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Financial Management

Module name (EN):
Name of module in study programme. It should be precise and clear.
Financial Management
Degree programme:
Study Programme with validity of corresponding study regulations containing this module.
International Management, Master, ASPO 01.10.2011
Module code: MAIM-230
SAP-Submodule-No.:
The exam administration creates a SAP-Submodule-No for every exam type in every module. The SAP-Submodule-No is equal for the same module in different study programs.
P420-0264
Hours per semester week / Teaching method:
The count of hours per week is a combination of lecture (V for German Vorlesung), exercise (U for Übung), practice (P) oder project (PA). For example a course of the form 2V+2U has 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of exercise per week.
4V (4 hours per week)
ECTS credits:
European Credit Transfer System. Points for successful completion of a course. Each ECTS point represents a workload of 30 hours.
5
Semester: 2
Mandatory course: yes
Language of instruction:
English
Assessment:
Written examination

[updated 20.03.2010]
Applicability / Curricular relevance:
All study programs (with year of the version of study regulations) containing the course.

MAIM-230 (P420-0264) International Management, Master, ASPO 01.10.2011 , semester 2, mandatory course
Workload:
Workload of student for successfully completing the course. Each ECTS credit represents 30 working hours. These are the combined effort of face-to-face time, post-processing the subject of the lecture, exercises and preparation for the exam.

The total workload is distributed on the semester (01.04.-30.09. during the summer term, 01.10.-31.03. during the winter term).
60 class hours (= 45 clock hours) over a 15-week period.
The total student study time is 150 hours (equivalent to 5 ECTS credits).
There are therefore 105 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation.
Recommended prerequisites (modules):
None.
Recommended as prerequisite for:
Module coordinator:
Prof. Dr. Matthias Gröhl
Lecturer:
Prof. Dr. Matthias Gröhl
Prof. Dr. Andy Junker
Lehrbeauftragte


[updated 12.07.2010]
Learning outcomes:
After completing this course, students will
 - be acquainted with capital-market-based forms of financing
 - have a command of international loan security techniques
 - be able to perform transactions and understand the payment terms used in international trade
 - know and be able to apply the techniques of interest-rate and currency hedging

[updated 20.03.2010]
Module content:
- Finance-oriented corporate management
- International payments
- International credit transactions, project financing, financing of foreign trade
- International capital-market financing
- Leasing, forfaiting, factoring
- Options and futures
- Financial swaps, caps, floors, collars
- Forward rate agreements

[updated 20.03.2010]
Teaching methods/Media:
Lectures with case studies and problem-solving sessions

[updated 20.03.2010]
Recommended or required reading:
- Brealey, R.A. / Myers, S.C.: Principles of Corporate Finance, 6th ed., Boston etc., 2000
- Eun, C.S. / Resnick, B.G.: International Financial Management, Boston etc., 2001
- Häberle, Siegfried Georg: Handbuch der Außenhandelsfinanzierung, 2. Auflage, München 1999
- Ross, Stephen A. / Jeffrey, Jaffe / Westerfield, Randolph W.: Corporate Finance, McGraw-Hill, Boston etc., 1999

[updated 20.03.2010]
 
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