Postgraduate Course: Financial Analysis (CMSE11574)
Course Outline
| School | Business School |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | The course is concerned with introducing students to the practice and theory of financial statement analysis. The course itself brings together elements of financial accounting and financial ratio analysis; corporate strategy analysis, market and industry analysis and techniques of equity valuation to enable students to understand how individual businesses function within the constrained market environment. |
| Course description |
A practice oriented course, to enable students to critically analyse the performance, prospects and valuation of a corporate business entity.
Content outline:
Financial ratio analysis, corporate strategy analysis, cash flow analysis, takeovers and acquisitions, equity valuation.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2022/23, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Block 2 (Sem 1) |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 10,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
87 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
100% coursework (individual) - Assesses all course Learning Outcomes |
| Feedback |
Formative: Workshops are used to provide formative feedback to students with respect to their performance on practical analysis tasks.
Summative: Summative feedback will be provided on the course assessment
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate a critical understanding of accounting ratio analysis.
- Understand the relationship between corporate strategy and corporate performance.
- Undertake a financial analysis of a corporate body.
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Reading List
Krishna Palepu, Paul Healey and Erik Peek, Business Analysis and Valuation IFRS Edition, CENGAGE Learning, 5th Edition, 2019. ISBN: 9781473758421 (Print)
John Kay, The Long and the Short of it: A guide to finance and investment for normally intelligent people who aren't in the industry, Profile Books, 2016. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Knowledge and Understanding
After completing this course, students should be able to:
Demonstrate a thorough knowledge and understanding of contemporary organisational disciplines; comprehend the role of business within the contemporary world; and critically evaluate and synthesise primary and secondary research and sources of evidence in order to make, and present, well informed and transparent organisation-related decisions, which have a positive global impact.
Identify, define and analyse theoretical and applied business and management problems, and develop approaches, informed by an understanding of appropriate quantitative and/or qualitative techniques, to explore and solve them responsibly.
Cognitive Skills
After completing this course, students should be able to:
Be self-motivated; curious; show initiative; set, achieve and surpass goals; as well as demonstrating adaptability, capable of handling complexity and ambiguity, with a willingness to learn; as well as being able to demonstrate the use digital and other tools to carry out tasks effectively, productively, and with attention to quality.
Communication, ICT, and Numeracy Skills
After completing this course, students should be able to:
Critically evaluate and present digital and other sources, research methods, data and information; discern their limitations, accuracy, validity, reliability and suitability; and apply responsibly in a wide variety of organisational contexts.
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Arturs Praulins
Tel:
Email: a.praulins@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Jen Wood
Tel: (0131 6)50 8335
Email: J.Wood@ed.ac.uk |
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