Department of Management Sciences

Course Description

MGT738 – Seminar in Financial Management

FCN715 – Capital Budgeting & Financial Planning

Master of Science (Management Sciences)

Master in Business Administration (1.5 Year)

Faculty of Management Sciences

COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan

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I. Course Code and Course Title
MGT738 Seminar in Financial Management
FCN715 Capital Budgeting & Financial Planning

II. Course Composition

Theory 3
Credit Hours 3 (3, 0)
Laboratory 0

Duration 16 Week

Course Type Specialization Course

Per week 2
Lectures 3 Contact Hours
Duration of each (hours) 1.5
Per week 0
Laboratories 3 Contact Hours
Duration of each (hours) 0

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III. Course Description

The aim of this course is to equip students with advanced topics in financial management with
specific focus on topic concerning long-term investments and financial planning. This includes
theoretical & empirical topics in capital budgeting & financial planning. This course will be a
combination of MBA-level book chapters, cases studies and MS level research articles.

IV. Course Prerequisites

Financial Accounting; Cost & Managerial Accounting; Financial Management/Corporate Finance,
Quantitative Analysis & Statistics;

V. Recommended books
Recommended Books & Readings:
1. Principals of Managerial Finance, 13th Edition – Lawrence J. Gitman & Chadd J. Zutter–
Prentice Hall
2. Financial Management: Theory & Practice, 14th Edition – Eugene F. Brigham & Micheal C.
Ehrhardt – CENGAGE Learning
3. Capital Budgeting: Theory & Practice – Peterson & Fabozzi – John Wiley & Sons
4. Capital Budgeting Valuation – H. Kent Baker & Philip English – John Wiley & Sons
5. Research Articles
2
VI. Assessment Plan

ARTIFACT WEIGHT (%)

Term Paper 25
Mid Term Exam 25
Terminal Exam 50

Total 100

VII. Major Topics to be covered in the Class

Topic Estimated
Module
Teaching Hours
1. A review of Capital Budgeting Techniques & associated
1 topics 18 hours
2. Using Excel for Solving capital budgeting problems
2 9 hours
3. Capital Budgeting Case Studies
3 6 hours
4. One research article every week
4 15 hours