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Overview of Fall 2008

MBA 8135 Streaming Video Control Review

„Who am I? „ Video using Windows Media Player

„ PowerPoint Slides (with irrelevant numbers)
„Changes for Fall 2008 „ Live Links
„Course Details zhttp://www2.gsu.edu/~fnccwh/mba
„Contact Information 8135.html
„ Slow Connection Suggestions
zhttp://www2.gsu.edu/~fnccwh/pdf/8 „ Control Features
135sylfa08.pdf z Pause Button
zhttp://www2.gsu.edu/~fnccwh/pdf/8 z PowerPoint Slide Names
135introfa08.pdf

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Who am I? Course Components

„ Ph.D. (1993) from Florida State University in

Corporate Finance „ Ulearn/WEBCT Vista
„ Former Assistant Professor and MBA Corporate zQuizzes and Online Exams (yes)
Finance Coordinator at Georgia State
„ Online GSU Corporate Finance since 1998 zChat (yes), Bulletin Board (some)
„ Currently Professor of Finance at U. of West
Georgia zEmail (yes)
„ Consulting in Corporate Finance and „ MSN Instant Messenger =
Investments
„ Research is mix Corporate Finance (asymmetric mba8622@hotmail.com
information) and Investments (mutual funds and „ Chapter Outlines with Video
long-run investing)
„ Face to Face Final Exam

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Course Details More Course Details

„ Class Hours: Mondays, 7:15 p.m.. „ Mostly Ross Westerfield Jaffe

„ Mondays
z Chats @7:15-8:30 p.m. zOccasional disconnect between text,
z Quizzes @11:00 p.m. end of chapter problems, and
„ McGraw Hill Primis Online custom published book for
MBA 8135 - Corporate Finance. The ISBN of the textbook is testbank
978-0-390-80084-8. Hardcopies can be purchased from „ Less Material/No Accounting
the GSU bookstore or you can order the text as an eBook
from Primis Online: „ Final Exam is mix of common
https://ebooks.primisonline.com/eBookstore/eBookOptio
ns.jsp questions and instructor specific
z The custom book includes selected chapters from two
textbooks, Fundamental of Corporate Finance, Eighth „ Outside Reading/Writing assignments
Edition, by Ross, Westerfield and Jordan and Corporate
Finance, Eighth Edition, by Ross, Westerfield and Jaffe „ Three in-class 1-hour exams

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How I present material Written Assignments (10% of each exam)

„ Chapter Outlines with Video and Audio
z Need to Know/Don’t need to know „ You read Warren Buffet’s Letters
z Every Chapter has overview video
z Use Videos to cover “typical” calculations,
to Shareholder for
usually end of chapter problems (new for me) z1980 (Exam 1)
z Have “best in breed” lectures for most topics
z Audios to solve most problem types z1992 (Exam 2)
„ Textbook z2007 (Exam 3)
z Disconnect between text, end of chapter
problems, and testbank „ You write one-page essay on based
z Brevity in text implies use multiple chapters on your reading of Letter
„ Accommodates various learning styles
„ You post the essay in Ulearn

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Daily Class Schedule
Grading
„Date Event
„ Grade Weights:
„ 8/18 Optional Face-to-Face Orientation
zOne-hour exams (3 exams at 15% in Classroom South 305 at 7:15 pm
each) 45%
„ 8/25 Chat Session (7:15-8:30 pm)
zQuizzes (top 10 of 11) 18%
„ 9/01 Ross/Westerfield/Jaffe Chapter 1
zTwo-Minute Feedback 2% Quiz Due by 11 p.m.
zFinal exam 35% „ 9/08 Chat Session (7:15-8:30 pm) and
100% Ross/Westerfield/Jordan Chapter 5 Quiz
Due by 11 p.m.
„ 9/15 Chat Session (7:15-8:30 pm) and

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Prerequisites Grading Policy

„ The finance department employs the +/- grading system.

„ Prerequisites: MBA 8000, MBA 8025.
„ CSP: 1,2,3,6,7,8.
„ Co requisites: MBA 8015, MBA 8030.
zEither or both of these courses can be
taken simultaneously with MBA 8135.
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.
„ 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. This policy is amended to incorporate +/-
grades as mentioned in the paragraph above.

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Face to Face Sessions Contact Information

„ Optional „ Office: RCOB 18, U. of West Georgia

zAugust 18, Optional Face-to-Face „ Office Phone and Voicemail: (770)301-
Orientation in Classroom South 305 at 7:15 8648 (cell) or (678)839-4816 (office)
„ Required „ Class Webpage: Ulearn
zDecember 6, Face to Face Comprehensive „ E-mail: Ulearn (preferred) or
Final Exam, Saturday, 12:30-2:30 pm, chodges@westga.edu or
Classroom TBD chodges@gsu.edu
„ MSN Instant Messenger:
mba8622@hotmail.com