(in Polish) Introduction to Corporate Finance 1100-ER-E-InCoF

The course includes topics as follows:

1. Introduction to corporate finance. Basics of financial accounting and financial statements analysis in corporations.

2. Balance Sheet, Income, Retained Earnings, Cash Flows statement of corporations

3. Working Capital Management. Managing Current Assets. Financing Current Assets in corporations.

4. Cost of capital and its evaluation. Cost of debt. Cost of equity. WACC

5. Capital Structure. Debt/Equity. Financial leverage.

6. Additional topic (money transfers, payments, corporate bank products and services)

Total student workload

Contact hours with teacher: - participation in lectures - 15 hrs - participation in exercises – 15 hrs - consultations to the course - 20 hrs - final examination and consultations - 10 hrs Self-study hours: - preparation for lectures and exercises - 15 hrs - reading literature - 15 hrs - preparation for examination- 30 hrs Altogether: 125 hrs (5 ECTS)

Learning outcomes - knowledge

W1: Student knows the relations and connections between various items of the balance sheet, income statement and cash flows statement of the corporation - K_W03. W2: Student knows an influence of the external and internal factors on the financial condition of the corporation - K_W05. W3: Student knows the concept, ideas and rules of financial management in the corporation - K_W07. W4: Student knows the rules of financing and developing of corporations – K_W11

Learning outcomes - skills

U1: Student can assess and evaluate financial condition of the company - K_U01. U2: Student can calculate, use and evaluate financial ratios in the corporation - K_U03.

Learning outcomes - social competencies

K1: Student is open to new creative concepts and ideas in scope of corporate finance that solve cognitive and practical problems – K_K01 K2: Student is conscious of the importance of ethics in the corporate finance management and the need of development of ethical behavior – K_K03

Teaching methods

Power point, Excel spreadsheets

Expository teaching methods

- informative (conventional) lecture
- problem-based lecture
- participatory lecture

Exploratory teaching methods

- classic problem-solving
- case study

Online teaching methods

- exchange and discussion methods
- content-presentation-oriented methods

Prerequisites

None

Course coordinators

Michał Buszko

Assessment criteria

Written exam – W1, W2, W3
Excercises – U1, U2
Class activities – K1, K2, K3.
Assessment criteria:
Exam (totally 20 points):
Fail - less than 10 pts (<50%)
satisfactory – 10-13 pts (50-65%)
satisfactory plus - 14 pts (70%)
good – 15-17 pts (75-85%)
good plus - 18 pts (90%)
very good- 19-20 pts (95-100%)

Exercises (totally 10 points):
Fail - less than 5 pts (<50%)
satisfactory – 5-6,5 pts (50-65%)
satisfactory plus - 7 pts (70%)
good – 7,5-8,5 pts (75-85%)
good plus - 9 pts (90%)
very good- 9,5-10 pts (95-100%)

Additional information

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

Description of 1100-ER-E-InCoF in USOSweb