COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MANAGERIAL FINANCE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
UFN 3001 MANAGERIAL FINANCE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (UOLP-SUNY ALBANY)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR PINAR EVRIM MANDACI

Offered to

ECONOMICS (UOLP-SUNY ALBANY)
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (UOLP-SUNY ALBANY)

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to help the students to understand the relationship between risk and return,
comprehend the long-term investment decisions, highlight the cost of capital and capital structure issues, dividend
policies and business failures.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Calculate risk and return for a security and a portfolio through risk and return concepts.
2   Evaluate capital investment projects of a corporation through basic capital budgeting techniques.
3   Determine the cost of equity and debt to calculate the weighted average cost of capital.
4   Identify the optimal capital structure through financial leverage, break-even analysis, and capital structure concepts and theories.
5   Review types of dividend policies.
6   Examine the types and major causes of business failure.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Overview of Time Value of Money Ch. 4
2 Risk and Return Ch. 6
3 Risk and Return Ch. 6
4 Cost of Capital Ch. 5 Bond Valuation and Ch. 7 Stock Valuation
5 The Cost of Capital Ch. 9
6 Capital Budgeting Techniques Ch. 10
7 Capital Budgeting: Estimating Cash Flows and Risk Analysis Ch. 11
8 Dividend Policy Ch. 14
9 Capital Structure Decisions Ch. 15
10 Capital Structure Decisions Ch. 15
11 Financial Failure Ch. 22
12 Review

Recomended or Required Reading

EHRHARDT, Michael C. ve BRIGHAM, Eugene F. (2011) Financial Management: Theory and Practice, 13th Edition, Southwestern Cengage Learning, US

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures
2. Presentations
3. Solving the assigned cases and problems

Assessment Methods

To be announced!

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. The learner will calculate risk and return of securities and portfolios.
2. The learner will apply capital budgeting techniques to evaluate capital investment decisions of firms.
3. The learner will calculate the cost of debt, cost of equity and weighted average cost of capital.
4. The learner will evaluate the optimal capital structure of a corporation.
5. The learner will clearly differentiate between the basic types of dividend policies.
6. The learner will describe the underlying causes of business failures.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attending at least 70 percent of the lectures is mandatory.
2. Violations of plagiarism of any kind will result in a disciplinary action.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

E: banu.durukan@deu.edu.tr
T: (0232) 3018248

Office Hours

Tuesday 12:30-13:30 or by appointment

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Tutorials 12 1 12
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 7 2 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Preparation for quiz etc. 2 3 6
Preparing presentations 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0
Preparing individual assignments (Term project etc.) 4 5 20
Preparing group assignments (Term project etc.) 1 15 15
Quiz etc. 2 1 2
Final 1 1,5 2
Midterm 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 121

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.14
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55
LO.644

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