FIN 6446: Financial Theory I
FIN 6446: Financial Theory I

Instructor:   Charles B. Moss
              1121 McCarty Hall B
              (352) 392-1845 Ext. 404
              Office hours by appointment
              Email: cbmoss@mail.ifas.ufl.edu

     The purpose of this course is to acquaint the student with basic principles of finance theory 
emphasizing the theory of the firm's investment and financing decisions.  To accomplish this goal, 
this course will focus on basic concepts of decision making under risk, market efficiency, asset 
pricing, capital structure and dividend policy.

     Style of presentation:  Because of the content, this class will be conducted in an lecture 
format.  However, interaction through questions is encouraged.  While points will not be awarded for
class participation, class participation tends to make the semester an enjoyable learning experience 
for all concerned.

     Grades will be based on two tests and seven quizzes.  The two tests will be given as a midterm 
and a final, each worth 100 points.  The quizzes will be worth 20 points each, and will follow the 
completion of each major component of the course.  Thus, the total points are:

                        100 points     Midterm
                        100            Final
                        140            Quizzes
                        340

Maximum grade scale:     95 - 100%     A
                         90 - 94       B+
                         85 - 89       B
                         80 - 84       C+
                         75 - 79       C
                         70 - 74       D+
                         65 - 69       D
                         Below 65      E

I reserve the right to lower the grade scale.

Texts:
     Required Readings

  Copeland, Thomas E. and J. Fred Weston.  Finance Theory and Corporate Policy third
           edition  (Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1988).

  Ingersoll, Jonathan E.  Theory of Financial Decision Making  (Totowa, New Jersey:
           Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1987).

     Supplemental Readings

  Debreu, Gerard.  Theory of Value  (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1959).

  Fama, Eugene F. and Merton H. Miller.  The Theory of Finance  (Hinsdale, Illinois:
           Dryden Press, 1972).

  Hirshleifer, J.  Investment, Interest and Capital   (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey:
           Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1970).

  Levy, Hiam and Marshall Sarnat.  Portfolio and Investment Selection: Theory and
           Practice  (Englewoods Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1984).
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