This module is not currently running in 2024 to 2025.
Time value of money: Basic concepts, Compounding to determine future values, Inflation,
Financial valuation and cash flow analysis: Discounting, Interest rates and time requirements, Future and Present value. Project Evaluation
Characteristics of different financial securities: Debt capital, bonds and stocks, valuation of bonds and stocks
Terminology in finance: Securities markets, primary market, secondary securities markets, the role of the various financial markets.
Total contact hours: 42
Private study hours: 108
Total study hours: 150
Autumn
80% examination and 20% coursework.
(The coursework mark alone will not be sufficient to demonstrate the student's level of achievement on the module.)
Herbert B. Mayo, Basic Finance: An Introduction to Financial Institutions, Investments and Management, 10th Edition, South-Western College Pub, 2011
Ronald W. Melicher, Introduction to Finance: Markets, Investments, and Financial Management 15th Edition, Wiley, 2013
See the library reading list for this module (Canterbury)
The intended subject specific learning outcomes.
On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
1. demonstrate knowledge of the underlying concepts and principles associated with introductory aspects of finance;
2. demonstrate the capability to make sound judgements in accordance with the basic theories and concepts in the following areas, whilst demonstrating a reasonable level of skill in calculation and manipulation of the material: time value of money, project evaluation and decisions, fundamental terminology of finance, characteristics of different financial securities, role of various financial markets;
3. apply the underlying concepts and principles associated with these introductory aspects of finance in several well-defined contexts, showing an ability to evaluate the appropriateness of different approaches to solving problems in this area.
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