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| Title |
Advanced Finance
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| Semester |
E2024
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| Master programme in |
Business Administration and Leadership / Social Entrepreneurship and Management / Business Administration and Leadership
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| Type of activity |
Course |
| Teaching language |
English
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| Study regulation |
Read about the Master Programme and find the Study Regulations at ruc.dk |
| REGISTRATION AND STUDY ADMINISTRATIVE | |
| Registration |
You register for activities through stads selvbetjening during the announced registration period, which you can see on the Study administration homepage. When registering for courses, please be aware of the potential conflicts and overlaps between course and exam time and dates. The planning of course activities at Roskilde University is based on the recommended study programmes, which should not overlap. However, if you choose optional courses and/or study plans that goes beyond the recommended study programmes, an overlap of lectures or exam dates may occur depending on which courses you choose. |
| Number of participants |
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| ECTS |
5
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| Responsible for the activity |
Johannes Kabderian Dreyer (jodreyer@ruc.dk)
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| Head of study |
Mette Apollo Rasmussen (apollo@ruc.dk)
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| Teachers |
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| Study administration |
ISE Registration & Exams (ise-exams@ruc.dk)
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| Exam code(s) |
U60283GB
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| ACADEMIC CONTENT | |
| Overall objective |
Advanced study course in business administration. The course covers core concepts and theories within modern financial economics. It includes methods of project and investment evaluations, mainly with focus on capital markets and asset-pricing. It involves students in advanced discussions on the applications of capital budgeting techniques as well as analysis of the relationship between risk and return of single investment projects or portfolios (portfolio theory). Main topics include, but are not restricted to asset valuation, capital budgeting, investment diversification, portfolio selection, pricing of risky assets and equilibrium prices under different assumptions of market efficiency. |
| Detailed description of content |
Overall Content: Students are expected to learn theories and methods used in financial management for evaluating investments opportunities. They learn to identify and collect relevant data as well as to choose relevant financial theories to help them undertake investment decisions. The course literature varies and is a collection of articles and chapters of different sources indicated by the teacher. Although flexible, examples of expected topics to be covered are:
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| Course material and Reading list |
Given the diversified literature used along the course, literature and lists of exercises will be posted at moodle. |
| Overall plan and expected work effort |
5 ECTS, equivalent to 135 hours of work Expected distribution of hours are as follows: 20 hours of lectures
111 hours preparation for classes: 55 hours theory, 56 hours exercises Teaching and learning activities: Teaching and learning activities will be mainly conducted through: - In class teaching; - Homework individually or in study groups. |
| Format |
Campus |
| Evaluation and feedback |
The course is a part of the study board's evaluation rotation this semester. The students will be asked to evaluate mid-term and by the end of the course (a survey) according to the evaluation practice of the study board. |
| Programme |
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| ASSESSMENT | |
| Overall learning outcomes |
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| Form of examination |
Individual written invigilated exam.
The duration of the exam is 4 hours. Permitted support and preparation materials for the exam: Computer without internet access during the exam, pocket calculator, course material and own notes. Assessment: 7-point grading scale. |
| Form of Re-examination |
Samme som ordinær eksamen / same form as ordinary exam
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| Type of examination in special cases |
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| Examination and assessment criteria |
It will be assessed to which degree the student demonstrates
Even though important, English proficiency is secondary in the final assessment. The points of the exam will be weighted to make the exam coherent with the weighting of each topic in the syllabus. |
| Exam code(s) | |
| Last changed | 11/09/2024 |
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