FIN 201: Introduction to Finance covers a range of topics essential for understanding financial principles. The course explores types of securities and their valuation methods, including physical and intellectual assets. It delves into asset markets, market efficiency, risk measures, and risk reduction techniques. Students learn about financing policies, such as debt versus equity financing. Key areas include single and multiple cash flows, interest rates, bonds, stocks, decision rules, project cash flows, project analysis, real options, and the relationship between risk and return (including the Capital Market Line, Beta, and CAPM). The course also addresses derivatives, costs of capital, WACC, and leverage and capital structure.

Prerequisite:

• STAT 161 or an equivalent course.

• Pre- or corequisites: MGTSC 212 or 312, ACCTG 200 or 300 or ACCTG 211 or 311.

• Students cannot receive credit for both FIN 201 and FIN 301.

COURSE CODE

COURSE TITLE

ACCTG 200

Introduction to Accounting

ACCTG 211

Introduction to Accounting for Financial Performance

ACCTG 222

Introduction to Accounting for Management Decision Making

ACCTG 315

Intermediate Financial Accounting II

BLAW 201

Legal Foundations of the Canadian Economy

ECON 101

Introduction to Microeconomics

ECON 102

Introduction to Macroeconomics

ECON 281

Intermediate Microeconomic Theory I

ECON 299

Quantitative Methods in Economics

ECON 399

Introductory Econometrics

FIN 201

Introduction to Finance

FIN 312

Investment Principles

FIN 322

Capital Investment

FIN 413

Risk Management

FIN 414

Operation of Financial Institutions

MARK 201

Introduction to Marketing

MGTSC 212

Probability and Statistics for Business

PSYCH 213

Introduction to Data Analysis in Psychology I

SEM 301

Behaviour in Organizations

STAT 151

Introduction to Applied Statistics I

STAT 161

Introductory Statistics for Business and Economics

STAT 235

Introductory Statistics for Engineering