This course will provide an introduction to financial modeling. Developing good financial models requires combining knowledge of finance and modeling skills. Students will be assumed to have a good working knowledge of the topics covered in the introductory finance course and a good comfort level in using Excel. Financial and statistical functions and more complex Excel and VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) operations such as generating random numbers, using data tables, and working with matrices, loops and arrays will be introduced as necessary. No prior VBA knowledge will be assumed. Project analysis, cost of capital, financial statement modeling, valuation, and leasing will be among the topics covered.