Module manager: Efthymia Symitsi
Email: E.Symitsi@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2024/25
LUBS1036 Introduction to Finance OR MATH1515 Interest Rates and Cashflow Modelling
| LUBS2035 | Finance for Small Business |
| LUBS2205 | Corporate Finance |
This module is approved as a discovery module
Corporate Financial Management is an intermediate level module and is intended to provide a critical appreciation of the fundamental theories and concepts in corporate finance as a pre-requisite for further study of the more specialist aspects of finance and the financial markets covered in the advanced finance modules in level 3. The module relates theory to current corporate business practice and requires you to be able to confidently use and, interpret financial formulas and numerical data.
Corporate Financial Management is an intermediate level module and is intended to provide a critical appreciation of the use of financial theory in corporate financial management and decision making. It provides a basis for further study of the more specialist aspects of finance in level 3.
Upon completion of the module students will be able to:
- Critically appraise the key theoretical concepts in relation to risk, investment appraisal and corporate financing decisions;
- Apply corporate financial theory to corporate financial management and decision making;
- Discuss relevant contemporary theories and the supporting empirical research evidence in corporate finance; and
- Outline some of the mainstream and alternative technical languages in corporate finance.
Upon completion of the module students will be able to:
- Competently apply current theory and appropriate analytical tools to solve more advanced financial problems
- Extract relevant information from structured and unstructured scenarios and data and apply this to the solution of more advanced financial problems
- Apply core mathematical and statistical skills to address a range of financial problems
Indicative content:
The syllabus provides coverage of some of the fundamental current concepts and theories underpinning current corporate finance and indicative content includes: corporate governance, corporate capital structure and the practicalities of debt and equity financing, advantages and limits on the use of corporate debt, financial distress, risk and capital budgeting, dividend payout, rights issues, Capital Asset Pricing Model, the Efficient Market Hypothesis, behavioural finance, mergers and acquisitions, introduction to international corporate finance, and contemporary issues with ethics in finance.
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture | 21 | 1.5 | 31.5 |
| Seminar | 9 | 1 | 9 |
| Private study hours | 159.5 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 40.5 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200 | ||
This could include a variety of activities, such as reading, online MCQs, question practice and preparation, and exam preparation.
Students will be able to monitor their progress through fortnightly seminars and multi-choice question practice on Minerva. In addition, model answers for seminar and exam practice questions will also be made available against which students can assess their own performance. Formative feedback will also be provided through discussion boards, and half way through the course in the form of an MCQ test to test students understanding of the concepts introduced in the first semester.
| Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc) | 3.0 Hrs Mins | 100 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 100 | |
The resit for this module will be 100% by 3 hour examination.
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 6/5/2024
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