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Sauder School of Business > University of British Columbia

BAFI 511 Investments

Prerequisite
MBA Core

This course develops the basic tools necessary to analyze publicly traded securities of all types. Basic models for valuing common stock will be examined, and the role of fundamental and technical analysis in price determination will be examined. Basic models for valuing riskless bonds will also be examined using spot, or “zero” rates as the basic building block. Finally, “arbitrage-free” pricing models will be used to value risky debt, options and futures. Students interested in a career in the capital markets will be interested in this course. In addition, many of the other finance option courses build upon the material developed here.

Sauder School of Business > University of British Columbia
BAIT 511 Managing Information Technology

Prerequisites
MBA Core

The course is designed to familiarize the students with problems, challenges, and approaches in managing information technology (IT). This course takes an analytical view by critically discussing IT management principles, approaches, frameworks, models, and practices. Topics addressed in this course include: (1) how appropriately is the information technology strategy linked to the business operational needs and internal structures, its external situation and relationships, and strategy?; (2) How effectively are the firm’s IT internal and external resources being integrated into and utilized by the firm?; and (3) How does the firm control and evaluate the impact of IT on its employees and customers and on its relationships with partners?

Sauder School of Business > University of British Columbia

BAFI 507 Mergers & Acquisitions

Prerequisites
BAFI 500, BAFI 511

Mergers and acquisitions can be critical to the success of corporations and their managers. In this course, we explore the economic motivations for M&A activity, as well as valuation, transaction structuring, financing, and tactics. We consider the central role of corporate managers, investment bankers and other advisors, private investors and investment funds, public financial markets, and regulators. We discuss how some M&A activity is a symptom of agency problems, while other restructurings can help to realign the goals of managers and shareholders. The course is balanced between lecture, cases, and student presentations. Active participation is essential.

Sauder School of Business > University of British Columbia

BAFI 510 Security Analysis

Prerequisites
BAFI 500, BAFI 511

This course is an advanced topics course in Corporate Finance. The course covers two major subject areas. The first area focuses on advanced project and firm valuation. It is an extension of topics addressed in your previous finance courses such as BAFI 503. The second area deals with initial public offerings, with a focus on valuation and various players involved in the IPO process. Business cases and real world applications are used extensively throughout the course. This course will be useful to students considering careers in corporate finance, investment banking, commercial banking and consulting.

Sauder School of Business > University of British Columbia

BAFI 516 Financial Engineering

Prerequisite
BAFI 511, BAFI 512, BAFI 520 (or BABS 520)

The objective of this module is:
to analyze the economic rationale for financial innovation (i.e. the process of creating, marketing and using new financial securities);
to examine critically the strategies that have been used in recent years by firms competing for financial innovation and the reasons for the success and failure of such strategies; and
to provide students with the skills and experience necessary to analyze the value of and the risks inherent in complex instruments and arrangements that are being increasingly used in the financial world.

This module relies heavily on case studies and assumes familiarity with the topics dealt with in the modules Securities Pricing and Options and Futures. This module should be of interest to students in all areas of finance. Students who expect to be involved in the strategic management of financial services firms should find this module especially useful.

Sauder School of Business > University of British Columbia

BAAC 511 Accounting for Performance Evaluation

Prerequisite
MBA Core

This course focuses on the use of accounting information in efficiently operating an organization. Managers are often employees, rather than owners, of an organization. Their action choices are affected by their personal preferences with respect to the consequences of those actions. Management accounting systems can be effective tools in providing measures of management performance which, when combined with appropriate incentives, will induce management to select the actions preferred by the owners of the organization. While the focus in the class is on performance measurement, specific topics may vary by instructor. Some examples of topics covered include: Return on Investment (ROI), Economic Value Added (EVA), Transfer Pricing, Variance Analysis and the Balanced Scorecard.