COURSE INFORMATION Course Title: MANAGEMENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

Code	Course Type	Regular Semester	Theory	Practice	Lab	Credits	ECTS
BAF 312	C	6	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:	Uğur Ergün
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 designed to examine the financial markets and institutions focusing on the measurement and management of fundamental risks of banks (depository institutions) such as the above mentioned (credit risk, liquidity risk, operational risk, interest rate risk and market risk) and in parallel concentrating on issues relating to capital adequacy (the relevant regulatory framework of Basel I, II, III Capital Accords), as far as portfolio diversification and derivatives.
Course Objectives:	Get to know closer the financial institutions and learn how to manage them efficiently. By focusing on detailed case studies, students will gain knowledge of the main problems firms face in real life and the measures that should be undertaken to avoid these problems.

COURSE OUTLINE

Week	Topics
1	Introduction – Financial Intermediaries
2	The Financial Services Industry: Depository Institutions
3	The Financial Services Industry: Finance Companies
4	Mergers and Acquisitions
5	M&As, Valuation Case
6	The Financial Services Industry: Mutual Funds
7	Risk of Financial Intermediation, Interest Rate Risk
8	Midterm exam
9	Foreign Exchange Risk and Liquidity Risk
10	Capital Adequacy
11	Product Diversification
12	Futures and Forwards
13	Options
14	Project Presentation

Prerequisite(s):
Textbook:	financial institutions management -a risk management approach- ANTHONY SAUNDERS AND MARCIA MILLON CORNETT
Other References:
Laboratory Work:
Computer Usage:
Others:	No

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	Getting to know Financial Industry closer and learn how it is managed
2	Understand differences between banks and companies
3	Be able to decide whether buying a certain target is a good or bad strategy for the company
4	Identifying the risk faced by financial institutions and how to deal with it
5	Derivatives as risk management techniques

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

No	Program Competencies	Cont.
Bachelor in Economics (3 years) 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 economics but also to construct a model and defend in meaningful way.	4
2	They have knowledge about the microeconomics.	3
3	They have knowledge about the macroeconomics.	3
4	They have knowledge about the international economics and finance.	3
5	They have ability to use mathematical and statistical methods in economics.	3
6	They know how to use computer programs in both daily office usage and statistical data evaluations in public and private sector.	3
7	They have necessary economics skills that needed in private and public sector.	3
8	They are intended to be specialist in one of departmental fields that they choose from the list of general economics, growth and development, labor economics and labor market, environmental economics, agricultural economics, health economics, education economics and human development, political economics, international economics, monetary economics, finance economics, public finance, international financial markets and institutions, banking and central banking, international trade and banking, monetary economics and banking,	3
9	They have ability to utilize fundamental economic theories and tools to solve economic problems in economics.	3
10	They are aware of the fact that economics is a social science and they respect the social perspectives and social values of the society’s ethics.	3

COURSE EVALUATION METHOD

Method	Quantity	Percentage
Homework	2	10
Midterm Exam(s)	1	30
Project	1	20
Final Exam	1	30
	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	2	32
Mid-terms	1	25	25
Assignments	5	5	25
Final examination	1	10	10
Other	1	10	10
Total Work Load:			150
Total Work Load/25(h):			6
ECTS Credit of the Course:			6