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Undergraduate Course: Principles of Finance (BUST08003)

Course Outline
SchoolBusiness School CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityAvailable to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaBusiness Studies Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionReturns on financial investments: defining returns; normal and real interest rates; share returns-technical analysis and the efficient markets hypothesis. The risk/return relationship: defining risk; portfolio diversification; capital asset pricing model; options, warrants and convertibles. Company finance the capital budgeting decision-discounted cash flow techniques, risk analysis; the financial structure decision-available types of funding, the Modigliani-Miller propositions, tax, bankruptcy costs, agency; cost of funds for investment projects; dividend policy; working capital management
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: Business Studies 1 (BUST08001) OR ( Industrial Management 1 (BUST08002) AND Techniques of Management (MAEE08002)) OR ( Accountancy 1A (ACCN08007) AND Accountancy 1B (ACCN08008) OR Economics 1A (ECNM08005))
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements NOTE: for Economics with Management Science programme, EITHER Principles of Finance (BUST08003)OR Business Economics (BUST08005) is a mandatory course in year 2.
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesVisiting students should usually have at least 1 introductory level Business Studies course at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this) for entry to this course. We will only consider University/College level courses.
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?Yes
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1) Learn enabled:  Yes Quota:  None
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Class Delivery Information 2 x 1 hour lectures per week, weeks 1-10; plus compulsory tutorials, 1 hour per week for 8 weeks, weeks 3-10.
Course Start Date 16/09/2013
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 20, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 8, Summative Assessment Hours 3, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 165 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 80 %, Coursework 20 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)Principles of Finance2:30
Resit Exam Diet (August)2:30
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
COURSE OBJECTIVES AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Knowledge and Understanding

On completion of the course, students should be able:
a) to describe the main financial assets and how they may be valued
b) to describe the key aspects of company finance theory
c) to discuss critically the contribution of finance theory to financial practice.

Cognitive Skills

On completion of the course, students should be able:
a) to demonstrate that they can work in a tutorial group to analyse a financial problem
using concepts covered in the lectures
b) to demonstrate that they can solve simple problems in finance

Key Skills

On completion of the course, students should:
a) have been encouraged to develop their written skills through the coursework assignment and the degree examination
b) be able to demonstrate an ability to solve numerical problems through tutorials and the degree examination
c) be able to communicate effectively in a tutorial group.

Subject-Specific Skills

On completion of the course, students should:
a) be aware of the techniques and insights relevant to the valuation of financial assets and company financial decisions
b) be aware of the uses and limitations of these techniques and insights.

Assessment Information
Assignment in semester 1 = 20%, December degree exam = 80%; resit exam = 100%.
Special Arrangements
None
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Contacts
Course organiserMs Yue Liu
Tel: (0131 6)50 4309
Email: Yue.Liu@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Caroline Hall
Tel: (0131 6)50 8336
Email: Caroline.Hall@ed.ac.uk
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