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BU5034: ISSUES IN CORPORATE FINANCE (2020-2021)

Last modified: 05 Aug 2021 13:04


Course Overview

This course introduces students to basic financial concepts before moving on to introduce students to a number of areas of corporate finance including investment appraisal decisions, examining capital structure theory, the financing decisions of the firm, and corporate restructuring. The main aim of the course is to equip students with good analytical skills in order to understand the implications of corporate financing decisions by understanding why companies behave the way they do with respect to financing choices and how this interacts with the real world financial markets, and to enable students to understand the theoretical underpinnings of corporate finance theory.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Session First Sub Session Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Laura Mccann

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Any Postgraduate Programme
  • One of Master Of Science In International Finance And Political Relations or Master Of Science In Corporate Finance And Law or () or Master Of Science In International Finance or MSc (Econ) in Finance and Investment Management (Includes Cfa Exam) or Master Of Science In International Finance (Includes Cfa Exam) or MSc in Accounting and Finance or () or Master Of Laws In Corporate Finance And Law

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

This course will draw mainly on theories and practice of Corporate Finance in order to introduce students to theories, concepts and techniques of analysis that are typical of situations faced by financial managers within a corporate entity. The course’s basic aims may be organised into four groups: (i) How can companies value investments? (ii) How can companies minimise the failure of a project? (iii) How can companies finance their investments, decide on dividends and manage financial planning? (iv) How can companies change their ownership and control?


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 31 August 2023 for 1st half-session courses and 22 December 2023 for 2nd half-session courses.

Summative Assessments

Bloomberg certificate (10%)

DataStream certificate (10%)

MCQ/Short Answer Test (40%)

Alternative assessment (40%) - 3 qualitative/quantitative questions from 5. Total word count would be 3000 - 5000 words depending on questions chosen.

Alternative Resit Arrangements for students taking course in Academic Year 2020/21

Resit: 100% alternative assessment, students to answer 3 essay questions from 5. Total word count would be 3,000-5,000 words depending on questions chosen.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
FactualRememberILO’s for this course are available in the course guide.

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