YFFBPRA4 Teaching Practice, 4th period Course description

Se omtale av praksis i programplanen

Se omtale av praksis i programplanen

Ingen.

After completing the course, the student should have the following overall learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student has

• advanced knowledge of key topics in corporate finance, including theories, tools and methods within the field.

• advanced knowledge about how companies raise private and public capital and decide on the capital structure.

• advanced knowledge about how companies can engage in value enhancing strategies and complete mergers and acquisitions (M&As).

• advanced knowledge about how companies manage their working capital and determine payout policies.

• a deep understanding of the role of corporate finance in society and its interrelations with other disciplines.

Skills

The student can

• review and discuss key concepts and theories in corporate finance.

• apply the knowledge acquired and relevant theories within financial management and work with complex practical and theoretical problem solving.

• analyze and relate critically to various sources of financial information and use these to structure and formulate professional reasoning.

• set the grounds to carry out limited empirical research projects under supervision (e.g., a sketch of the research proposal for the master thesis).

General competence

The student can

• analyze and propose solutions to contemporary corporate finance problems which managers of companies face in their day-to-day business.

• apply his/her knowledge and skills in new areas in order to carry out advanced assignments and projects.

• communicate extensive independent work and master language and terminology of the academic field.

• communicate about professional and academic issues, analyses, and conclusions in the field, both with specialists and the general public.

En ekstern og en intern sensor vurderer alle besvarelsene.

The following coursework requirements must have been approved in order for the student to take the exam:

• Coursework 1: Tools, excel templates. The students will take the tools proposed in the classroom and will adapt those tools to different setups in a practical excel exercise.

• Coursework 2: Practitioner Cases/Research Paper Analysis. Students will be asked to make a presentation of a "real-world" case or research paper. Students will present the main take-homes to the rest of the class. The presentation will last approximately 15 minutes.

• Coursework 3: Stylized Facts from Research Data. Students will be assigned a Stata database and will be asked to provide stylized facts (e.g., graphs) related to the topics covered in the lectures.

The purpose of the coursework requirements is to familiarize students with trending topics in corporate finance, get them familiarized with the main tools used in financial management, and to exercise financial data analysis and visualization.

All requirements will be done in groups of 4-5 students.

All required coursework must be completed and approved by the given deadline in order for the student to take the exam. If one or more coursework requirements have not been approved, the student will be given one opportunity to submit an improved version by the given deadline

The following aids are permitted:

Calculator (see regulations for the use of calculators in the program description)

Excel

All handwritten and printed support material is allowed.

Grade scale A-F

The exam papers are assessed by one internal and one external examiner.

At least 25% of the exam papers will be assessed by two examiners. The grades awarded for the papers assessed by two examiners form the basis for determining the level for all the exam papers