Lecturer: Jenn-Rong Lin (林振榮)
Email: jrlin@mail.ntou.edu.tw
Phone: 02-2462-2192#7016
Course ID: M6801080
Credits: 3
Course Prerequisites:
Basic knowledge of spreadsheet software is useful.
Course Description and Goals:
The objective of this course is to prepare students to conduct economic analysis for the successful development and operation of market driven systems. After completing this course, students should be familiar with essential concepts and methods of financial project analysis.
This is a technical course with a focus on the concepts and mathematical formulation of the material. Most sections will focus on numerical applications of lecture material and will help student become efficient user of spreadsheet software, essential tools of projects analysis.
Schedule Type: Lectures along with case studies
Course Schedule (subject to change):
1. Financial and cost information (Part 1)
2. Time value of money, equivalence and interest formulas (Ch. 4)
3. Nominal and effective interest rate—Loan analysis (Ch. 5)
4. Evaluating the profitability of single projects (Ch. 7 & 8)
5. Comparing options and alternative projects (Ch. 7 & 8)
6. Rate of return analysis (Ch. 9)
7. Depreciation after-tax cash flow in project analysis (Ch. 10 & 11)
8. Asset replacement (Ch. 15)
9. Inflation and project analysis (Ch. 13)
10. Risk and uncertainty (Ch. 14)
11. Final Project Presentation
12. Wrap up