NBA 5360

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NBA 5360
Investment Banking Essentials

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

This course will help students learn how to be investment bankers. Taught by an experienced ex-banker on the faculty of Johnson, this class will introduce students to capital raising, LBO, and strategic M&A transactions in a hands-on way that will focus on how to perform IB analyst-level duties. Students will be introduced to valuation (comps, precedents, and DCF), accretion/dilution, and how to assemble a pitch book. Working in groups, students will be presented with real-world assignments and will present their work in class. No prelim or final exam.


Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP, 2024SP, 2023SP, 2022SP

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Syllabi: none

  •   Seven Week - Second. 

  • 1.5 Credits S/U NoAud

  • 17524 NBA 5360   LEC 001

  •  
    • TR
    • Mar 11 - May 5, 2026

    • Capaldi, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to: graduate students, seniors, juniors, and sophomores. Not open to Johnson MBA students.
    Add/Drop dates: 9:00am, January 13, 2026 - 11:59pm, January 27, 2026 with an additional add/drop period 9:00am, March 11, 2026 – 11:59pm, March 18, 2026. Students are required to obtain faculty permission to add/drop after March 18, 2026. If you drop after April 8, 2026, you will also receive a “W” on your transcript.

Syllabi: none

  •   Seven Week - Second. 

  • 1.5 Credits S/U NoAud

  • 17525 NBA 5360   LEC 002

  •  
    • TR
    • Mar 11 - May 5, 2026

    • Capaldi, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to: graduate students, seniors, juniors, and sophomores. Not open to Johnson MBA students.
    Add/Drop dates: 9:00am, January 13, 2026 - 11:59pm, January 27, 2026 with an additional add/drop period 9:00am, March 11, 2026 – 11:59pm, March 18, 2026. Students are required to obtain faculty permission to add/drop after March 18, 2026. If you drop after April 8, 2026, you will also receive a “W” on your transcript.