COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FOREIGN TRADE FINANCING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IBS 3006 FOREIGN TRADE FINANCING COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

International Business and Trade

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR GÜLÜZAR KURT GÜMÜŞ

Offered to

International Business and Trade
International Trade and Business (English)

Course Objective

To give detailed information about the payment methods in international trade, foreign trade financing methods, and the fields those methods are used.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1 Understand the difference between foreign trade financing and business finance
2   2 To have information about foreign trade financing methods
3   3 To have information about payment methods in foreign trade
4   4 To be able to compare costs of foreign trade financing methods

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Foreign Trade Financing vs Business Finance: Differences and Similarities
2 Risk in International Trade
3 International Payment Methods, Terms of Payments
4 Letter of Credit
5 Leasing-Factoring-Forfaiting
6 Bank Payment Obligation
7 Supply Chain Finance
8 Inventory Financing
9 Export Credit Insurance
10 Eximbank
11 Foreign Trade Financing Use in Companies
12 Foreign Trade Financing Use in Companies

Recomended or Required Reading

International Chamber of Commerce resources and related books.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures
2. Presentations

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MT Midterm
2 TP Termproject
3 FN Final
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MT * 0.30 +TP * 0.20 + FN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MT * 0.30 + TP * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. The learner will describe the fundamentals of foreign trade
2. The learner will recognize issues of financing through foreign trade process
3. The learner will explain financial calculations for foreign trade activities

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attending at least 70 percent of lectures as mandatory.
2. Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Gülüzar KURT GÜMÜŞ
E-mail: guluzar.kurt@deu.edu.tr
Phone: 02323018229

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 1 12
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 1,5 2
Midterm 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 122

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.155
LO.2555
LO.3555
LO.4555

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