Georgia State University Robinson College of Business – Summer 2007

MBA 8130 – Foundations of Corporate Finance - Syllabus Supplement, Instructor: Dr. Charles Hodges

Class Hours: Online Office: Richards College of Business, Room 18, UWG
Class Room: 305 Classroom South, Online and TBA
Phone: (678)839-4816 (office) or (770)301-8648 (cell)
Class Webpages: WEBCT VISTA and http://www2.gsu.edu/~fnccwh/mba8130.html
E-mail: WEBCT Vista (Preferred) or chodges@westga.edu or chodges@gsu.edu Office Hours: by appointment

See the course syllabus and video introduction for MBA 8130 course policies on attendance,
prerequisites, rescheduling of exams, academic honesty, etc.

Required Textbook: Corporate Finance: A Focused Approach, by Michael C. Ehrhardt / Eugene F.

Brigham, Thomson South-Western, 2nd ed. 2006. Additional student resource material can be found on the
publisher’s website at: http://ehrhardt.swlearning.com.

Grading: In accordance with Departmental policy, for masters level courses (MBA and FI prefixed), it is expected that
no more than 35 percent of the students in a given class section will receive a grade of A. The majority of the remaining
students are expected to receive grades of B. Those students demonstrating significantly lagging performance shall earn
grades of C or lower as appropriate. The finance department employs the +/- grading system. A C- is considered a
passing grade for this course and a C- is considered passing for prerequisite purposes for this course as well as for all
finance electives.

Grade Weights: Final Exam 50%

Sample Final Exam 15% (A take home exam, Instructor component)
Two-minute Feedbacks 5% (Instructor component)
On-line Quizzes 30% (Instructor component)
100%

Daily Class Schedule:1

Date Event
6/12 Optional Face to Face Session @ 305 Classroom South
6/19 Chapter 1 Quiz Due and Chat Session (7:15-8:30 p.m.)
6/26 Chapter 2 Quiz Due and Chat Session
7/3 Chapter 3 Quiz Due and Chat Session
7/10 Chapter 4 Quiz Due and Chat Session
7/17 Chapter 5 Quiz Due and Chat Session
7/24 Chapter 6 Quiz Due and Chapter 7 Quiz Due
7/31 Online Sample Final Exam (covers Chapters 1-7) and encouraged Chat Session
Final Exam – Face to Face, Friday, August 3, 7:00- 9:00 p.m.

Important links:
http://www2.gsu.edu/~fnccwh/mba8130.html Online Course Webpage
http://www.real.com/ RealPlayer, click on download, and then look for free version
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/default.asp Windows Media Player
http://umaint.view.usg.edu/newaccess.html A WEBCT Vista login page

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Dates of Quizzes and Assignments are generally given according to the above schedule.
I will announce changes at least one week in advance.