Principles of Finance

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the theory of individual choice among financial assets
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of choices under uncertainty
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the consumption and investment decisions with capital markets
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of Portfolio construction and formal asset pricing models, such as the CAPM and APT; the issue of efficiency in financial markets, with particular emphasis on the underlying information structure

The module provides a comprehensive introduction to the theory associated with equilibrium asset pricing models.

Teaching and learning methods

Lectures and tutorials.

Resources & Reading list

General Resources

Lecture notes in priniciples of finance.

Assessment strategy

Various pieces of formative assessment delivered online throughout the semester.

Summative assessment consists of:

Participation and/or performance in online quizzes (15%) during the semester,

Fixed-time online assignment (15%) during the semester,

End of semester examination (70%).

Resit Assessment – Fixed-time online assignment (100%) during the supplementary session.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External