MN22154: Corporate finance and investments
[Page last updated: 09 August 2024]
| Academic Year: | 2024/25 |
| Owning Department/School: | School of Management |
| Credits: | 10 [equivalent to 20 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 200 |
| Level: | Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) |
| Period: |
- Semester 1
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| Assessment Summary: | EXCB 100% |
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
By the end of this unit, you will be able to:
- identify key financial issues and challenges for corporations;
- evaluate financial decisions with a view to identifying feasible solutions;
- apply models, theories and best practice to analyse financial problems in context;
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| Synopsis: | Building on the introductory accounting and finance course, you will further develop your understanding of financial issues within corporations, giving you the tools to apply models and theories to capital budgeting, strategic and tactical financial decisions.
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| Content: | Corporate valuation
Project valuation
Strategic financial decisions
capital structure
pay-out policy
Tactical financing decisions
raising new finance
'going public'
Financial risk management
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| Course availability: |
MN22154 is Optional on the following courses:
School of Management
- UMMN-AFB11 : BSc(Hons) Accounting and Management (Year 2)
- UMMN-AKB11 : BSc(Hons) Accounting and Management with work placement (Year 2)
- UMMN-ANB07 : BSc(Hons) Business with Thin sandwich placement(s) (Year 3)
- UMMN-AKB13 : BSc(Hons) International Management with year abroad (Year 2)
- UMMN-AFB14 : BSc(Hons) Management (Year 2)
- UMMN-AKB15 : BSc(Hons) Management with Marketing with work placement (Year 2)
- UMMN-AKB14 : BSc(Hons) Management with work placement (Year 2)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2024/25 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2025/26 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2024/25.
- Courses and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
- Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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