Fall 2026

Introduction to Financial Management

FINANCE 700 introduces financial management and investment decision making, covering theory and practice in corporate finance.

offering recorded2–3 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Kenneth Kavajecz4.0/5

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.88 GPA, 95.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.58 GPA, 70.3% A/AB (n=148 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.89 GPA, 94.7% A/AB (n=19 letter grades).

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Prerequisites

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Declared in a Master of Business Administration degree program

  • Declared in a Master of Business Administration degree program
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  • Declared in a Master of Business Administration degree program

Professors

Fall 2026

Kenneth Kavajecz

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2010: 3.49 GPA, 71.8% A/AB (n=117 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.56 GPA, 81.2% A/AB (n=85 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.39 GPA, 56.0% A/AB (n=75 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

KENNETH KAVAJECZ is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 020Classroom Instruction26 / 600
LEC 021Classroom Instruction23 / 600

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Student experience

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.88 GPA, 95.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.58 GPA, 70.3% A/AB (n=148 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.89 GPA, 94.7% A/AB (n=19 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Financial environment and securities markets
  • Financial statements and analysis
  • Working capital management and capital budgeting
  • Cost of capital and dividend policy
  • Asset valuation and investments
  • Decision making under uncertainty
  • Mergers, options, and futures

Skills

  • Financial management and investment decision making
  • Financial analysis, capital budgeting, and asset valuation
  • Decision making under uncertainty and derivatives

Grades

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FINANCE 700 · Fall 2026

Introduction to Financial Management

Recorded 2026-09-07
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-09-07

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nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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