FINC 310: Essentials of Corporate Finance: (3-0-3) This course focuses on financial management from the perspective of inside the corporation or operating entity. Building upon the concepts from the core finance courses, it uses lectures to develop the theory on the one hand and cases and problem sets to provide applications on the other. Topics covered include capital budgeting, valuation of companies, the cost of capital, initial public offerings, privatization, mergers and takeovers, dividend policy, optimal capital structure, leveraged buyouts, and applications of option pricing to corporate finance. (Prerequisite FINC 210)