The course introduces students to corporate finance, asset pricing, and investments. It is designed for students who have no background in finance and may or may not choose to concentrate in finance. I discuss sources of funds, capital budgeting, capital structure, dividend policy, cost of capital, portfolio theory, the capital asset pricing model, multifactor asset pricing models, valuation, and market efficiency. I provide the students with references to more advanced materials if they decide that they want to wade into the material further. The course is taught primarily with lectures but it relies heavily on numerical examples.
