MFIN8807 · Finance
Carroll School of Management
This course studies the techniques of financial analysis, including financial statement analysis, cash budgeting, and pro forma analysis. It also covers the firm's investment and financing decisions, including the concepts of present and net present value, capital budgeting analysis, investment analysis under uncertainty, the cost of capital, capital structure theory and policy and the interrelation of the firm's investment and financing decisions.
Course experience
Averages use the original five-point historical evaluation scale.
Organization
4.5 / 5
How well the course was organized
Challenge
4.5 / 5
How intellectually challenging students found it
Attendance
4.4 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
4.5 / 5
How helpful assignments were
Weekly effort
~5
hours per week
Estimated from the original workload response buckets. Individual sections may differ.
Instructor options
Ratings below reflect only recovered evaluations connected to this course.
Professor of the Practice, Finance, Carroll School of Management
4.0 / 5
3.7 / 5
Professor, Finance, Carroll School of Management
4.4 / 5
4.4 / 5
Assistant Professor of the Practice, Finance, Carroll School of Management
4.4 / 5
4.0 / 5
Professor, Finance, Carroll School of Management
4.7 / 5
4.6 / 5
Professor Emeritus, Finance, Carroll School of Management
3.8 / 5
3.6 / 5
Assistant Professor, Finance, Carroll School of Management
4.5 / 5
4.4 / 5
Assistant Professor of the Practice, Finance, Carroll School of Management
4.4 / 5
4.3 / 5
Professor, Finance, Carroll School of Management
4.7 / 5
4.6 / 5
Student perspective
Recovered and new anonymous comments are shown as written and may reflect different course formats.
Oct 10, 2025 · Historical comment
Professor Arup is a very open minded professor. He’s one of the few who truly listens to his students and communicates with them. You’ll definitely learn a lot from his class and by the end, you might even find yourself planning a future in finance.
Across time
Section-level results available in the recovered archive.
Spring 2025
1 sectionMidterm Spring 2025
1 sectionFall 2024
2 sectionsSpring 2024
1 sectionMidterm Spring 2024
1 sectionFall 2023
2 sectionsSpring 1 2023
1 sectionSpring 2023
1 sectionFall 2022
2 sectionsSpring 2022
2 sectionsMidterm Spring 2022
1 section2022SPR1
1 section