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Southern Utah University

Fall Semester 2025

Managerial Finance I (Online)

FIN 3250-30I

Course:	FIN 3250-30I
Credits:	3
Term:	Fall Semester 2025
Department:	ACFN
CRN:	30209

Course Description

This is the first of a two-course series designed to ground students in the theories, concepts, and applications of finance with an emphasis on financial ratios, time value of money, project analysis, cost of capital, and risk management. (Fall, Spring, Summer) [Graded (Standard Letter)]

Required Texts

REQUIRED

Fundamentals of Corporate Finance (Ross, Westerfield, Jordan 13th ed.)
A financial calculator (recommended: TI BA II, or HP 10b)
We will be making use of McGraw-Hill's Connect and you will also have access to an online textbook through Connect as well. Here is the information you will need to register with them and have access to these materials:
IA_Student Registration Instructions.pdf
Video instructions for registering with Connect

RECOMMENDED

Microsoft Excel. It is free to registered students. Contact IT Help for more information.

Learning Outcomes

Welcome to FIN 3250 ONLINE - Managerial Finance I. You will find this course to be one of the most useful courses in your future career, whether you are working in Management, Marketing, or some other discipline. During this semester, we will be covering some basic skills and ideas that are applicable to every area of business, will aid in future investing strategies, and will give you a framework for evaluating competing options and making better decisions.

Course Requirements

Announcements

Turn on Announcements in this class. This is how your CA and I will communicate with the class. It is your responsibility to monitor Announcements.

Connect Practice Sets

Your instructor and CA are here to help and welcome questions. For each module, you will be given a set of practice problems from Connect. You are welcome to attempt the problems as many times as necessary until you receive credit for the problem. These are big practice sets, as they need to cover all the material for a week and it is expected that you have multiple days to work on them. So please don’t wait until an hour before they are due to open them! It is important that you retry them until you get full credit (and understand why the answer is correct!) because along with the quizzes, full points provide some wiggle room to make up for a poor exam. Email your CA and I as often as you need. However, please do not email the question to us and expect us to do all of the work for you. Please show us your attempt and have specific questions for us. See Late Policy.

Quizzes

Your instructor and CA are here to help and welcome questions. Each quiz will consist of multiple-choice questions which will be similar in style and content to what you will see on the exams. These quizzes are open book and untimed, but must be completed in one attempt and submitted by the due date. Email your CA and I as often as you need. However, please do not email the question to us and expect us to do all of the work for you. Please show us your attempt and have specific questions for us. See Late Policy.

Exams

Download the Honorlock extension well before the first exam. You must have Honorlock installed before taking each exam.

Failure to follow all exam instructions will result in a Notice of Academic Misconduct (SUU Policy 6.33), which might result in a zero on the exam, an final grade of F, a note on your transcript, or expulsion from from the Business School. Review your rights and responsibilities under this policy. I watch every Honorlock video. Cheating will be taken seriously. Thank you in advance for being honest.

There are four proctored, timed, non-cumulative, multiple choice exams.

EXAM INSTRUCTIONS:

It is your responsibility to read and follow all exam instructions.
Formulas will be provided on the exam in Canvas
Everyone will take the exam at the same time
Exams will be proctored and recorded by Honorlock
You will need a financial calculator (TI BA II or HP 10B), held up to the camera. No graphical calculators.
You may have one blank piece of scratch paper, held up to the camera, show both sides
No Notes
No Excel
No outside help
No second monitor
No phones

Final Grade

Do the work when it is assigned, and if you are concerned about your grade, talk to me sooner rather than later. The end of the semester is not the time to show concern about your grade. Your CA and I are always available to discuss study strategies, work problems with you, and offer guidance to prepare for exams.

It is fair to treat all students the same. It is unfair to treat any one student differently. I never offer extra credit, exam retakes, or free points. Please do not ask for extra credit, exam retakes, or free points. Its the moral equivalent of asking me to look the other way while you cheat on an exam. In fact, asking for extra credit, exam retakes, or free points might result in a lower grade.

Grade Scheme

	Range
A	100% to 90%
B	< 90% to 80%
C	< 80% to 70%
D	< 70% to 60%
F	< 60% to 0%

I might award plus (+) and minus (-) grades based on my subjective assessment of your work, participation, professionalism, and diligence.

The following grading standards will be used in this class:

Course Assessments	Points	Percent
Quizzes	100	10%
Connect Practice Sets	100	10%
Exam 1	100	20%
Exam 2	100	20%
Exam 3	100	20%
Exam 4	100	20%
Total	600	100%

Course Outline

Instructor's policies on late assignments and/or makeup work

Before you ask me to excuse a missed or late assignment or exam, refer back to this policy.
Student Affairs has the authority to grant or deny excused absences.
Without an excused absence, work will be considered late or missing, no exceptions.

If you plan to miss or missed an exam or an assignment, or submitted an assignment after the due date, SUU Policy requires that you petition The Office of Student Affairs for an excused absence. Student Affairs can issue an excused absence if your circumstances are extenuating. The obvious ones are death or serious illness in your family, birth of a child, serious personal illness (this includes a documented positive COVID test and mental illness). If you have a disability, contact the Office of Disabilities.

I respect your privacy. If you missed an assignment or submitted one late and you want to petition Student Affairs for an excused absence, share your extenuating circumstances with them. You do not need to tell me highly personal details. You'll find that the professionals at Student Affairs are kind, fair, and supportive. Visit Student Affairs to learn about available resources. If your situation is serious, they can grant an excused absence.
I respect your right to self-advocacy. If you feel that your circumstances are serious enough to justify missing or submitting late work, talk with Student Affairs. They are fair and professional. If, in their judgement, your circumstances are extenuating, they can grant an excused absence.
I respect your ability to prioritize and weigh consequences. It is your decision whether to choose skiing over a quiz, project, or exam.

Assignments: If you submit an assignment after the due date, for every day your work is late, Canvas will deduct 25% of the points earned. For example, if a student scored 80 points out of a possible 100 points and submitted the work 2 days late, she would earn 80/100 * (1 - (0.25 * 2)) = 40% with a minimum score of 0%. Unexcused missing assignments earn a zero.

Exams: If you miss an exam or plan to miss an exam, you will need an excused absence from Student Affairs. If you have a final exam during Finals Week, do not plan to travel before the exam date. If you are not present on the scheduled date and time (see SUU Final Exam Schedule), you will earn a zero.

Attendance Policy

Not graded.

Course Fees

Program and Course Fees

Prerequisites

ACCT 2010 and MATH 1040 and (MATH 1050 or ACT Math Subscore of 26+ or ALEKS placement score of 75+)MATH 1050 - Prerequisite Min. Grade: D-

Canvas is where course content, grades, and communication will reside for this course.

For Passwords or any other computer-related technical support:

For Canvas help:

SUU has several resources and services available to support you during your time here at SUU, please review this list of SUU Campus Resources and Services (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. and the Student Handbook (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. For more information on Canvas and other technologies, and their statements on Accessibility and Privacy statements please review our Vendor Resources (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.page.

Finances are an integral part of maintaining your wellbeing. If you are struggling financially or wish to know more about budgeting, please visit the Financial Wellness Center in room 201C in the Sharwan Smith Center, contact Ashleigh Zimmerman at (435) 865-8436, or text the Financial Wellness line at 435-708-1952.

ADA Statement

Students with medical, psychological, learning, or other disabilities desiring academic adjustments, accommodations, or auxiliary aids will need to contact the Disability Resource Center, located in Room 206F of the Sharwan Smith Center or by phone at (435) 865-8042. The Disability Resource Center determines eligibility for and authorizes the provision of services.

If your instructor requires attendance, you may need to seek an ADA accommodation to request an exception to this attendance policy. Please contact the Disability Resource Center to determine what, if any, ADA accommodations are reasonable and appropriate.

Academic Credit

According to the federal definition of a Carnegie credit hour: A credit hour of work is the equivalent of approximately 60 minutes of class time or independent study work. A minimum of 45 hours of work by each student is required for each unit of credit. Credit is earned only when course requirements are met. One (1) credit hour is equivalent to 15 contact hours of lecture, discussion, testing, evaluation, or seminar, as well as 30 hours of student homework. An equivalent amount of work is expected for laboratory work, internships, practica, studio, and other academic work leading to the awarding of credit hours. Credit granted for individual courses, labs, or studio classes ranges from 0.5 to 15 credit hours per semester.

Academic Freedom

SUU is operated for the common good of the greater community it serves. The common good depends upon the free search for truth and its free exposition. Academic Freedom is the right of faculty to study, discuss, investigate, teach, and publish. Academic Freedom is essential to these purposes and applies to both teaching and research.

Academic Freedom in the realm of teaching is fundamental for the protection of the rights of the faculty member and of you, the student, with respect to the free pursuit of learning and discovery. Faculty members possess the right to full freedom in the classroom in discussing their subjects. They may present any controversial material relevant to their courses and their intended learning outcomes, but they shall take care not to introduce into their teaching controversial materials which have no relation to the subject being taught or the intended learning outcomes for the course.

As such, students enrolled in any course at SUU may encounter topics, perspectives, and ideas that are unfamiliar or controversial, with the educational intent of providing a meaningful learning environment that fosters your growth and development. These parameters related to Academic Freedom are included in SUU Policy 6.6.

Academic Misconduct

Scholastic honesty is expected of all students. Dishonesty will not be tolerated and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent (see SUU Policy 6.33). You are expected to have read and understood the current SUU student conduct code (SUU Policy 11.2) regarding student responsibilities and rights, the intellectual property policy (SUU Policy 5.52), information about procedures, and what constitutes acceptable behavior.

Please Note: The use of websites or services that sell essays is a violation of these policies; likewise, the use of websites or services that provide answers to assignments, quizzes, or tests is also a violation of these policies. Regarding the use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), you should check with your individual course instructor.

Emergency Management Statement

In case of an emergency, the University's Emergency Notification System (ENS) will be activated. Students are encouraged to maintain updated contact information using the link on the homepage of the mySUU portal. In addition, students are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the Emergency Response Protocols posted in each classroom. Detailed information about the University's emergency management plan can be found at https://www.suu.edu/emergency.

HEOA Compliance Statement

For a full set of Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) compliance statements, please visit https://www.suu.edu/heoa. The sharing of copyrighted material through peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing, except as provided under U.S. copyright law, is prohibited by law; additional information can be found at https://my.suu.edu/help/article/1096/heoa-compliance-plan.

You are also expected to comply with policies regarding intellectual property (SUU Policy 5.52) and copyright (SUU Policy 5.54).

Mandatory Reporting

University policy (SUU Policy 5.60) requires instructors to report disclosures received from students that indicate they have been subjected to sexual misconduct/harassment. The University defines sexual harassment consistent with Federal Regulations (34 C.F.R. Part 106, Subpart D) to include quid pro quo, hostile environment harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, and stalking. When students communicate this information to an instructor in-person, by email, or within writing assignments, the instructor will report that to the Title IX Coordinator to ensure students receive support from the Title IX Office. A reporting form is available at https://cm.maxient.com/reportingform.php?SouthernUtahUniv

Non-Discrimination Statement

SUU is committed to fostering an inclusive community of lifelong learners and believes our university's encompassing of different views, beliefs, and identities makes us stronger, more innovative, and better prepared for the global society.

SUU does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex (including sex discrimination and sexual harassment), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, ancestry, disability status, pregnancy, pregnancy-related conditions, genetic information, military status, veteran status, or other bases protected by applicable law in employment, treatment, admission, access to educational programs and activities, or other University benefits or services.

SUU strives to cultivate a campus environment that encourages freedom of expression from diverse viewpoints. We encourage all to dialogue within a spirit of respect, civility, and decency.

For additional information on non-discrimination, please see SUU Policy 5.27 and/or visit https://www.suu.edu/nondiscrimination.

Pregnancy

Students who are or become pregnant during this course may receive reasonable modifications to facilitate continued access and participation in the course. Pregnancy and related conditions are broadly defined to include pregnancy, childbirth, termination of pregnancy, lactation, related medical conditions, and recovery. To obtain reasonable modifications, please make a request to title9@suu.edu. To learn more visit: https://www.suu.edu/titleix/pregnancy.html.

Disclaimer Statement

Information contained in this syllabus, other than the grading, late assignments, makeup work, and attendance policies, may be subject to change with advance notice, as deemed appropriate by the instructor.

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