FIN509 – Fall 2025

Syllabus & Policies — Quick Summary

📄 Official, detailed syllabus (grading, policies, resources): Simple Syllabus — FIN 509

Meeting Info

  • Tuesdays 6:00–9:00 pmDCOBT 117 (live) and live online stream
  • If you miss class, watch the posted recording and keep up with deadlines

Textbook

Fundamentals of Corporate Finance (Ross, Westerfield, Jordan), McGraw-Hill, 2021, ISBN 9781260772395JU Bookstore

Make-ups & Devices

  • Make-ups: Valid documented reason required; notify the instructor in advance when possible.

Homework Submission

  • For each homework, email your Excel file(s) to mfoley3@ju.edu.
  • Use subject line: FIN509 HW – Chapter X – Your Name. Include your name in the filename.

Grading Weights

ComponentWeight
Assignments (5)20%
Discussion Boards (3)15%
Quizzes (5)25%
Final Exam40%
Total100%

Letter scale (suggested): A ≥ 90; A- 89–90; B+ 87–89; B 80–87; B- 79–80; C+ 78–79; C 70–78; F < 70. See the Simple Syllabus for full details.

Course Info

This course covers corporate finance and time value of money, risk & return, capital budgeting, and valuation topics.

Trading Game MarketWatch

🎯 Join the class game: marketwatch.com/games/fin509-25f
🔑 Password: havefun

Tip: Start with the Trading Game Tools page for FINVIZ screeners and how-to steps — same color/system as this site.

Chapters & Topics

Weekly Schedule — Fall 2025

Week 1 begins Tue 10/07/2025. All class meetings are Tuesdays 6:00 pm in DCOBT 117.

Week 1 — Time Value of Money (Chapter 5)

Class: Tue 10/07 @ 6 pm (DCOBT 117) • 🎥 Class video

No graded items due this week.

Week 2 — Discounted Cash Flow Valuation (Chapter 6)

Class: Tue 10/14 @ 6 pm (DCOBT 117) • 🎥 Class video

Quiz 1 due Wed 10/22 11:59 pm

Quiz 1 — Help Videos

Week 3 — Interest Rates & Bond Valuation (Chapter 7)

Class: Tue 10/21 @ 6 pm (DCOBT 117) • 🎥 Class video

Quiz 2 due Wed 10/29 11:59 pm

Quiz 2 — Help Video

Week 4 — Stock Valuation (Chapter 8)

Class: Tue 10/28 @ 6 pm (DCOBT 117) • 🎥 Class video

Quiz 3 due Wed 11/05 11:59 pm

Quiz 3 — Help Videos (4 parts)

Week 5 — Capital Budgeting & WACC (Ch. 9 & 14)

Class: Tue 11/04 @ 6 pm (DCOBT 117) • 🎥 Class video

Homework Ch. 5 & 6 due Tue 11/04 Email Excel to mfoley3@ju.edu
Discussion Board #1 due Tue 11/04
Quiz 4 due Wed 11/12 11:59 pm

Week 6 — Risk & Return (Chapter 13)

Class: Tue 11/11 @ 6 pm (DCOBT 117) • 🎥 Class video

Quiz 5 due Wed 11/19 11:59 pm

Quiz 5 — Help Videos (2 parts)

Week 7 — Review & Final

Class: Tue 11/18 @ 6 pm (DCOBT 117) • Final prep video

Final due Sun 11/23 11:59 pm
Due with Final: Homework Ch. 8, 9, 13 Email Excel to mfoley3@ju.edu + Discussion Boards #2 & #3

Final — Prep Video

Past Semester

FYI: Homework help videos — Chapters 5–6 (Parts 1–6)
Q13 note (correction): Bridget’s is an annuity due, so ABS(FV(8%/12, 10*12, 150, 0, 1))type = 1.
Jordan’s is an ordinary annuity, so ABS(FV(8%/12, 10*12, 175, 0))type = 0 (or omitted).
There is a mistake in the help video for this question — sorry for the confusion.
Homework help videos — Chapter 7
Homework help video — Chapter 8
Homework help videos — Chapter 9
Homework help videos — Chapter 13

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