Nivå/kategori

Yrkesstudier

Undervisningsspråk

Engelska

Kurstyp

Obligatorisk

Cykel/nivå

Yrkeshögskoleexamen

Rekommenderat studieår

2

Omfattning

5 sp

Kompetensmål

The aim of the course is to give a detailed
understanding of the financial markets and the
financial services industry. This relates to
both instruments and structures as well as
market participants and their roles.

Läranderesultat

At the end of the course the student is
expected to
- understand the functioning of financial
markets
- know the main financial instruments and their
use
- analyze pros and cons of different financial
instruments
- know the different counterparties, their
roles and the functioning of the Financial
Services Industry
- analyze and discuss the main trends on the
financial markets during recent years

Innehåll

- financial markets and structures
- main financial instruments available, and
their use
- market counterparties and roles
- the financial services industry
- characteristics of the Finnish financial
markets

Förkunskaper

The course Introduction to Financial Management or
equivalent

Kursen ersätter följande kurser

none

Litteratur

The course literature is not limited to the
literature listed below. The student can freely
use alternative literature with similar contents.

Principles of Corporate Finance
Brealey, Myers, Allen 889p
McGrawHill, Latest edition

Material relevant to each individual topic,
published by financial market actors, government
bodies, regulators etc.

Studieaktiviteter

  • Föreläsningar - 25 timmar
  • Basgruppsarbete - 15 timmar
  • Projekt- och produktionsarbete/konstnärlig verksamhet - 40 timmar
  • Självstudier - 54 timmar

Arbetsbelastning

  • Kursens totala antal arbetstimmar: 134 timmar
  • Varav självstyrda studieformer: 134 timmar
  • Varav schemalagda studier: 0 timmar

Undervisningsform

Närundervisning

Examinationsformer

Essä, rapporter, produktioner och portfolio

Examinationskrav

No mandatory attendance at lectures
Mandatory attendance at 50% of presentations
Group assignment:
In groups of 3 students, prepare a written report
or essay on a selected topic. Minimum 12 pages of
text (+ title page, index, list of sources etc).
Presentation of the report to the class
Discussion after presentations
Report stands for 80% of the grade, presentation
20%
Groups are assessed as one unit and every member
in a group gets the same grade. Teacher allocates
members to groups. Each group prepares an
individual report: direct copy-pasting will lead
to failure.
Grade given cannot be improved on, but a failed
report can be resubmitted.
Missing the deadline will reduce grade by 1.

Lärare

Stenius Andreas

Examinator

Stenius Andreas

Antal kursplatser

Ingen begränsning

Delprestation i kraft till

12 månader efter kursens slutdatum

Examinationsformer

Datum meddelas senare - Rapporter och produktioner

Kurs och studieplanssökning