Wall Street Journal subscriptions are recommended. A Texas Instruments BA II Plus or similar financial calculator is required. Interrelationships should be drawn among ratios, and between ratios and company factors. Teams composed of three students are responsible for the case, and the team should collaborate with each other to analyze, but not write the company reports. Discussion by class members is expected.
Participation is an essential aspect of the class.
It is important that you attend each class since class participation represents a significant portion of the course. Your participation will be evaluated following each class from verbal comments made during class and from written responses requested at random. Absences will hurt your class participation average. Absences in excess of two will also result in 10 point penalties on your test and final exam grades. There will be two tests, two quizzes and the final exam that will be comprehensive.