COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FOREIGN TRADE FINANCING

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 (English)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR GÜLÜZAR KURT GÜMÜŞ

Offered to

International Business and Trade (English)
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 Financial Statements
3 Risk in International Trade
4 Borsa Istanbul Futures and Options Market
5 International Payment Methods, Terms of Payments
6 Letter of Credit
7 Leasing-Factoring-Forfaiting
8 Bank Payment Obligation
9 Supply Chain Finance
10 Inventory Financing
11 Export Credit Insurance
12 Eximbank
13 Foreign Trade Financing Use in Companies
14 General Overview
15 Foreign Trade Financing Use in Companies
16 Foreign Trade Financing Use in Companies
17 Foreign Trade Financing Use in Companies
18 General Overview

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


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

CRITERIA USED IN EVALUATING THE ASSIGNMENT:
1- Face-to-face meeting with a company that exports and has a finance department (30%)
2- It should cover the content specified below and be prepared in accordance with academic writing rules, including the specified information (50%)
-Cover page,
-Summary/Abstract
-Table of Contents
-Introduction
-Information about your term project company
-Answers your questions
-Studen's evaluation about those answers by considering all topics we have discussed in class up to now.
-Conclusion (what do you offer to this company accordingly our topics in this course)
-References
- Appendix (picture which was taken during the interview)
3- Making a presentation that complies with the rules and fully reflects the content (20%)

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 14 3 42
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) 128

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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