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FIN 406

Capital Budgeting

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelUpper Division
Average gradeB
Standard

Overview

Description

Develop critical analytical skills required to assess potential investment. Topics include the estimation of project cash flows, project cost of capital, risk analysis in capital budgeting, and corporate strategy.

Requirements

Prerequisites

FIN 301
Original catalog text

Prerequisites

Prerequisite(s): FIN 301.

Units

Lecture3

Catalog Details

Offering

Offered: Every Fall and Spring

Terms

fall, spring

Attributes

Standard

Learning Outcomes

  • evaluate prospective investments using alternative capital budgeting methods.
  • deal successfully with capital rationing and mutually exclusive projects and estimate project cash flows.
  • account for real options to adjust the scope or scale of a project and incorporate risk in the capital-budgeting process.
  • calculate a firm’s overall cost of capital and the divisional cost of capital.
  • explain the relationship between corporate strategy and the capital budgeting process.