Fall 2013
Professor(s):
Spencer Simons (INACTIVE)
Credits: 3
Course Areas: Business and Commercial Law
Time: 10:30a-12:00p TTh Location: 215 TU2
Course Outline: The course teaches the basics every lawyer should know about accounting and finance in order to communicate, negotiate, and counsel effectively regarding business matters: the accounting process; the balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow; financial statement analysis; auditing; time value of money; interest; credit; securities; risk; valuation; derivatives; financial decision rules; and financial markets and regulation. The course presumes no prior knowledge of accounting or finance. Exercises and brief business case studies will be assigned to develop comfort with calculations and concepts. No special mathematical knowledge is required, just basic arithmetic and algebra.
Course Syllabus: Syllabus REVISED
Course Notes:
Prerequisites: Yes Students must not have taken more than one semester of accounting and not more than one semester of finance at the undergraduate or graduate level. Students will certify that they comply with prerequisite.
First Day Assignments:
Final Exam Schedule: 12/10 9am-noon 144 TU2
This course will have:
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Paper:
Satisfies Senior Upper Level Writing Requirement: No
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