EPOKA UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF BANKING AND FINANCE
COURSE SYLLABUS
COURSE INFORMATIONCourse Title: APPLIED FINANCE MANAGEMENT |
Code | Course Type | Regular Semester | Theory | Practice | Lab | Credits | ECTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BAF 504 | B | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) | NA |
Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours: | Nertil Mera |
Second Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours: | NA |
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours: | NA |
Language: | English |
Compulsory/Elective: | Elective |
Classroom and Meeting Time: | E-312/Lab: 18:00 - 20:45 |
Course Description: | - |
Course Objectives: | This course will focus on the main areas of Corporate Finance, particularly, the Financial Instruments, Financial Risk Management and Investment. This course is ideal for students who are working in the financial services industry and who want to deepen their knowledge in applied finance. It is also suitable for those students who come from a non-finance background and who would like the transition across the financial services sector. |
COURSE OUTLINE
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Week | Topics |
1 | Introduction to Financial Management: Review of Syllabus |
2 | An Accounting Premier, Cash Management with Excel |
3 | Review on Time Value of Money, NPV and other Investment Criteria |
4 | Making Capital Investment Decisions |
5 | Interest Rates and Bond Valuation |
6 | Stock Valuation |
7 | Return and Risk: The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) |
8 | Review Before M-Term Exam |
9 | Mid – Term Exam |
10 | Risk, Cost of Capital and Valuation |
11 | Capital Structure: Basic Concepts/ Lab Exam |
12 | Dividends and Other Payouts |
13 | Options and Corporate Finance |
14 | Review before Final Exam |
Prerequisite(s): | The Students should have basic understanding of Mathematics, Statistics, Financial Accounting and Corporate Finance |
Textbook: | 1- Corporate Finance, Stephan A. Ross, Randolph W. Westerfield and Jaffrey Jaffe, 10th edition. 2- Principles of Finance with Excel, Simon Benninga, Oxford press, 3rd edition. |
Other References: | Fundamentals of Financial Management, Eugene F. Brigham and Joel F. Houston, Concise 9th edition, (2017). |
Laboratory Work: | Yes |
Computer Usage: | Yes |
Others: | No |
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
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1 | Students of this course will be comprehensive in their understanding of financial management principles and the changing knowledge base in finance |
2 | Students of this course will be analytically evaluative of the international context and sensitivities of financial management and financial markets. |
3 | Students of this course will have a comprehensive understanding of the challenges faced in corporate financial decision making and financial markets, including those involving derivative assets and the operation of the markets in these assets. |
COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES
(Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution) |
No | Program Competencies | Cont. |
Professional Master in Banking and Finance Program | ||
1 | The students are gained the ability to look at the problems of daily life from a broader perspective. They gain the needed skills not only to understand economic problems in banking and finance but also to construct a model and defend in meaningful way. | 5 |
2 | They have knowledge about the finance and banking. | 5 |
3 | They have knowledge about the money and banking. | 5 |
4 | They have knowledge about the international finance and banking. | 5 |
5 | They have ability to use mathematical and statistical methods in banking and finance. | 5 |
6 | They know how to use computer programs in both daily office usage and statistical data evaluations in banking and finance department. | 5 |
7 | They have necessary banking and finance skills that needed in private and public sector. | 5 |
8 | They are intended to be specialist in one of departmental fields that they choose from the list of general economics, finance economics, public finance, corporate finance, finance management, international finance markets and institutions, banking and central banking, international finance and banking, money and banking, international trade and banking. | 5 |
9 | They have ability to utilize fundamental economic theories and tools to solve economic problems in banking and finance. | 4 |
10 | They are aware of the fact that banking and finance is a social science and they respect the social perspectives and social values of the society’s ethics. | 4 |
COURSE EVALUATION METHOD
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Method | Quantity | Percentage |
Midterm Exam(s) |
1
|
25
|
Quiz |
1
|
10
|
Lab/Practical Exams(s) |
1
|
20
|
Final Exam |
1
|
35
|
Attendance |
10
|
|
Total Percent: | 100% |
ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)
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Activities | Quantity | Duration(Hours) | Total Workload(Hours) |
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
Mid-terms | 1 | 15 | 15 |
Assignments | 0 | ||
Final examination | 1 | 15 | 15 |
Other | 2 | 12 | 24 |
Total Work Load:
|
150 | ||
Total Work Load/25(h):
|
6 | ||
ECTS Credit of the Course:
|
6 |