Business Valuation

FINANCE 635 teaches the theory and practice of business valuation using financial statements, cash flow modeling, present value, and multiples.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Marisa Palmer4.0/5Cale Pleak

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.34 GPA, 64.9% A/AB (n=37 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.43 GPA, 69.1% A/AB (n=55 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.51 GPA, 69.2% A/AB (n=39 letter grades).

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Prerequisites

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(FINANCE 305, 325, and ECON/​FINANCE 320) or FINANCE 700, or declared in the undergraduate Business Exchange program

FINANCE 635 used by

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Fall 2026
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Raw average: 5.00/5 from 6 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2020: 3.77 GPA, 93.5% A/AB (n=46 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.43 GPA, 69.1% A/AB (n=55 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.51 GPA, 69.2% A/AB (n=39 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

MARISA PALMER is recorded teaching in Spring 2020, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction37 / 420
LEC 002Classroom Instruction9 / 370

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.34 GPA, 64.9% A/AB (n=37 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.43 GPA, 69.1% A/AB (n=55 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.51 GPA, 69.2% A/AB (n=39 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Business valuation theory and practice.
  • Financial statements, cash flow modeling, present value, and multiples.

Skills

  • Financial statement analysis and cash flow modeling.
  • Applying present value and valuation multiples.

Grades

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The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

4 earlier forecasts · 0.18 GPA average error.

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1283 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

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UW–Madison

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FINANCE 635 · Fall 2026

Business Valuation

Recorded 2026-09-07
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