FRE 516 (3)  Financial and Marketing Management in Agri-Food Industries  

Course Syllabus: FRE 516 pdf

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This course is designed to introduce financial, investment and marketing principles and frameworks that are most relevant to the food, environment, and resource sector. Course materials are widely applicable to various sectors, but emphasis will be placed on application of the material to the unique considerations of the agri-food and resource sector.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

After this course, students will be able to:

  • Describe the unique features of the food, environment, and resource sector.
  • Develop, interpret, and identify linkages the financial statements of balance sheet, net worth, changes in owner equity, net income, and cash flow
  • Apply and interpret results from financial analysis techniques including ratio analysis, graphs, common size analysis and cost–volume–profit & breakeven analysis/operating leverage.
  • Differentiate the terms and scope associated with accounting, financial management, computation, and analysis.
  • Compare the legal structures available for food, environment, and resource sector firms.
  • Conduct sector analysis using select industry and competitive frameworks most applicable to contemporary food, environment, and resource sector/firms.
  • Compare the different types of business financing available to food, environment, and resource firms.
  • Identify the sources, assessment and strategies associated with business and financial risk.
  • Apply investment analysis techniques including valuation of present and future cash flows, loan calculations, impact of nominal and effective interest rates, perpetuity valuation, bond payout review and MARR definition to food and resource projects.
  • Apply capital budgeting analysis methods of internal rate of return (IRR), net present value, profitability index, benefit-cost, and payback period to private and public investment projects.
  • Utilize MS Excel to conduct and streamline financial statement development and analysis
  • Develop a best practices framework for investment, financial and sector analysis applications relevant to the food, environment, and resource sector.