This course introduces students to the basic concepts in finance, including the time value of money, the tradeoff between risk and return, and arbitrage. It is meant to give students a strong basis in finance that can be used in their professional careers as well as to provide the background necessary for more advanced finance classes. The topics we cover include how to move cash flows in time, the methods and principles of capital budgeting, valuation of bonds and stocks, how to characterize risk and return, and options pricing with applications to managerial decisions.