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FM101      Half Unit
Finance

This information is for the 2024/25 session.

Teacher responsible

Dr Paula Lopes Cocco

Availability

This course is compulsory on the BSc in Accounting and Finance and BSc in Management. This course is available on the BSc in Data Science. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.

This course cannot be taken with AC100 Elements of Accounting and Finance.

This course is not capped, any eligible student that requests a place will be given one.

Course content

This course includes an introduction to: the financial decisions of firms, in particular capital budgeting; the financial decisions of households; the role of the financial system in the economy and the flow of funds; causes and consequences of the recent financial crises.

Teaching

10 hours of lectures and 9 hours of classes in the WT. 1 hour of classes in the ST.

Formative coursework

Classwork exercises will be set each week. 

Indicative reading

The main readings for this course are selected chapters from two textbooks available from the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ library:   

Hillier et al (2022) Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, European Edition, McGraw-Hill.

Cecchetti et al (2021) Money, banking and financial markets, McGraw-Hill.

 

A few additional readings will be discussed during the lectures and posted on Moodle for downloading.

Assessment

Exam (90%, duration: 2 hours) and coursework (10%).

Key facts

Department: Finance

Total students 2023/24: 499

Average class size 2023/24: 20

Capped 2023/24: No

Value: Half Unit

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Personal development skills

  • Self-management
  • Problem solving
  • Application of information skills
  • Application of numeracy skills
  • Commercial awareness
  • Specialist skills