Accounting and Finance
Corporate and International Finance
Module code: N1563
Level 5
15 credits in spring semester
Teaching method: Lecture, Seminar
Assessment modes: Coursework, Computer based exam
During this module you:
- learn the important ideas and analytical tools used in corporate financial decision making
- explore the challenges of implementing these ideas and tools through reading corporate finance literature and events in the financial press.
Topics include:
- the nature of financial decision making
- interest rates
- investment decision rules
- capital budgeting
- valuing stocks
- capital markets and the pricing of risk.
Module learning outcomes
- Demonstrate understanding of the essential principles and analytical tools of corporate finance
- Critically discuss and evaluate these principles and analytical tools
- Relate the principles and tools, and the debates surrounding them, to today's events, appreciating the difficulties of applying the theory to the real world.
- Demonstrate the ability to form judgments and take decisions in the face of uncertainty while armed with inadequate ideas and tools.