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BUSI 2504: Business Finance I 
Final Examination Guide and Notes 2026 
 
- Part 01: Revision Notes 
- Part 02: Sample Final Examination Paper 
- Part 03: Suggested Solutions to Final Exam Paper 
- Part 04: Final Examination - Hints and Tips 
 
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BUSI 2504: Business Finance I - Carleton University

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ACADEMIC YEAR 2025 - 2026

University	Carleton University
Study Level	Undergraduate
Course Code	BUSI 2504
Course Name	Business Finance I
Notes Title	Final Examination Guide and Notes
Format	PDF
Page Length	64

Built for BUSI 2504: Business Finance I at Carleton University, this comprehensive guide helps you succeed across the course. It explains essential topics in clear language with illustrations and fully worked examples to show each step. Alongside detailed notes, you’ll find examiner advice, practice questions with answers for every examinable area, and a full sample exam with solutions that mirror real test conditions. Use it to review key concepts, practise problem-solving, and plan efficient revision so you can approach graded work with confidence and aim for top marks.

BUSI 2504: Business Finance I serves as an essential introductory course providing managers with foundational knowledge in finance. Covering vital topics such as corporate finance overview, time value of money, discounted cash flow valuation, interest rates, bond and stock valuation, net present value, investment criteria, capital market history, return, risk, and the security market line, it not only equips managers for organizational decision-making but also lays the groundwork for advanced finance courses. Moreover, insights gained from this course extend to personal financial management and investment decision-making.

✔ By the time you finish this course, you should be able to:

Understand the overview of Corporate Finance.
Apply the concept of Time Value of Money to valuation.
Perform Discounted Cash Flow valuation.
Evaluate interest rates and bond valuation.
Analyze stock valuation techniques.
Utilize Net Present Value and other investment criteria.
Extract lessons from Capital Market History.
Assess return, risk, and the Security Market Line.
Calculate the Cost of Capital.

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BUSI 2204	Basic Marketing
BUSI 2501	Business Finance
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BUSI 2601	Business Law
BUSI 3001	Accounting for Business Combinations
BUSI 3502	Investments
BUSI 3512	Derivatives
ECON 1001	Introduction to Microeconomics
ECON 1002	Introduction to Macroeconomics
ECON 2030	Intermediate Microeconomics II: Consumers & General Equilibrium
ECON 2102	Intermediate Macroeconomics I
ECON 2210	Introductory Statistics for Economics
ECON 2220	Introductory Econometrics
ECON 4706	Econometrics I
ECON 4713	Time-Series Econometrics
PSYC 2002	Introduction to Statistics in Psychology
STAT 2507	Introduction to Statistical Modeling I
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