A cross disciplinary approach to undergraduate corporate valuation instruction

Students at the College of Charleston frequently disconnect valuation theory from practical equity analysis. Specifically, our undergraduate students previously learned valuation methodology within a vacuum in the sense that they do not understand the underlying rational behind models' assumptions. To bridge this gap, a finance cap-stone course was created that extends valuation instruction by using an interdisciplinary approach within a business plan context. The business plan approach forces students to examine the assumptions with respect to the firm s marketing, production, strategic, international and environmental strategies. The purpose of this paper is to descube the structure of the course as well as the written financial feasibility analysis.