FIN 552 - Mergers and Acquisitions

This course focuses on hands-on insights into the practice of corporate value creation in the form of mergers and acquisitions (M&As). The techniques and methodologies to be developed to effectively understand corporate valuation and make effective M&A decisions on the buy-side or on the sell-side are the discounted cash flow valuation, comparable companies’ analysis, precedent transactions analysis, and leverage buyout (LBO) analyses and techniques. At the center of this course is to build financial modeling skills through extensive use of Excel program, which will require integrating specialized knowledge of various valuation methodologies, leveraged debt capital markets, corporate recapitalization and restructuring into mergers and acquisitions context.

3 credits

Prerequisite(s): FIN 502 and Admission to the MS in Finance or MBA 502 or Admission to the 36 credit MBA in Finance

Grading Letter graded (A, A-, B+, etc.)