FINN 20403 Principles of Finance is the University of Arkansas course that introduces the financial system and financial management. It is open to Walton College students and to non-business majors, and each group has its own prerequisite list.
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Bring your slides, problem sets, and your last midterm. We work from your actual course.
Three hours. The catalog describes an introduction to the financial system and financial management: the role of financial intermediaries and markets for fixed income and equity securities, how interest rates are determined and assets valued, and how firms manage resources and create value through investment and financing decisions.
ISYS 10303, ACCT 20103, and ECON 21003 or ECON 22003, each with a grade of C or better.
A statistics course from the catalog's list, plus ACCT 20103 and an economics course. The catalog gives the full list, so check it for your major.
The valuation half of this course is all discounting, and the bond guide shows it with a real coupon schedule. The NPV calculator is useful for the investment-decision questions near the end.
Bring your slides, problem sets, and your last midterm. We work from your actual course.
Many students expect a calculation course and meet a chapter on markets and intermediaries first. We connect that background to the valuation math so it doesn't feel like two courses.
The catalog says the course covers how rates are determined. That means the pieces behind a rate: inflation, risk, and time. We make it concrete with small examples.
The course ends on firms creating value through investment and financing choices. It is the same NPV idea in a bigger setting, and we revisit it until the logic holds.
FINN 20403 serves Walton College students and non-business majors, with different prerequisites for each, and a C or better is required in the Walton prerequisites. Your advisor can confirm what applies to your plan.
Send me what you're stuck on: a problem set, slides, your last midterm, a practice exam, last week's quiz.
You walk me through a problem out loud. It usually takes a few minutes to hear where the reasoning goes sideways. We fix that piece and rebuild from there, so you know why each step works.
The real test: a fresh problem with new numbers and different wording, the way a midterm would ask it, and you solve it yourself. I don't complete assignments or hand over answers. You leave able to do the work.
I’m Chi Odogwu. I have a B.S. in Business with a finance specialization from Liberty University, earned summa cum laude in three years, and a Master’s in International Economics and Finance from Brandeis. I tutored IB students in grad school, did valuation and private equity consulting at PwC, taught MBA finance at Florida State, and spent three years as an adjunct professor teaching Business Finance.
The catalog lists a separate set of prerequisites for non-business majors, so yes. Check the catalog list for your major.
For Walton College students, the catalog says each prerequisite needs a C or better.
Both. The catalog lists markets, rates, and valuation, so expect concept questions alongside calculations.
Tutoring on concepts and practice problems is generally fine, but policies on graded work vary by course. I don't complete graded assignments. Check your syllabus's collaboration policy, and if you're unsure, ask your professor.
Tell me your course and what isn’t clicking. I’ll tell you honestly whether I can help.
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