FIN 3403 · Business Finance
Four credits, graded by letter. The catalog describes the acquisition and management of funds by business.
Business Finance
FIN 3403 tutoring for Florida students.
FIN 3403 Business Finance is the University of Florida gateway to the finance major, and the catalog attaches a real condition to it: a minimum grade of B to register for the required finance courses that follow. That one line changes how much a single exam matters.
Private 1-on-1 on Zoom · $250 / hour
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The courses
What we work on.
Bring your slides, problem sets, and your last midterm. We work from your actual course.
Prerequisites
ACG 2021 and junior standing or higher, or ACG 2021 and ECO 2023 and sophomore standing. Accounting comes first either way.
Minimum B for finance majors
A minimum grade of B in FIN 3403 is required to register for the required finance major courses. If you are aiming at the finance major, that makes the course a checkpoint rather than a box to tick.
Sharpen the calculations first
With a B on the line, small arithmetic slips matter. The time value of money guide is where most lost points start, and the NPV calculator lets you check your own answers against a clean setup.
Topics
What we cover.
Bring your slides, problem sets, and your last midterm. We work from your actual course.
- Time value of money
- Bond and stock valuation
- Risk and return
- Capital budgeting: NPV and IRR
- Cost of capital
- Financing decisions
- Midterm and final exam prep
Florida · FIN 3403
Where students get stuck.
The B requirement
When the line between a B and a B-minus decides your major, small mistakes cost a lot. We work from your graded exams to find which kinds of errors repeat, and fix those first.
Four credits, fast pace
More credit hours means more material per week. Falling behind by two lectures is easy and hard to recover from alone, so we use sessions to catch up on the exact topic you missed.
Valuation basics
Bond and stock pricing look like separate formulas but rest on the same idea: discount future cash. Once that clicks, the later topics on risk and capital budgeting come easier.
Who takes FIN 3403
FIN 3403 is part of the business core at UF, so it shows up in non-finance plans too, but the B requirement matters mostly to students aiming at the finance major. Check your own degree audit for how the course applies to you.
How a session works
Diagnosis first. Then the fix.
- 01
Before we meet
Send me what you're stuck on: a problem set, slides, your last midterm, a practice exam, last week's quiz.
- 02
On Zoom
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.
- 03
Before we finish
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.
Your tutor
Studied it. Worked in it. Now I teach it.
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.
Questions
Before you book.
Do I really need a B in FIN 3403?
The catalog says a minimum grade of B is required to register for the required finance major courses. If you are not going into the finance major, ask your advisor whether it applies to your plan.
Is it a four-credit course?
Yes, the catalog lists four credits for FIN 3403.
When should we start?
Soon after the term starts. With a B as the bar for the finance major, you want to know after exam one, not after exam three, where you stand.
Is tutoring allowed under my school's honor code?
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.
Get started
Bring the problem you’re stuck on.
Tell me your course and what isn’t clicking. I’ll tell you honestly whether I can help.
Book your first sessionOnline Finance Tutor is an independent tutoring service. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the University of Florida. Course names are used only to describe the material we cover.