Course Syllabus
Finance
(THM 415)
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Course Description
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This course introduces basic techniques and
concepts necessary to effectively manage the
limited financial resources while evaluate
various investment opportunities. In this
regard, students will learn the 4 principles of
finance and apply them to value securities,
decide whether to accept or reject projects, and
forecast streams of cash flows. Moreover,
through intensive applications, this course
aims to instill the idea that finance is all
around us and that financial decisions
(whatever complex they might be perceived)
stem from simple rational, common sense sets
of basics.
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Pre-requisites
• A passing grade from the above mentioned
courses is a pre-requisite for passing this
course:
– THM 164 : Calculus
– THM 313 : Hospitality Management
Accounting
– BIM 191: PC General Applications I
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Textbook
• Sheridan Titman, Arthur J. Keown,
John
D.
Martin,
Financial
Management:
Principles
and
Applications, (11th Ed.), Pearson.
• Instructor’s Web Page :
• www.satm.bilkent.edu.tr/~jamel
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Grading
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In-Class Attendance:
In-Class Participation:
Assignments :
Midterm Exam:
Final Exam:
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5%
5%
25 %
30 %
35 %
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Things to Remember
• All Students should have an undergraduate email address (i.e.…@ug.bilkent.edu.tr ) along
with an SRS Password.
• Maximum 25 % Absenteeism!
• Come Prepared for Chapters that will be taught.
• Late Homework and / or Assignment  0!
• Failing to attend 75 % of class sessions and / or
totaling less than 35.75 / 65 (before final exam)
would mean that student in question will NOT be
allowed to be seated to Final Exam → FZ!
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Course Breakdown
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Weeks 1 through 7
• Week 01: Introduction to Financial Management
(Chapter 1)
• Week 02: Understanding Financial Statements,
Taxes and Cash Flows (Chapter 3)
• Week 03: Time Value of Money – The Basics
(Chapter 5)
• Week 04: The Time Value of Money – Annuities
and Other Topics (Chapter 6)
• Week 05: An Introduction to Risk and Return –
History of Financial Market Returns (Chapter 7)
• Week 06: Risk and Return – Capital Market
Theory (Chapter 8)
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Week 07: Revision
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Midterm Examination
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Weeks 9 through 14
• Week 09: Mid-Semester Evaluation
• Week 10: Debt Valuation and Interest Rates
(Chapter 9)
• Week 11: Stock Valuation (Chapter 10)
• Week 12: Investment Decision Criteria
(Chapter 11)
• Week 13: Analyzing Project Cash Flows
(Chapter 12)
• Week 14: Overall Review
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Final Exam
Semester Holiday!
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