COURSE INFORMATION Course Title: FINANCE THEORY AND MANAGEMENT

Code	Course Type	Regular Semester	Theory	Practice	Lab	Credits	ECTS
BAF 801	C	1	3	0	0	3	10

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:	Chrysanthi Balomenou
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:
Course Description:	This course is focused on applying financial principles to the main decisions faced by the financial manager. It explains why the value maximization provides a coherent framework for making financial decisions, and it looks at how companies can make investment and financing decisions that add value. It also describes the main features of financial markets and the various securities that companies may issue.
Course Objectives:	The aim of course to provide students ability to analyze, interpret and offer solutions to local and global Financial issues and problems.

COURSE OUTLINE

Week	Topics
1	Academic writing
2	How and Why Central-Bank Culture Supports Predatory Risk-Taking
3	Ways of choosing the right topics for the academic paper

Prerequisite(s):
Textbook:	Chenghu Ma (2011).Advanced Asset Pricing Theory (Series in Quantitative Finance). Imperial College Press
Other References:
Laboratory Work:
Computer Usage:
Others:	No

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES (Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution)

No	Program Competencies	Cont.
Doctorate (PhD) in Business Administration Program

COURSE EVALUATION METHOD

Method	Quantity	Percentage
Project	1	50
Term Paper	1	50
	Total Percent:	100%

ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)

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	20	20
Assignments	2	25	50
Final examination	1	36	36
Other	6	8	48
Total Work Load:			250
Total Work Load/25(h):			10
ECTS Credit of the Course:			10