Postgraduate Course: Advanced Corporate Finance (CMSE11083)
Course Outline
| School | Business School |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 15 |
ECTS Credits | 7.5 |
| Summary | The course considers aspects of financial management, the funding of companies and capital budgeting believed to be of academic interest and practical importance. The aims are to introduce students to current thinking and empirical research on the chosen topics and to develop skills of understanding and analysis. The course builds on the corporate finance learned in semester one, and so it assumes some knowledge of discounted cash flow, the cost of capital, and the main ideas relating to debt policy, dividend policy and raising equity. Advanced Corporate Finance adds to students' knowledge mainly by introducing them to empirical research on the topics studied. It also expands the range of topics by including corporate governance, techniques of risk management, and the real options approach to project valuation. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | For Business School PG students only, or by special permission of the School. Please contact the course secretary. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
150
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Lecture Hours 20,
Summative Assessment Hours 3,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 3,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
124 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
70 %,
Coursework
30 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Assignment (30%). The assignment will consist of an essay written on an individual basis, and a presentation related to the essay. The presentation will count for 10% and the essay for 20%.
Exam (70%). The exam is at the end of the second semester (date to be announced). It lasts for two hours, and consists of six mainly essay-style questions, of which you should answer three.
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | Advanced Corporate Finance | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and understanding
On completion of the module, students should
(a) be able to understand arguments and debates concerning the topics covered;
(b) have improved their knowledge of empirical research in corporate finance;
(c) have improved their knowledge of the financing arrangements of companies;
(d) have developed their understanding of certain methods of research in finance, for example analysis of numerical data.
Cognitive skills
On completion of the module, students should have developed their ability to
(a) understand complex lines of argument and reasoning of the sort found in journal papers in corporate finance;
(b) write answers to essay-style questions.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | fin-ACF |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Seth Armitage
Tel:
Email: Seth.Armitage@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Rachel Allan
Tel: (0131 6)51 3757
Email: Rachel.Allan@ed.ac.uk |
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