Georgia State University Robinson College of Business – Spring 2008

MBA 8135 – Corporate Finance - Syllabus Supplement, Instructor: Dr. Charles Hodges

Class Hours: Online Office: Richards College of Business, Room 18, UWG
Class Room: Online and TBA Phone: (678)839-4816 (office) or (770)301-8648 (cell)
Class Webpages: WEBCT VISTA and http://www2.gsu.edu/~fnccwh/mba8135.html
E-mail: WEBCT Vista (Preferred) or chodges@westga.edu or chodges@gsu.edu Office Hours: by appointment

See the course syllabus and video introduction for MBA 8135 course policies on attendance, prerequisites, rescheduling
of exams, academic honesty, etc.

Required Textbook: The textbook is a McGraw Hill Primis Online custom published book, MBA 8135 - Corporate
Finance. A hard copy of the book can be purchased from the GSU bookstore or you can order the text an eBook from Primis
Online. The custom book includes selected chapters from the following two textbooks: Fundamental of Corporate Finance,
Eighth Edition, by Ross, Westerfield and Jordan (McGraw Hill) and Corporate Finance, Eighth Edition, by Ross, Westerfield
and Jaffe (McGraw Hill). The ISBN of the bookstore textbook is 978-0-390-80084-8. To order an eBook, go to
https://ebooks.primisonline.com/eBookstore/CustomEBooks.jsp, click NEXT, and then browse for USA, Georgia, Georgia
State University, MBA 8135. Once you locate the book, follow the purchase instructions.

Grading: 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. The finance department employs the +/- grading system. 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.

Grade Weights: One-hour exams (3 exams at 15% each) 45%

Quizzes (top 9 of 10) 18%
Two-Minute Feedback 2%
Final exam 35%
100%

Daily Class Schedule:1

Date Event
1/10 Optional Online Course Orientation in WEBCT at 8:30 pm
1/17 Chat Session (time To be determined, probably 6:00-7:00 pm)
1/24 Chat Session
1/31 Ross/Westerfield/Jaffe Chapter 1 Quiz and Chat Session
2/07 Ross/Westerfield/Jordan Chapter 5 Quiz and Chat Session
2/14 Ross/Westerfield/Jordan Chapter 6 Quiz and Chat Session
2/21 Ross/Westerfield/Jaffe Chapter 5 Quiz and Chat Session
2/28 Exam 1
3/06 Ross/Westerfield/Jaffe Chapter 6 Quiz and Chat Session
3/13 Ross/Westerfield/Jaffe Chapter 7 Quiz and Chat Session
3/20 Ross/Westerfield/Jaffe Chapter 8 Quiz and Chat Session
3/27 Exam 2
4/03 Ross/Westerfield/Jaffe Chapter 9 Quiz and Chat Session
4/10 Ross/Westerfield/Jaffe Chapter 10 Quiz and Chat Session
4/17 Ross/Westerfield/Jaffe Chapter 12 Quiz and Chat Session
4/24 Exam 3
5/01 Face to Face Final Exam, Thursday, May 1, 7:15 p.m.

Important links:
http://www2.gsu.edu/~fnccwh/mba8135.html Online Course Webpage
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/default.asp Windows Media Player
http://umaint.view.usg.edu/newaccess.html A Ullearn login page

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Dates of Quizzes and Assignments are generally given according to the above schedule.
I will announce changes at least one week in advance.