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Stephenson, Craig A

Teaching Associate Professor

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Research

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  • Professor Stephenson's writing and expertise focuses on corporate financial management and financial strategy, with an emphasis on academic cases for use in undergraduate and graduate programs.

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  • corporate financial management, financial strategy, financial markets

Teaching

courses taught

  • BASE 2101 - BCOR Applied Semester Experience 1: Early Stage
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2018
    Builds on material covered in BCOR 2001, BCOR 2002 and BCOR 2003. Provides students the opportunity to apply tools from the functional business disciplines. Business problems, solutions and decisions are addressed in the context of an early stage business. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.
  • BASE 2102 - BCOR Applied Semester Experience 2: Growth Stage
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2018
    Builds on material covered in BCOR 2001, BCOR 2002 and BCOR 2003. Provides students the opportunity to apply tools from the functional business disciplines. Business problems, solutions and decisions are addressed in the context of a growth stage business. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.
  • BASE 2103 - BCOR Applied Semester Experience 3: Mature Stage
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2018
    Builds on material covered in BCOR 2001, BCOR 2002 and BCOR 2003. Provides students the opportunity to apply tools from the functional business disciplines. Business problems, solutions and decisions are addressed in the context of a mature stage business. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.
  • BASE 2104 - BCOR Applied Semester Experience
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2018
    Focuses on major business decisions integrating across business functional areas. Students complete multiple business projects drawing on knowledge and tools from previous BCOR courses. Recommended corequisites: BCOR 2301 2302, 2303 and 2304.
  • FNCE 3010 - Corporate Finance
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2018 / Fall 2023
    Covers the theory and practices governing the management of capital in a business firm. Examines the determinants of capital requirements, methods of obtaining capital, problems of internal financial management and methods of financial analysis.
  • FNCE 4850 - Business Senior Seminar in Finance
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2019 / Spring 2020 / Fall 2020 / Fall 2021 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2022 / Spring 2024
    Develops analytical and decision making skills necessary to address real-world business finance situations. Topics include financial analysis and forecasting, capital budgeting, valuation, capital structure policy, international finance, and financial ethics. Uses a combination of lecture and cases; team and individual work.
  • MBAC 6060 - Corporate Finance
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2021 / Spring 2022 / Spring 2023 / Spring 2024
    Analyzes the implications of modern finance theory for the major decisions faced by corporate financial managers. Develops the basic skills necessary to apply financial concepts to the various problems faced by a firm. Includes capital budgeting, capital structure, long term financing, short term financial management, and financial planning topics.
  • MBAX 6210 - Applied Financial Management
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2019
    Analyzes the financial condition, planning, and control of current assets, current liabilities, and long-term financial arrangements. Topics include financial planning, managing working capital, short- and long-term financing, capital budgeting, valuation, and capital structure policies. Case studies are emphasized.
  • MBAX 6211 - Applied Financial Management
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2019
    Focuses on how to apply key concepts in finance to real-world situations. Topics include valuation, capital structure, highly leveraged transactions, and financial distress and bankruptcy. Heavy emphasis on how to perform various kinds of valuations. Mixture of lectures and case discussions.
  • MSBC 5060 - Corporate Finance
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2019 / Fall 2020 / Fall 2021
    Analyzes the implications of modern finance theory for the major decisions faced by corporate financial managers. Develops the basic skills necessary to apply financial concepts to the various problems faced by a firm. Includes capital budgeting, capital structure, long term financing, short term financial management and financial planning topics.

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