconomic Analysis、Economics、Intro Microeconomics、Introduction to Economics、Introduction to Economics(ENG)、Marketing and Economics、Principle of Economics,Fundamental Accounting (I)、Fundamental Accounting(I)、Introduction to Financial Accounting、Priciple of Accounting,Financial Accounting Q4、Fundamental Accounting (II)、Fundamental Accounting(II)
Course Objective
Course Description
Course Schedule

Your grade will be based on the following:




  1. Mid-term exam (40%) and final exam (45%):

  2. Attendance/participation (5%):

  3. Team Presentation (10%):

  4. Extra bonus (up to 1%)
































































































































Week

Date

Topic

Chapter

Presentation

1

4-Sep

Course Introduction


  

 

2

11-Sep

Understanding financial statements and cash flows

Ch. 2-3

N/A

3

18-Sep

Time value of the money

Ch. 4

Team 1

4

25-Sep

Discount cash flow

Ch. 5

Team 2

5

2-Oct

Valuation of bond



Ch. 6

Team 3

6

9-Oct

Valuation of stock

Ch. 7

Team 4

7

16-Oct

Review Ch.2 to Ch.7

 

N/A

8

23-Oct

Midterm exam

 

N/A

9

30-Oct

NPV and other investment criteria

Ch. 8

Team 5

10

6-Nov

Capital investment decision

Ch. 9

Team 6

11

13-Nov

Lessons from history

Ch. 10

Team 7

12

20-Nov

Risk and return

Ch. 11

Team 8

13

27-Nov

Cost of capital



Ch. 12

Team 9

14

4-Dec

Leverage and capital structure

Ch. 13

Team 10

15

11-Dec

Review Ch.8 to Ch.13

 

N/A


  

16

18-Dec

Final exam

 

N/A


  

Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant

113357028@g.nccu.edu.tw


Requirement/Grading

Your grade will be based on the following:




  1. Mid-term exam (40%) and final exam (45%):

  2. Attendance/participation (5%):

  3. Team Presentation (10%):

  4. Extra bonus (up to 1%)


Textbook & Reference

We will mainly use lecture notes. The requirement textbook is Essentials of Corporate Finance, Stephen A. Ross, Randolph W. Westerfield, Bradford D. Jordan, Tenth edition 2020, McGraw Hill Education.  You may use earlier editions as textbooks do not change dramatically over time.


Urls about Course
Attachment

Yunju Cha_Syllabus_FM_THU_pdf.pdf