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Syllabus 2019-20 - 11121007 - Introduction to Finance (Introducción a las finanzas)

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DEGREE: Grado en Administración y dirección de empresas
FACULTY: FACULTY OF LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
ACADEMIC YEAR: 2019-20
COURSE: Introduction to Finance
SYLLABUS
1. COURSE BASIC INFORMATION
NAME: Introduction to Finance
CODE: 11121007 ACADEMIC YEAR: 2019-20
LANGUAGE: English LEVEL: 3
ECTS CREDITS: 6.0 YEAR: 1 SEMESTER: SC
2. LECTURER BASIC INFORMATION
NAME: CARRILLO HIDALGO, ISABEL
DEPARTMENT: U137 - ECONOMÍA FINANCIERA Y CONTABILIDAD
FIELD OF STUDY: 230 - ECONOMÍA FINANCIERA Y CONTABILIDAD
OFFICE NO.: 90 - 134 E-MAIL: ihidalgo@ujaen.es P: 953212189
WEBSITE: -
ORCID: -
LANGUAGE: - LEVEL: 3
3. CONTENT DESCRIPTION

Unit 1. Introduction to finance

Unit 2. The time value of money. 

Unit 3. Annuities.

Unit 4. Loan operations. 

Unit 5. Business investment and financing

Unit 6. The financial structure of the company

Unit 7. The cost of capital of a financing project

Unit 8. Investment evaluation. Decision criteria

Unit 9. Capital budgeting

4. COURSE DESCRIPTION AND TEACHING METHODOLOGY

The theoretical concepts will be exposed by the teacher. An active participation of the students is expected. The teacher will possibly inquire the students about the concepts revised in the class to assess their command on those concepts. 

The clases on practical skills will be given in the computerroom, using Microsoft Excel (TM). 

 

Students with special educational needs should contact the Student Attention Service (Servicio de Atención y Ayudas al Estudiante) in order to receive the appropriate academic support

5. ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY

ORDINARY EXAMS

Theoretic concepts (40%): for the ordinary exams (May-June), the student's knowledge on these concepts will be assessed by a final quiz. 

Practical skills (60%): for the ordinary exams (May-June), the student will take one or various exercises during the classes (20%), as well as the final exam (40%).

NON-ORDINARY EXAMS

For the non-ordinary exams, there will be only one final exam (100%): theoretic (50%) and practice (50%)

6. BOOKLIST
MAIN BOOKLIST:
  • Fundamentals of corporate finance. Edition: 7th ed. Author: Brealey, Richard A.. Publisher: New York : McGraw-Hill Irwin , cop. 2012  (Library)