FIN 358 - Corporate Mergers, Leveraged Buyouts, and Divestitures

Credits: 3

Prerequisite: FIN 221, one course from BIOL 201, BUS 202, CBSC 250, ECON 202, POL/INTR 202, MATH 118, or SOAN 118; and at least junior standing This course focuses upon company valuation, mergers, leveraged buyouts, and divestitures. The interactive course makes extensive use of the case method in developing an understanding of business valuation methodologies and corporate financing decisions. Advanced-level finance concepts, models, and techniques are applied by students in the development of situational problem formulation, analysis, evaluation, and decision-making skills necessary to solve the unstructured problems faced in the practice of financial and business management. Classroom participation and group presentations are emphasized.