The purpose of this course is to provide working knowledge of key corporate finance decisions that are important in the life of companies and more generally to help students acquire an understanding of broad economic issues that are of wide applicability in many areas of corporate finance. The course bridges the theoretical content and practical applications of a corporate financial decisions. The course is designed to introduce students to the basic yet fundamental issues of modern finance. The goal of the course is to provide students with the basic tools needed to successfully complete mode advanced finance courses. This course deals primarily with the firm's financing and investment decisions, and its interactions with the capital markets. Students are taught the fundamental principles of the time value of money, risk and return, which provide a solid foundation for all other finance courses.