Degree Level Course
Foundations of Finance
Course ID: BSMS3034
Course Credits: 4
Course Type: Elective
Pre-requisites: None
Degree Level Course
Foundations of Finance
Course ID: BSMS3034
Course Credits: 4
Course Type: Elective
Pre-requisites: None
Course structure & Assessments
For details of standard course structure and assessments, visit Academics page.
| WEEK 1 | Introduction to Finance |
| WEEK 2 | Present Value, Annuities and Perpetuities |
| WEEK 3 | Capital Budgeting Rules, Time Varying Rates of Return, Uncertainty, Default and Risk |
| WEEK 4 | Investment: Risk and Rewards, Choice Under Uncertainty |
| WEEK 5 | Portfolio Theory |
| WEEK 6 | Capital Asset Pricing Theory |
| WEEK 7 | Other Pricing Models: Factor Models, Arbitrage Pricing Theory |
| WEEK 8 | Market Efficiency: Market Imperfections, and Applications to Capital Budgeting Rules |
| WEEK 9 | Introduction to Derivative Securities and Basic Options Theory I |
| WEEK 10 | Introduction to Derivative Securities and Basic Options Theory II |
| WEEK 11 | Foreign Exchange Markets and International Financial System |
| WEEK 12 | Financial Crises |
Prescribed Books
The following are the suggested books for the course:
Corporate Finance by Ivo Welch.
Investment Science by David Luenberger. Oxford University Press.
The Economics of Money, Banking, and Financial Markets Book by Frederic Mishkin. Pearson.