Postgraduate Course: Corporate Finance and Accounting (CMSE11095)
Course Outline
| School |
Business School |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
15 |
| Home subject area |
Common Courses (Management School) |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
This course provides an introduction to the core concepts and skills in corporate finance and financial accounting. The corporate finance section considers the main financial decisions facing a company, reviews current academic thinking on how these decisions are made, and introduces analytical tools that can assist in financial decision-making. The accounting section explains what the accounting information produced by companies means, and presents certain techniques of analysing those numbers for the purpose of understanding what is going on in the company, and what its prospects are. The emphasis is on mainstream ideas and techniques at the level of a good textbook, with use of numerical examples to reinforce understanding. We shall also refer to research findings as appropriate. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
It is RECOMMENDED that students have passed
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| No Classes have been defined for this Course |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV2)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| No Classes have been defined for this Course |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Building block Skills &ˇ Understand the core concepts and techniques in corporate finance
&ˇ Understand the core concepts and techniques in financial accounting
&ˇ Be familiar with the key financial decisions facing a company and with the main ideas in academic finance about how those decisions are made
&ˇ Be able to conduct discounted cash flow analysis and estimate a company&Šs cost of capital
&ˇ Be able to carry out some types of analysis of accounting information
Advanced topics and special interest &ˇ Students will be introduced to the empirical academic research on certain of the topics
Intellectual skills and personal development
Cognitive skills
&ˇ Be able to follow complex lines of argument
&ˇ Be able to write answers to essay-style questions
&ˇ Be able to conduct certain subject-specific types of numerical analysis
Key skills On completion of the assessed course work (a class exam) students should:
&ˇ Have an understanding of their progress so far and of areas that need further work
&ˇ Have consolidated their knowledge of the subject up to the date of the class exam
Subject specific /career skills &ˇ On completion of the course, students should have a textbook-level knowledge of the key topics in corporate finance and accounting. This will be useful for the courses in the second semester, and is seen by employers as part of the core body of knowledge of a someone who has studied finance.
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Assessment Information
Class exam (20%). The class exam is after reading week, just over half way through the semester. It lasts for one hour and consists of multiple-choice and numerical questions.
Final exam (80%). The final exam is at the end of the fisrt semester (date to be announced). It lasts for two hours, and consists of six questions, of which you should answer three. The exam will be a mixture of essay-style and numerical questions
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| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Prof Seth Armitage
Tel:
Email: Seth.Armitage@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Ms Natalie Honeyman
Tel: (0131 6)51 1458
Email: Natalie.Honeyman@ed.ac.uk |
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