Principles of Corporate Finance (FIN202)
Vietnamese title: Tài chính doanh nghiệp
Credits: 3

Description:
The course describes the corporation and its operating environment, the manner in which corporate boards and management evaluate investment opportunities and arrangements for financing such investments.
It also brings discussion in wide range context under varying conditions of aggregate demand, inflation, tax rates, interest rates, among other variables as well as the tools for valuing the short-term movements in bond and equity valuations in the various stock markets are even more complexly determined.
Topics include:
- Introduction to corporate finance;
- Financial statements and how they are related, as well as how these statements are related to cash fl ows to investors;
- Ratio analysis and other tools used to evaluate financial statements;
- The Time Value of Money and then applies present value concepts to
bond and stock valuation;
- The principle tool for evaluating capital projects and alternative capital budgeting decision rules;
- How project cash flows are calculated and forecast.

Learning outcomes:
Understand the goals of the corporations and roles of financial managers
understanding of the relationship between risk and return
Understand and employ investment criteria in making investment decisions
Apply different evaluation techniques in pricing bonds and stocks and cash-flow
Using financial analyzing techniques to evaluate a project
Understand techniques to calculate and forecast project cash flows and costs of capital
Apply critical thinking, problem solving, practice ability to work collaboratively within a team and presentation skills to individual and/or group activities dealing with corporate finance

Student tasks:
'- Attend at least 80% of contact hours in order to be accepted to the final examination
- Actively participate in class activities
- Fulfill tasks given by instructor after class
- Use their own laptop in class only for learning purpose
- Read the textbook in advance
- Access the course website (http://flm.fpt.edu.vn) for up-to-date information and material of the course, for online supports from teachers and other students and for practicing and assessment.

Tools:
- Internet

Materials:
description: Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
author: Robert Parrino, Thomas Bates, Stuart L. Gillan, David S. Kidwell
publisher: Wiley
published_date: 2022
edition: 5th, International Adaptation
isbn: ISBN: 978-1-119-79544-5
note: Wiley - Vital Source
description: Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, Asian Edition
author: Robert Parrino, David KidWell
publisher: John Wiley
published_date: 2019
edition: Asian Edition, 4th
isbn: 9.7811195866e+12
description: Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
author: Robert Parrino, David KidWell
publisher: John Wiley
published_date: 2012
edition: 2nd
description: Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
author: Robert Parrino, David KidWell
publisher: John Wiley
published_date: 2009
description: Coursera - FPT University Private Authored Courses: How to use financial ratios to evaluate firm’s performance by Excel
published_date: 2022
edition: 1st

Assessments:
category: Class Participation and Preparation
type: on-going
weight: 10.0
question_type: CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4, CLO5, CLO6, CLO7
category: Essay test
type: on-going
weight: 15.0
duration: OP1: 40 munites; OP2 (For Constructivism Approach only): Follow lecturer's proposal
question_type: CLO1, CLO3, CLO4, CLO5, CLO6
no_question: OP1: Essay questions of calculation exercises. Comprehensive exercises cover mainly chapter 8, 9, 10, 11; OP2 (For Constructivism Approach only): Follow lecturer's proposal
knowledge_and_skill: OP1: Follow lecturer's proposal; OP2 (For Constructivism Approach only): Follow lecturer's proposal
grading_guide: OP1: Integration of studied knowledge and skills of chapters covered in the subjectOP2 (For Constructivism Approach only): Follow lecturer's proposal
note: By instructor
category: Group Assignment
type: on-going
weight: 15.0
duration: OP1: Report and Presentation in class (end of the course); OP2 (For Constructivism Approach only): Follow lecturer's proposal
question_type: CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4, CLO5, CLO6, CLO7
no_question: OP1: Suggestion: Build up your own project and use project evaluation techniques to pursue investors to invest in your project; OP2 (For Constructivism Approach only): Follow lecturer's proposal
knowledge_and_skill: OP1: Case study; OP2 (For Constructivism Approach only): Follow lecturer's proposal
grading_guide: OP1: Thinking creatively, making decisions, solving problems,Personal qualities: Individual responsibility, self-esteem, sociability, self-management, and integrity. OP2 (For Constructivism Approach only): Follow lecturer's proposal
note: By instructor
category: Individual Assignment
type: on-going
weight: 15.0
duration: OP1: at home; OP2 (For Constructivism Approach only): Follow lecturer's proposal
question_type: CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4, CLO7
no_question: OP1: Suggestion: - Each student is assigned a listed company and do an analysis of the company financial statements or- Case study; OP2 (For Constructivism Approach only): Follow lecturer's proposal
knowledge_and_skill: OP1: 1,500 word - report; OP2 (For Constructivism Approach only): Follow lecturer's proposal
grading_guide: OP1: Integration of studied knowledge and skillsOP2 (For Constructivism Approach only): Follow lecturer's proposal
note: By instructor
category: Mid-term test (MT)
type: on-going
weight: 15.0
duration: OP1: In class (45 minutes); OP2 (For Constructivism Approach only): Follow lecturer's proposal
question_type: CLO1, CLO3, CLO4
no_question: OP1: Comprehensive exercisesCover chapter 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; OP2 (For Constructivism Approach only): Follow lecturer's proposal
knowledge_and_skill: OP1: In-class; OP2 (For Constructivism Approach only): Follow lecturer's proposal
grading_guide: OP1: Integration of studied knowledge and skills of chapters covered so far; OP2 (For Constructivism Approach only): Follow lecturer's proposal
note: By instructor
category: Final exam
type: Final exam
weight: 30.0
duration: 60 minutes
question_type: CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4, CLO5, CLO6
no_question: Multiple choice questions (50).
Multiple choice questions cover all chapters
knowledge_and_skill: 50MCQs
grading_guide: Integration of studied knowledge and skills of chapters covered in the subject
note: By Exam board

Schedule:
session: - Course Overview
- Introduction to AI Integration
- Chapter 1: The Financial Manager and the Firm
1.1 The role of the financial manager
1.2 Forms of business organization
1.3 Managing the Financial function
learning_outcomes: IT
materials: FIN202
session: Chapter 1: The Financial Manager and the Firm (cont)
1.4 The goal of the firm
1.5 Agency conflicts: Seperation of ownership and control
learning_outcomes: T
materials: FIN202
session: Chapter 3: Financial Statements, Cash Flows, and Taxes
3.2 The Balance Sheet
3.3 Market value vs. Book value
learning_outcomes: T
materials: fin4
session: Chapter 3: (cont)
3.4 The Income Statement and the Statement of Retained Earnings
learning_outcomes: T
materials: fin5
session: Chapter 3: (cont)
3.5 The statement of cash flows
3.6 Tying Together the Financial Statements
learning_outcomes: T
materials: fin6
session: Chapter 3 (cont)
3.7 Cash flows to investors
3.8 Federal Income Tax
learning_outcomes: T
materials: fin7
session: Chapter 4 : Analyzing Financial Statements
4.1 Background for Financial Statement Analysis
4.2 Common-size financial Statements
learning_outcomes: T
materials: fin8
session: Chapter 4 (cont)
4.3 Financial Ratios and Firm performance
learning_outcomes: T
materials: fin9
session: Chapter 4 (cont)
4.4 The Dupont system
4.5 Selecting a benchmark
learning_outcomes: T
materials: fin10
session: Chapter 4 (cont)
4.6 Using financial ratios
learning_outcomes: T
materials: fin11
session: Practice chapter 3, 4
learning_outcomes: I
U
materials: fin12
session: Practice chapter 3, 4
learning_outcomes: U
session: Release and Guidelines on Individual assignment
learning_outcomes: I
T
session: Chapter 5: The Time Value of Money
5.1 The time value of money
5.2 Future value and compounding
learning_outcomes: T
session: Chapter 5: The Time Value of Money (cont)
5.3 Present value and discouting
5.4 Additional concepts and applications
learning_outcomes: T
session: Chapter 6: Discounted Cash Flows and Valuation
6.1 Multiple cash flows
learning_outcomes: T
session: Chapter 6(cont)
6.2 Level cash flows: Annuities
6.3 Level cash flows: Perpetuities
learning_outcomes: T
session: Chapter 6 (cont)
6.4. Cash Flows That Grow at a Constant Rate
learning_outcomes: T
session: Chapter 6 (cont)
6.5 The effective annual interest rate
learning_outcomes: T
session: Practice chapter 5, 6
learning_outcomes: U
session: Practice chapter 5, 6 (cont)
learning_outcomes: U
session: Practice chapter 5, 6 (cont)
learning_outcomes: T
session: Chapter 8: Bond Valuation and the Structure of Interest Rates
8.1.Corporate bonds
8.2. Bond Valuation
learning_outcomes: T
session: Chapter 8 (cont)
8.3. Bond Yields
8.4. Interest Rate Risks
learning_outcomes: T
session: Chapter 8 (cont)
8.6. The Term Structure of Interest Rates
learning_outcomes: T
session: Chapter 8: Practice
learning_outcomes: T
session: Chapter 8: Practice (cont)
learning_outcomes: T
session: Chapter 9: Stock Valuation
9.1. The Market for Stocks
learning_outcomes: T
session: Chapter 9 (cont)
9.3. Common stock valuation
learning_outcomes: T
session: Chapter 9 (cont)
9.5 Stock valuation: some simplifying assumptions
learning_outcomes: T
session: Chapter 9 (cont)
9.7 Valuing preferred stock
learning_outcomes: T
session: Practice, review chapter 8, 9
learning_outcomes: U
session: Practice, review chapter 8, 9 (cont)
learning_outcomes: U
session: Practice, review (cont)
learning_outcomes: U
session: Mid-term test (chapters covered so far)
learning_outcomes: U
session: Individual assignment submission
Release of Group assignment
learning_outcomes: T
U
session: Chapter 10: The fundamentals of capital budgeting
10.1 An introduction to capital budgeting
10.2 NPV
learning_outcomes: T
session: Chapter 10 (cont)
10.3 The payback period
learning_outcomes: T
session: Chapter 10 (cont)
10.5 Internal rate of return
learning_outcomes: T
session: Chapter 10 (cont)
Investment decisions with capital rationing
learning_outcomes: T
session: Chapter 11: Cash Flows and Capital Budgeting
11. Calculating Project Cash Flows
12. Estimating Cash Flows in Practice
learning_outcomes: T
session: Chapter 11 (cont)
11.3 Forecasting Cash Flows
learning_outcomes: T
session: Chapter 11 (cont)
11.4 Special Cases
learning_outcomes: T
session: Chapter 10 and 11: Practice
learning_outcomes: T
session: Chapter 10 and 11: Practice (cont)
learning_outcomes: T
session: Chapter 10 and 11: Practice (cont)
learning_outcomes: T
session: Chapter 10 and 11: Practice (cont)
learning_outcomes: T
session: Group assigment guidelines
learning_outcomes: T
session: Review
learning_outcomes: T
U
session: Essay Test
learning_outcomes: U
session: Chapter 12: Evaluating project Economics and Capital Rationing
12.1 Variable Costs, Fixed Costs, and Project Risk
learning_outcomes: T
session: Chapter 12: Evaluating project Economics and Capital Rationing (cont)
12.5 Risk analysis
learning_outcomes: T
session: Course revision
learning_outcomes: T
U
session: Course revision
learning_outcomes: T
U
session: Course revision
learning_outcomes: T
U
session: Course revision
learning_outcomes: T
U
session: Group presentation & Report submission
learning_outcomes: U
session: Group presentation & Report submission
learning_outcomes: U
session: Group presentation & Report submission
learning_outcomes: U
session: Group presentation & Report submission
learning_outcomes: U