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COURSE UNIT TITLECOURSE UNIT CODESEMESTERTHEORY + PRACTICE (Hour)ECTS
THEORY OF FINANCE ECON531 - 3 + 0 10

TYPE OF COURSE UNITElective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNITMaster's Degree With Thesis
YEAR OF STUDY-
SEMESTER-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED10
NAME OF LECTURER(S). Servıs Servıs
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT At the end of this course, the students;
1) are equipped with the fundamental financial concepts and tools underlying modern finance such as the valuation of financial and real assets, portfolio choice, asset pricing models and the derivative securities.
MODE OF DELIVERYFace to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSENo
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTNone
COURSE DEFINITIONThis course provides students a concrete knowledge of modern finance theory and models.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEKTOPICS
1st Week Introduction to Finance
2nd Week Present Value (PV)
3rd Week Fixed Income Securities
4th Week Fixed Income Securities Cont.
5th Week Common Stocks
6th Week Common Stocks Cont.
7th Week Capital investments
8th Week Mid-Term
9th Week Intoduction to Return and Risk
10th Week Portfolio Choice
11th Week Portfolio Choice Cont.
12th Week Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
13th Week Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) Cont.
14th Week Efficient Market Hypothesis
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READINGBrealey, Myers and Allen, Principles of Corporate Finance, McGraw Hill, 2007.
Zvi Bodie and Robert C. Merton, Finance, Prenctice Hall, 2000.
Edwin J. Elton and Martin J. Gruber, Modern Portfolio Theory and Investment Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1995
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODSLecture,Discussion,Problem Solving
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 QuantityPercentage(%)
Mid-term140
Assignment110
Total(%)50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)50
Total(%)100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities Number Hours Workload
Midterm exam122
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work14570
Preparation for Final exam17070
Course hours14342
Preparation for Midterm exam16060
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam122
Homework15555
Total Workload301
Total Workload / 3010,03
ECTS Credits of the Course10
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTIONTurkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)No
  

KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES (KLO) / MATRIX OF LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO)
LO1
K1  X
K2  X
K3  X
K4  X
K5  X
K6  X
K7  X
K8  X
K9  X
K10