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Fall 2014 | PA 5003 Section 001: Introduction to Financial Analysis and Management (13336)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- First Half of Term09/02/2014 - 10/20/2014Tue 06:00PM - 08:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 415
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Finance/accounting concepts/tools in public/nonprofit organizations. Fund accounting. Balance sheet/income statement analysis. Cash flow analysis. Public/nonprofit sector budgeting processes. Lectures, discussions. Cases.
- Class Notes:
- PA 5003 will also be offered in Spring 2015.
- Class Description:
- The financial environments for public and nonprofit organizations are changing. Governments are pressured to "do more with less" and nonprofit organizations are expected to "do better at doing good". In order to meet these challenges, it is important that managers of public and nonprofit organizations possess the fundamentals of financial analysis and management. This is an introductory course to financial analysis and management in the context of public and nonprofit organizations. The primary learning objective of this course is how to obtain accurate financial information to make sound management decisions through the analyses of financial documents such as budgets and financial statements. The processes of producing such documents will be introduced by are not the focus of this course. Conceptual frameworks and analytical techniques will be emphasized and applied to analyze real-world financial problems. By the end of the semester, students should be able: - To obtain basic knowledge and terminology of budgeting and financial management; - To summarize budgetary process, revenues, and expenditures of a public organization; - To apply basic tools of financial analysis, such as breakeven analysis and TVM, in making simple financial decisions; - To know how financial information is organized and reported in the accounting system; - To interpret data in financial statements and relate them with each other; and - To determine and calculate financial ratios to assess financial condition
- Grading:
- 40% Final Exam
15% Special Projects
30% Written Homework
15% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 20% Lecture
40% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
10% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 2 Exam(s)
1 Presentation(s)
6 Homework Assignment(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/13336/1149
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/kiedr003_PA5003_Spring2020.docx (Spring 2020)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/kiedr003_PA5003_Spring2019.docx (Spring 2019)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/kiedr003_PA5003_Summer2018.docx (Summer 2018)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/kiedr003_PA5003_Spring2018.docx (Spring 2018)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/kiedr003_PA5003_Fall2017.docx (Fall 2017)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/kiedr003_PA5003_Summer2017.docx (Summer 2017)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/kiedr003_PA5003_Spring2017.docx (Spring 2017)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/kiedr003_PA5003_Fall2015.pdf (Fall 2015)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/kiedr003_PA5003_Summer2015.docx (Summer 2015) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 April 2014
Fall 2014 | PA 5003 Section 002: Introduction to Financial Analysis and Management (13335)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Second Half of Term10/21/2014 - 12/10/2014Wed 06:00PM - 08:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 425
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Finance/accounting concepts/tools in public/nonprofit organizations. Fund accounting. Balance sheet/income statement analysis. Cash flow analysis. Public/nonprofit sector budgeting processes. Lectures, discussions. Cases.
- Class Notes:
- This class will also be offered in Spring 2015.
- Class Description:
- The financial environments for public and nonprofit organizations are changing. Governments are pressured to "do more with less" and nonprofit organizations are expected to "do better at doing good". In order to meet these challenges, it is important that managers of public and nonprofit organizations possess the fundamentals of financial analysis and management. This is an introductory course to financial analysis and management in the context of public and nonprofit organizations. The primary learning objective of this course is how to obtain accurate financial information to make sound management decisions through the analyses of financial documents such as budgets and financial statements. The processes of producing such documents will be introduced by are not the focus of this course. Conceptual frameworks and analytical techniques will be emphasized and applied to analyze real-world financial problems. By the end of the semester, students should be able: - To obtain basic knowledge and terminology of budgeting and financial management; - To summarize budgetary process, revenues, and expenditures of a public organization; - To apply basic tools of financial analysis, such as breakeven analysis and TVM, in making simple financial decisions; - To know how financial information is organized and reported in the accounting system; - To interpret data in financial statements and relate them with each other; and - To determine and calculate financial ratios to assess financial condition
- Grading:
- 40% Final Exam
15% Special Projects
30% Written Homework
15% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 20% Lecture
40% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
10% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 2 Exam(s)
1 Presentation(s)
6 Homework Assignment(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/13335/1149
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/kiedr003_PA5003_Spring2020.docx (Spring 2020)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/kiedr003_PA5003_Spring2019.docx (Spring 2019)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/kiedr003_PA5003_Summer2018.docx (Summer 2018)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/kiedr003_PA5003_Spring2018.docx (Spring 2018)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/kiedr003_PA5003_Fall2017.docx (Fall 2017)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/kiedr003_PA5003_Summer2017.docx (Summer 2017)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/kiedr003_PA5003_Spring2017.docx (Spring 2017)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/kiedr003_PA5003_Fall2015.pdf (Fall 2015)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/kiedr003_PA5003_Summer2015.docx (Summer 2015) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 April 2014
Fall 2014 | PA 5003 Section 003: Introduction to Financial Analysis and Management (21143)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Extended Regular Session08/11/2014 - 08/21/2014Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu 03:00PM - 05:45PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 25
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Finance/accounting concepts/tools in public/nonprofit organizations. Fund accounting. Balance sheet/income statement analysis. Cash flow analysis. Public/nonprofit sector budgeting processes. Lectures, discussions. Cases.
- Class Notes:
- This sections meets in August 2014. PA 5003 is also offered in Spring 2015. If class is closed, please add yourself to the waiting list, register for one of the open sections, or wait until Spring 2015 to register.
- Class Description:
- The financial environments for public and nonprofit organizations are changing. Governments are pressured to "do more with less" and nonprofit organizations are expected to "do better at doing good". In order to meet these challenges, it is important that managers of public and nonprofit organizations possess the fundamentals of financial analysis and management. This is an introductory course to financial analysis and management in the context of public and nonprofit organizations. The primary learning objective of this course is how to obtain accurate financial information to make sound management decisions through the analyses of financial documents such as budgets and financial statements. The processes of producing such documents will be introduced by are not the focus of this course. Conceptual frameworks and analytical techniques will be emphasized and applied to analyze real-world financial problems. By the end of the semester, students should be able: - To obtain basic knowledge and terminology of budgeting and financial management; - To summarize budgetary process, revenues, and expenditures of a public organization; - To apply basic tools of financial analysis, such as breakeven analysis and TVM, in making simple financial decisions; - To know how financial information is organized and reported in the accounting system; - To interpret data in financial statements and relate them with each other; and - To determine and calculate financial ratios to assess financial condition
- Grading:
- 40% Final Exam
15% Special Projects
30% Written Homework
15% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 20% Lecture
40% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
10% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 2 Exam(s)
1 Presentation(s)
6 Homework Assignment(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21143/1149
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/kiedr003_PA5003_Spring2020.docx (Spring 2020)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/kiedr003_PA5003_Spring2019.docx (Spring 2019)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/kiedr003_PA5003_Summer2018.docx (Summer 2018)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/kiedr003_PA5003_Spring2018.docx (Spring 2018)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/kiedr003_PA5003_Fall2017.docx (Fall 2017)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/kiedr003_PA5003_Summer2017.docx (Summer 2017)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/kiedr003_PA5003_Spring2017.docx (Spring 2017)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/kiedr003_PA5003_Fall2015.pdf (Fall 2015)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/kiedr003_PA5003_Summer2015.docx (Summer 2015) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 April 2014
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