ES20070: Money and finance
[Page last updated: 02 August 2022]
Academic Year: | 2022/23 |
Owning Department/School: | Department of Economics |
Credits: | 12 [equivalent to 24 CATS credits] |
Notional Study Hours: | 240 |
Level: | Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) |
Period: |
- Academic Year
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Assessment Summary: | CW 40%, OT 60% |
Assessment Detail: |
- Semester 1 Group Presentation (OT 40%)
- Semester 1 Class Test (OT 20%)
- Semester 2 Coursework (CW 40%)
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Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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Requisites: |
Before taking this module you must take ES10002 OR take ES10010
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Learning Outcomes:
| At the end of the unit students should be able to:
* analyse the roles of financial markets and financial intermediaries;
* explain how the pricing of financial instruments takes place;
* understand the link between financial markets and economic policy.
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Aims: | * To provide an introduction to financial markets and their operation;
* To understand the pricing of financial instruments;
* To enable students to understand the links between financial markets and the real economy;
* To demonstrate linkages between economic policy and financial markets.
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Skills: | Use and analysis of economic data; problem-solving; understanding of financial and monetary theory expressed in written form through an examination.
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Content: | Financial decision making with risky assets; portfolio diversification; introduction to the CAPM model; interest rate determination; overview of the operation of money markets and how money market instruments are priced; introduction to bond markets; the term structure of interest rates; introduction to derivative markets - futures, options, swaps.
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Programme availability: |
ES20070 is Optional on the following programmes:
Department of Economics
- UHES-AFB03 : BSc(Hons) Economics (Year 2)
- UHES-AAB03 : BSc(Hons) Economics with Study year abroad (Year 2)
- UHES-AKB03 : BSc(Hons) Economics with Year long work placement (Year 2)
- UHES-AFB01 : BSc(Hons) Economics and Politics (Year 2)
- UHES-AAB01 : BSc(Hons) Economics and Politics with Study year abroad (Year 2)
- UHES-AKB01 : BSc(Hons) Economics and Politics with Year long work placement (Year 2)
- UHES-ACB01 : BSc(Hons) Economics and Politics with Combined Placement and Study Abroad (Year 2)
- UHES-ACB03 : BSc(Hons) Economics with Combined Placement and Study Abroad (Year 2)
Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies
- UHPL-AFB10 : BSc(Hons) Politics with Economics (Year 2)
- UHPL-AFB10 : BSc(Hons) Politics with Economics (Year 3)
- UHPL-AAB10 : BSc(Hons) Politics with Economics with Study year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AAB10 : BSc(Hons) Politics with Economics with Study year abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AKB10 : BSc(Hons) Politics with Economics with Year long work placement (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB10 : BSc(Hons) Politics with Economics with Year long work placement (Year 4)
Department of Social & Policy Sciences
- UHSP-AFB21 : BSc(Hons) International Development with Economics (Year 2)
- UHSP-AKB21 : BSc(Hons) International Development with Economics with Year long work placement (Year 2)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2022/23 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2023/24 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2022/23.
- Programmes 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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