EMGT 806
Finance for Engineers
Spring 2008
Meets Thursday evenings from 7:10 - 10:00pm
Format: On-site and Distance Learning
Line Number: 56289
Credits: 3
Instructor
Charles W. "Chick" Keller
Assistant Professor
(913) 897-8497 (office)
(913) 897-8682 (fax)
cwkeller@ku.edu
Course Description
EMGT 806: Finance for Engineers
A study of finance including financial planning and management in technological based organizations. Topics covered include financial statement analysis, present value of financial markets, capital budgeting, taxes, investment decisions, replacement decisions, cash flow budgets and sources of capital.
Textbooks
Current textbook information can be found at the KU Bookstore site.
Students currently enrolled in a course can also find direct links to the bookstore site from within Enroll and Pay.
Contact your instructor if you need additional details.
Note: The EMGT 806 textbook for the fall and spring semesters are not the same. Please make sure you verify the correct textbook for your semester and instructor.
Objectives
- After completing this course the student should be able to:
- Discuss the roles and goals of financial management
- Interpret and analysis financial statements
- Perform discounted cash flow calculations
- Determine the value of bonds
- Evaluate capital budgets using net present value and other investment criteria
- Analyze capital budgeting alternatives
- Understand and evaluate the tradeoffs between risk and return
- Determine cost of capital
- Calculate financial leverage and evaluate alternative capital structures
- Prepare short-term financial plans and plans for working capital management
