BMT 2100 PBC
BMT 2100鈥擬anaging Finance in Business
Three Semester Hours
RM 7/16
Prerequisites
University Requisite: ATCH 1030 and 1040
Course Overview
The objective of this course is to provide you, the student, with a high-level understanding of the financial aspects of running a business. The course will use 11 lessons to expose you to a variety of concepts and applications including but not limited to business planning, inventory control, time value of money, working capital management, forecasting, and financial management. Managing Finance in Business should benefit you whether you are management level in an existing organization or interested in starting your own small business.
Methods of Course Instruction
All material for this course is print-based. Instructor and students communicate and exchange materials through postal mail.
E-Print Option
In this course, an option exists to use e-mail to submit your lesson assignments. Your assignment will be returned to you either as an e-mail attachment or as a hard copy sent through the postal mail, depending on the preferences of the instructor and/or program.
Textbooks and Supplies
Adelman, Phillip J., and Alan M. Marks. Entrepreneurial Finance, 6th ed. Pearson, 2014. [ISBN: 9780133140514]
Number of Lessons
The course has 11 lessons, including a final examination:
- Lesson 1: 鈥淔inance and Economic Concepts鈥
- Lesson 2: 鈥淔inancial Management and Planning鈥
- Lesson 3: 鈥淔inancial Statements鈥
- Lesson 4: 鈥淎nalysis of Financial Statements鈥
- Lesson 5: 鈥淧rofit, Profitability, and Break-Even Analysis鈥
- Lesson 6: 鈥淔orecasting and Pro Forma Financial Statements鈥
- Lesson 7: 鈥淲orking Capital Management鈥
- Lesson 8: 鈥淭ime Value of Money鈥
- Lesson 9: 鈥淐apital Budgeting鈥
- Lesson 10: 鈥淧ersonal Finance鈥
- Lesson 11: Final Examination
Types of Writing Assignments
These lessons will contain the following writing assignments:
- Lesson quiz鈥攅ach quiz will consist of 15 multiple-choice and true/false questions covering core concepts from the lesson. Students will demonstrate their understanding of the material covered in the lesson via their response to instructor-provided questions. The quiz is worth 15 points of the total 25-point lesson grade.
- Applied learning鈥攃onsists of two applied learning questions related to the required reading for each lesson. The questions will be used to demonstrate your applied understanding of several core concepts from the lesson. This element will be worth the other ten points for the lesson.
Grading Criteria
Your final grade for the course will be determined using the following breakdown:
- Lesson quizzes and applied learning assignments 鈥 75% of course grade
- Final examination 鈥 25% of course grade