Postgraduate Course: Equity Valuation (CMSE11096)
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 aims to allow participants to analyse the financial performance of corporations from around the world, and to show the links between accounting statements, valuation methods and investment analysis. Participants will be comfortable reading financial statements, calculating and understanding accounting ratios, extracting accounting information to make forecasts and valuations. Participants will also gain an understanding of the limitations of financial statements and methods for evaluating the quality of these statements.
The course is structured primarily from the point of view of investors and analysts, rather than from a company perspective. |
| Course description |
Not entered
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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,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 9,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 3,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
116 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
50 %,
Coursework
50 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
There is one assignment which counts for 50% of the total mark and a final two hour exam which counts for 50% of the total mark.
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| Feedback |
Not entered |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | Equity Valuation | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding:
By the end of the course, students should have an understanding of:
Building Block Skills
Background and Environment
> Analysis and Analysts
> Strategy and Valuation
> Analysing Accounting
Practical Financial Analysis
> Financial Analysis
> Forecasting
> Valuation Models
> Valuation Practice
Advanced Topics
> Analysing Debt
> Corporate Restructuring
> Capital Structure
> Analysing Governance
Intellectual Skills and personal development:
The course will develop search, analytical, evaluative and presentational skills.
Subject Specific Skills:
Students will gain an ability to investigate, collect and process evidence, synthesis such evidence and present their conclusions. The focus of the course is on understanding and evaluating firms' creation of value. Students will be introduced to sophisticated valuation models, the detail of analysts' reports and will be required to use financial databases and statistical techniques.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | fin-EV |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof William Rees
Tel:
Email: bill.rees@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Rachel Allan
Tel: (0131 6)51 3757
Email: Rachel.Allan@ed.ac.uk |
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