Last modified: 08 Oct 2025 14:47
This course is designed to equip students with a thorough understanding of corporate finance theory, enabling them to grasp the implications of corporate finance decisions comprehensively. It aims to deepen students' knowledge of the fundamental theories underpinning corporate finance while enhancing their intellectual capabilities. Through the course, students will gain insights into corporate financing choices and their interaction with financial markets, thereby solidifying their theoretical foundation for analysing and understanding corporate behaviour and performance.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 3 |
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| Term | First Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Offshore | Sustained Study | No |
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This course introduces various concepts and theories in areas related to corporate finance from a basic to a more in-depth level in order to help students gain a comprehensive understanding of corporate finance. Specifically, students will learn some of the financial concepts that are crucial in corporate finance, such as: financial decision making, the main sources of financing for a firm: equity and debt, cost of equity and debt, cost of capital, risk and return, etc. In addition, the course will discuss key factors that influence the decision-making process of the firm, such as agency problems between shareholders, managers and debtholders, information asymmetries between managers and shareholders and their impact, and the implications of behavioural finance for corporate behaviour.
Key topics covered in the course may include but not be limited to:
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 75 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
2-hour final exam assessment consisting of a mix of qualitative and quantitative questions. General feedback provided by course lecturer |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Apply | To implement knowledge and analytical skills in evaluating the way in which companies make financing decisions and the implications of these decisions for financial markets. |
| Conceptual | Understand | The course aims to equip students with a comprehensive understanding of the fundamental theories in corporate finance. |
| Factual | Analyse | To develop practical skills that will enable students to think through the problems of corporate finance in a rigorous, rapid and logical way. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 25 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
1-hour Multiple Choice and Short Answer Test worth 25% of overall grade. General feedback provided by course lecturer. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Apply | To implement knowledge and analytical skills in evaluating the way in which companies make financing decisions and the implications of these decisions for financial markets. |
| Conceptual | Understand | The course aims to equip students with a comprehensive understanding of the fundamental theories in corporate finance. |
| Factual | Analyse | To develop practical skills that will enable students to think through the problems of corporate finance in a rigorous, rapid and logical way. |
There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
2-hour Resit Exam. Resit marks are not released until the resit board takes place - this is usually August. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Factual | Analyse | To develop practical skills that will enable students to think through the problems of corporate finance in a rigorous, rapid and logical way. |
| Conceptual | Apply | To implement knowledge and analytical skills in evaluating the way in which companies make financing decisions and the implications of these decisions for financial markets. |
| Conceptual | Understand | The course aims to equip students with a comprehensive understanding of the fundamental theories in corporate finance. |
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