COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FOREIGN TRADE FINANCING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
UAT 4079 FOREIGN TRADE FINANCING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

International Trade

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR NEHIR BALCI

Offered to

International Trade

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   Understand the difference between foreign trade financing and business finance
2   To have information about foreign trade financing methods
3   To have information about payment methods in foreign trade
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 Mid Term Exam
8 Supply Chain Finance
9 Supply Chain Finance
10 Inventory Financing
11 Export Credit Insurance
12 Eximbank
13 Foreign Trade Financing Use in Companies
14 Foreign Trade Financing Use in Companies
15 Foreign Trade Financing Use in Companies
16 Final Exam
17 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

International Chamber of Commerce resources and related books.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture by instructor, class discussion conducted by instructor, problem solving or case studies, question and answer teaching method.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

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

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The Regulation of Dokuz Eylul University on Education and Examination in Associate's and Bachelor's Degrees.
The Code of Practices of School of Applied Sciences on Education and Examination.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

nehir.balci@deu.edu.tr

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 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 16 16
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 113

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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