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University of Miami Business School

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Faculty Name

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Term/ Year

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Sections

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Dr. Ujjal Chatterjee Spring 2020

Instructor Information

Course

Days

Time

Location

FIN303-Q

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12:30 – 1:45 PM

Dooly Memorial 318

Instructor

Office

Telephone

Email

UJJAL CHATTERJEE

317Q

305 284 4765

[email protected]

Office Hours:

By appointment / announced during the class based on students’ requirements. E

Other Instructional Material and Resources

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Teaching and Learning Methodologies

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Grading Scale, Grading Distribution, and Due Dates

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Corporate Finance (5th Edition), Berk and DeMarzo, Pearson

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UM Blackboard Online Teaching Tool

Instructional methods will include lectures, readings, in-class presentations, assigned problems.

Grading Scale 95– 100 90 – 94 87 – 89 84 – 86 80 – 83

4.0 3.7 3.3 3.0 2.7

A AB+ B B-

77 – 79 74 – 76 70 – 73 60 – 69 Less Than 60

2.3 2.0 1.7 1.0 0

C+ C CD F

Grading Distribution Assessment Final Exam 1 mid-term exams Projects Participation/Presentation Total

Weight Due Date 30% As scheduled by the University 10% Various 45% Various 15% Various 100%

Grade postings Students are expected to keep track of their own accumulation of grades throughout the semester. Any grades posted on Blackboard are for information purposes only.

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Explanation of Assessments

Midterm Exams, Quizzes, and Final Exams There is one midterm exam. The final exam is designed to last about 120 minutes. Homework Assignments There are no homework assignments in this course. Course Syllabus | Page 1 of 4

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Course Project & Project Presentation The projects involve developing simple corporate finance-based real life issues. The grade depends upon the quality of the interpretation of results and presentation skills/methods.

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Student Academic Integrity Code Statement

Students are advised that violations of the Student Academic Integrity Code will be treated seriously and can lead to suspension or dismissal from the university. A notation of the academic integrity code violation can become part of the student’s permanent record. Academic violations include but are not limited to:         

Plagiarism Inappropriate Collaboration Inappropriate Proxy Dishonesty in Examinations and Submitted Work Work Completed for One Course and Submitted to Another Deliberate Falsification of Data Interference with Other Students’ Work Copyright Violations Complicity in Academic Dishonesty

Students MUST read the Student Academic Integrity Code outlined in the UM Catalog and agree to abide by the standards for academic conduct, students’ rights and responsibilities and procedures for handling allegations of academic dishonesty. J

Student Responsibilities/ Behavioral Expectations

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Students are responsible and accountable for their behavior, academic or otherwise, at the University of Miami. The University expects that students, as mature members of the academic community, will adhere to the highest standards of personal and academic integrity and taste. See the College Catalog for a more detail explanation.

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All students are required to buy and bring to the classroom the class textbook/Study-Guide and to take notes during lectures.

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In addition to lecture notes, material available on your course website (Blackboard), assignments, class (or online) discussions are a required and graded part of this course. Detail instruction on the use of Blackboard will be given in class.

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Class attendance is expected and required. Absence from class, for any reason, is recorded as an absence. Class attendance will be handled in accordance with university policy as stated in the college catalogue.

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Any absence may affect the student’s grade.

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In the event a student misses sessions, the instructor would follow the applicable procedure. If the instructor chooses to retain such a student, (s)he will receive a ZERO grade for attendance, if allocated.

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If a midterm exam or final exam is missed due to illness, a doctor’s certification of a serious illness is required. The student should contact the instructor as soon as possible (not after the exams). Without any medical documents, student would receive a zero grade.

Mobile Phones are to be turned off before entering the classroom. Students found using Course Syllabus | Page 2 of 4

University of Miami Business School these items will be asked to take their books and leave the class. Days missed due to such dismissal will be counted as absent.

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Student – Instructor Interaction / Feedback

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Video-taping of the lectures No video-taping or taping of the lectures or the professor are permitted without her/his explicit agreement and written permission.

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Self-directed learning (outside class-time): It is strongly advised that students read the chapter prior to attending the weekly lecture, and also bring a copy of the power-point slides for the relevant chapter to write additional notes. The more a student participates by sharing general and/or regional examples, opinions and experiences the more the class will be enjoyable and beneficial to all. Therefore, students are required to read the assigned material before it is presented in class. This includes the chapter in the textbook, and also the learning tools available such as readings, books, websites, or the activities on the Student CD which comes with the textbook.

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Cheating is an infraction of the rules and regulations of UM. If you are ever in doubt as to whether or not a particular activity is cheating – conclude that it is. A tougher anti‐cheating policy will be applied in the department as department head will be recommending a category F (fail the course) penalty for any student who is referred to him/her in a cheating case and has been found guilty of cheating.

Students are encouraged to contact the instructor during office hours or via email. In order to gather feedback for future course improvements, suggestions, comments and concerns regarding any aspect of this course will gladly be accepted, at any time during the semester. In addition, a formal course evaluation will be administered at the end of the semester.

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TENTATIVE SCHEDULE Note: Tests and project dates are set. No addendum, make-up exams, or extra assignments to improve grades will be given. Not all chapters or topics are covered in equal depth Week

Date

Materials Covered

TOPICS and NOTES

1

Jan 14, 16

Revisiting 302 key topics

2

Jan 21, 23

Revisiting 302 key topics

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Jan 28, 30

Asset Classes and More on Cost of Debt, Project #1 discussions.

4

Feb 4, 6

Firm Valuation – one of the central ideas of corporate finance, project 2 discussions.

5

Feb 11, 13

Security Issuance

5

Feb 18

Mid-Term Exam

7

Feb 20

Monte-Carlo Simulations and its usage in firm valuation

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Feb 25, 27

Project #2 Discussions

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March 3, 5

Dividend Policy

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March 10, 12

Spring Break

11

March 17, 19

Option Theory and its applications on valuations

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March 24, 26

Option Theory and its applications on valuations

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March 31, April 2

Duration and Immunization of interest rate risks

14

April 7, 9

Duration and Immunization of interest rate risks

15

April 14, 16

Presentation

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April 21, 23

Presentation and Final Exam Review

17

April 29-May6

Final Exam Week

Project #1 Assigned – financial ratios

Project #2 Assigned – firm book value versus market value

Project #1 Due

Project #2 Due

Project #3 Assigned – firm capital structure and its effect on costs of capital and firm valuation

Project #3 Due

Exam on May 6

The scheduled dates and their content are subject to change at the professor’s discretion.

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