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LS503P: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE FOR CORPORATE FINANCE (2022-2023)

Last modified: 01 Nov 2022 14:21


Course Overview

This is a compulsory law course for the LLM/MSc in Corporate Finance. It will explore issues within the field of corporate governance, with reference to different legal systems. It will provide students with a wider and deeper understanding of various corporate governance issues that are crucial to the law of corporate finance.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Term First Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Francesca Farrington

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • One of Master Of Science In Corporate Finance And Law or Llm In Business Law And Sustainable Development (September Start) or Master Of Laws In Corporate Finance And Law
  • Any Postgraduate Programme

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

This course will cover a number of topics of particular relevance to corporate governance in the context of corporate finance. The content of the course will include the following:

  • What is corporate governance and why does it matter in the context of corporate finance?
  • The centrality of agency theory in explaining arrangements focused on the role of directors, institutional investors and creditors, as well as concepts such as the market for corporate control.
  • The critique offered by transaction cost economics and the implications for corporate governance.
  • Debt and equity as alternative governance structures.
  • Recent developments associated with the rise of environmental, social and governance reporting.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 50
Assessment Weeks Feedback Weeks

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Feedback Word Count 2000
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 50
Assessment Weeks 14 Feedback Weeks 17

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 Word Count 2000
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualUnderstandTo obtain knowledge and understanding of various aspects of corporate governance, especially as it relates to corporate finance, with reference to the UK and beyond.
ProceduralCreateTo develop and enhance key legal and transferable skills, including argumentation, communication, critical analysis and problem solving.
ProceduralEvaluateTo determine the impact of different corporate governance arrangements on corporate finance.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Resit Assessments

Exam

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 100
Assessment Weeks 49,50 Feedback Weeks 1,51

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Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ProceduralEvaluateTo determine the impact of different corporate governance arrangements on corporate finance.
ProceduralCreateTo develop and enhance key legal and transferable skills, including argumentation, communication, critical analysis and problem solving.
ConceptualUnderstandTo obtain knowledge and understanding of various aspects of corporate governance, especially as it relates to corporate finance, with reference to the UK and beyond.
 

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