MFIN 7704 Financial Management
This course deals primarily with a firm's investment and financing decisions. Topics treated intensively include valuation and risk, capital budgeting, financial leverage, capital structure and working capital management. Also discussed are financial statistical analysis and tools of planning and control. Some attention is given to financial institutions and their role in supplying funds to businesses and non-profit organizations.
Course overview
- Department
- Finance
- School
- CSOM
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Graduate
- Offered
- Every Fall, Every Spring, Every Summer
Catalog details
- Prerequisites
- ACCT7701
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 3.66 / 5 · Very Good
- Instructor rating
- 3.89 / 5 · Very Good
- Terms evaluated
- 13
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2026 | Andrew Hession-Kunz | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4–6 hrs/week | 36 of 38 |
| Fall 2025 | Cheng Jiang | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 1–3 hrs/week | 36 of 38 |
| Summer 2025 | Robert James | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4–6 hrs/week | 13 of 15 |
| Spring 2025 | Andrew Hession-Kunz | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 10+ hrs/week | 27 of 28 |
| Fall 2024 | Cheng Jiang | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 1–3 hrs/week | 39 of 41 |
| Summer 2024 | Robert James | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4–6 hrs/week | 19 of 21 |
| Spring 2024 | Andrew Hession-Kunz | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.5 | — | 34 of 37 |
| Summer 2023 | Robert James | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 of 12 |
| Spring 2023 | Andrew Hession-Kunz | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 7–9 hrs/week | 36 of 38 |
| Fall 2022 | Elliott Smith | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 1–3 hrs/week | 25 of 28 |
| Summer 2022 | Robert James | 3.0 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.7 | — | 3 of 10 |
| Spring 2022 | Andrew Hession-Kunz | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 4–6 hrs/week | 14 of 28 |
| Spring 2022 | Francesco D'acunto | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 1–3 hrs/week | 9 of 26 |
| Fall 2021 | Leonard Kostovetsky | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4–6 hrs/week | 15 of 27 |
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Instructors
Sections
- Section 01
- Section 01