BALOCHISTAN UNIVERSITY OF

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY,
ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
SCIENCES

FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES

Introduction to Business Finance

Fin-202
Course Plan
Fall 2009

Course Instructor: Bilal Sarwar

Email address: bilal.sarwar@buitms.edu.pk
Course Objectives

This course aims to provide students with a theoretical and practical understanding of the
fundamental principles of finance. Introduction to Business Finance is designed to pave
sound conceptual foundation and practical workable understanding of modern
fundamentals of business finance. The overall objective of this course is for you to
understand financial ideas and develop skills that underpin a wide range of everyday
issues.
Finance is an interesting and exciting area of study. There are many interesting and
exciting careers in the area of finance. Although this course is only the beginning, it
provides a base on which you can build a future in finance.

At the end of this course, you should be able to:

• Understand the financial environment

• Apply your knowledge of the time value of money in calculating present and
future values of cash flows.
• Describe the sources of short term & long term finance
• Understand the Working capital management.
• Demonstrate your ability to gather information on Cash and marketable securities.
• Demonstrate your competency in using manual and calculator computation to
solve financial problems.

Assessment

A student's final grade in the subject will be determined by the following assessment
Procedures:

Class Participation & Attendance 5%

Quizzes 10%

Assignments + Presentations 10%

Mid-term Examination 25%

Final Examination 50%

Texts for the Course

1. Gitman, Lawrence J. Principles of Managerial Finance, 11 edn Harper Collins

Reference Text

• Weston. J. Fred and Brigham. Eugene.F (1998) Essentials of Managerial

Finance, 10th edition, The Dryden Press.
• Brigham. Eugene F & Houston. Joel F (1999) Fundamentals of Financial
Management 9th edition, South Western, Australian.
• Van Horne. James C & Wachowicz. John M (1998) Fundamentals of Financial
Management, 10th edition, Prentice Hall, Sydney

* Supplementary material will be provided by the Instructor.

*You will need a scientific calculator to complete this unit

Schedule of Lectures

Lecture No Topics
1. Course overview
2. Business Finance Introduction

3. Forms of Business Organization

4. The financial Markets: an overview

5. The financial Markets: an overview

(contd..)
6. Time value of money Concepts

7. Time value of money Concepts (contd…)

8. Time value of money Concepts

(contd…)
9. Time value of money Concepts (contd…)
10. Sources of short term finance

11. Sources of short term finance

12. Sources of short term finance

13. Source of Long term Finance

14. Source of Long term Finance

15. Source of Long term Finance

16. Source of Long term Finance

* Schedule of remaining topics to be announced

STUDY TECHNIQUE

1. It is recommended that you read the text pages before attending the lecture for that
class
2. Some students will find the mathematical concepts and notations hard to
understand and remember. It is recommended that you keep a journal of all the
new symbols that are introduced each week.
3. It is important that you understand this course conceptually. Memorising the
methods is not an effective way of studying this course. Try to visualise the
problem and verbalise the solution. Thinking and talking about it might help you
to understand better.
4. It is recommended that you spend at least five to six hours a week on reading the
text and attempting the questions. Consistent work is a very effective way of
understanding the course
5. Friendly advice - some students try to study the semester’s work in the week
leading to the exam. Do not leave your study to the last minute. If you think you
have difficulty understanding the lecture from week to week, then you have a very
low probability of understanding the whole course in a week!
6. Some students study better in a group. Organise yourself a study group of not
more than four and practice your questions
7. Do not hesitate to seek the help of your lecturer; do not be embarrassed that you
might be asking a very basic or ‘dumb’ question. It is the duty of the Lecturer to
help you wherever possible.
8. The Students’ Counselling will be given on Tuesday and Thursday 10.00 am to
02.00 pm

Good Luck