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Karakorum International University

Department of Management Sciences

Business Finance
Course Outline
Associate Degree Program for BBA

Mr. Farooq Ahmad


MS (Finance, CUST, Islamabad)
MBA (Finance, AJ&KU, Muzaffarabad.)
Faculty of Management Sciences
Karakorum International University, Gilgit-Baltistan.
E-Mail: [email protected]

Program (Course offered in): ADP (2 Years) Course code: FIN-


401
Course Length: 30 Weeks Credit Value: 03

Course Description:
The aim of this course is to familiarize the students with basic principles of finance and their
effect in business environment. This is a basic course of finance for BBA - 2 years program. The
main aim of this course is to prepare students to understand the language of finance, the corporate

objective and basic terminologies of Finance. The course begins by examining the different ways

in which companies can be structured and the differing types of ownership that exist . It provides a
foundation for understanding financial decision-making and valuation that you will need for
advanced finance classes and to contribute as finance professional. This course has been
developed to provide basic knowledge about the principle, concepts, and terminologies which are

applicable to the current business practices.


Business Finance course aims at imparting knowledge about the very basic concepts and tools of
Finance. It emphasizes the importance of Business Finance skills to individuals and enterprises.
It helps in developing an understanding of the role of financial manager in a corporation, how to
maximize the wealth of shareholder’s, financial environments, market & institutions, Financial
statement and their analysis, the fundamental concept of time value of money, risk & return, the
framework for financial decisions and planning and sources of finance for an organization,
investing in long – term assets, working capital management. It aims to enhance insights into the
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planning, organizing, managing & controlling of financial resources. There are no pre-requisites
or co-requisites for this course

Required Readings:
 Fundamentals of Financial Management by Eugene F. Brigham and Joel F.
Houston,10th Edition
 Fundamentals of Financial Management by James C. Van Horne & John M.
Wachowicz, Jr
 Understanding Financial Management by H. Kent Baker & Gary. Powell
Suggested Supplementary Text:
 Financial Management, An Introductory Text for Pakistan by Safdar A. Butt
Course Learning Objectives (CLO)
The course learning Objectives (CLOs) are what you should be able to demonstrate by the end of
this course.
1. Understand the financial function of corporations, and financial regulations.
2. To understand the different financial tools for effective investment analysis
3. To analyze cash flows and different methods of firm valuation
4. To understand the financial concepts behind present value, future value, annuities,
perpetuities and loan amortization
5. Learn the techniques of stock valuation and prefered stock and be able to assess the
value and performance of bonds and cost of capital
6. To understand the concept of capital budgeting and capital structure.
7. To understand the concept of risk and return in greater detail
8. Conduct effective asset liability and liquidity management.
Grading Policy:
Assignments & Projects 30%
Quizzes 20%
Presentations 10%
Final Term 40%
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WEEK WISE COURSE OUTLINE


Course Contents:

Week Course content


W1 An overview of Businness Finance
W2,W3 The concept of Financial Markets
W4,W5 Financial Statement Analysis & Cash flow analysis
W6,W7,W8 The concept of time value of money and their practicle applications
W9 The cost of money
W10, W11 Risk and return analysis
W12-W13 Sources of short term finance
W14-W15 Sources of Intermediate term finance
W16,W17 Sources of long term finance

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