Last modified: 05 Aug 2021 13:04
This course introduces students to basic financial concepts before moving on to introduce students to a number of areas of corporate finance including investment appraisal decisions, examining capital structure theory, the financing decisions of the firm, and corporate restructuring. The main aim of the course is to equip students with good analytical skills in order to understand the implications of corporate financing decisions by understanding why companies behave the way they do with respect to financing choices and how this interacts with the real world financial markets, and to enable students to understand the theoretical underpinnings of corporate finance theory.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | First Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This course will draw mainly on theories and practice of Corporate Finance in order to introduce students to theories, concepts and techniques of analysis that are typical of situations faced by financial managers within a corporate entity. The course’s basic aims may be organised into four groups: (i) How can companies value investments? (ii) How can companies minimise the failure of a project? (iii) How can companies finance their investments, decide on dividends and manage financial planning? (iv) How can companies change their ownership and control?
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
Bloomberg certificate (10%)
DataStream certificate (10%)
MCQ/Short Answer Test (40%)
Alternative assessment (40%) - 3 qualitative/quantitative questions from 5. Total word count would be 3000 - 5000 words depending on questions chosen.
Alternative Resit Arrangements for students taking course in Academic Year 2020/21
Resit: 100% alternative assessment, students to answer 3 essay questions from 5. Total word count would be 3,000-5,000 words depending on questions chosen.
There are no assessments for this course.
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Factual | Remember | ILO’s for this course are available in the course guide. |
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