MGMT 130A
Basic Managerial Finance
Description: Lecture, three hours. Requisites: course 1B, one statistics course. Study of financial decision making by business firms, with emphasis on applications of economic and accounting principles in financial analysis, planning, and control. Extensive use of problems and cases to illustrate varied analytical techniques employed in decision making. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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First off, i recommend this class to anyone interested in a career in finance. You literally learn the same types of valuation models that investment banks and real estate companies use. As far as Litt, I thought his class was fair. The tests are time-pressured, so download an old midterm from his old class websites to get an idea of what to do, since he doesn't change the material that much. His lectures are okay. He tends to move through stuff quickly so it helps to stay up with the readings and homework. The final was almost entirely based on his lectures, but if you go to class, do the HW, take good notes, do well on the case projects (which are cool if you're good at Excel and interested in finance) then you'll get that A. I thought the class was easier than any of the accounting classes I've taken, but then again, this is a finance class, not accounting.
First off, i recommend this class to anyone interested in a career in finance. You literally learn the same types of valuation models that investment banks and real estate companies use. As far as Litt, I thought his class was fair. The tests are time-pressured, so download an old midterm from his old class websites to get an idea of what to do, since he doesn't change the material that much. His lectures are okay. He tends to move through stuff quickly so it helps to stay up with the readings and homework. The final was almost entirely based on his lectures, but if you go to class, do the HW, take good notes, do well on the case projects (which are cool if you're good at Excel and interested in finance) then you'll get that A. I thought the class was easier than any of the accounting classes I've taken, but then again, this is a finance class, not accounting.
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Winter 2017 - This is the worst MGMT class I've ever taken, simply because of how grossly unfair Professor Peleg's expectations are. Unless you're a natural finance whiz, this class will be difficult and his lectures (all PPT slides) are virtually useless. He will teach you the basics, and then the homework will test you like you've already interned on Wall Street. The exams are similar to the practice exams he gives, but again, most of this class will be self-taught. I attended almost all of his lectures, but had so much trouble with his homework and exams because he wouldn't go over any of the relevant material in lecture. I swore by TA's office hours, so shout out to Jeremy. 0/10 would not recommend this class.
Winter 2017 - This is the worst MGMT class I've ever taken, simply because of how grossly unfair Professor Peleg's expectations are. Unless you're a natural finance whiz, this class will be difficult and his lectures (all PPT slides) are virtually useless. He will teach you the basics, and then the homework will test you like you've already interned on Wall Street. The exams are similar to the practice exams he gives, but again, most of this class will be self-taught. I attended almost all of his lectures, but had so much trouble with his homework and exams because he wouldn't go over any of the relevant material in lecture. I swore by TA's office hours, so shout out to Jeremy. 0/10 would not recommend this class.
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