FIN 3414 · Florida Gulf Coast University
Financial Management
The core corporate finance course: how firms decide what to invest in and how to pay for it. Taught through cases, board work and live decisions on real companies.
Course
About the course
WhenSpring 2026 · on campus, 15 weeks
TextRoss, Westerfield, Jaffe & Jordan, Corporate Finance: Core Principles and Applications, 7e
CoversTime value and valuation; net present value and other investment rules; making capital investment decisions; risk, return and the CAPM; cost of capital; capital structure; payout policy.
Cases
Cases
Each case comes with a worked solution and the Excel model behind it.
Special topicBig Tech's $650B betAI capex as a live capital budgeting decision: should the hyperscalers keep spending, and how should they pay for it? Figures as reported in early 2026, each dated and sourced.Case · 3 ppSolution · 4 ppModel
Ch 7–8Gulf Coast SolarA rooftop-panel division as a full capital budgeting case: cash flows, NPV, IRR, payback and a mutually exclusive alternative.Case · 3 ppSolution · 4 ppModel
Excel
Worked examples
Ch 7NPV and other investment rulesNPV, IRR, payback and profitability index side by side, and where NPV and IRR disagree.XLSX
What is here, and what isn't. This page keeps my own notes and workbooks that stay useful after the term. Textbook slides and figures belong to the publisher and are on Canvas for enrolled students. Assignments and exams stay on Canvas.