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Programme and Module Handbook

Postgraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2007-2008 (archived)

Module BUSI55815: TREASURY MANAGEMENT AND CAPITAL MARKETS (DL)

Department: Economics, Finance and Business (Business)

BUSI55815: TREASURY MANAGEMENT AND CAPITAL MARKETS (DL)

Type Tied Level 4 Credits 15 Availability Available in 2007/08 Module Cap
Tied to N1D317
Tied to N1D217
Tied to N1D314

Prerequisites

  • None.

Corequisites

  • None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

  • None.

Aims

  • To develop students’ advanced knowledge and understanding of key issues in treasury management.
  • To provide students with the opportunity to become familiar with recent developments in treasury management.

Content

  • The Role of Treasury
  • The Role of the Financial System
  • Financing the Group
  • The Determination of Interest Rates
  • The Principles of Financial Asset Valuation
  • Short-Term Financing: Money Markets and their Instruments
  • Long-Term Financing: Equity
  • Long-Term Financing: Debt

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:
  • By the end of the module students will have an advanced understanding and critical appreciation of:
  • the Role of Treasury;
  • the Role of the Financial System;
  • financing the Group;
  • the Determination of Interest Rates;
  • the Principles of Financial Asset Valuation;
  • Short-Term Financing: Money Markets and their Instruments;
  • Long-Term Financing: Equity;
  • Long-Term Financing: Debt.
Subject-specific Skills:
    Key Skills:

      Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

      • The module is delivered in discrete Units. These are designed to enable the learning outcomes to be achieved through a combination of specially written material, directed reading, reflection through self-assessed assignments and guidance for further reading. Module tutors provide feedback on formative work and are available for individual consultation as necessary (by email, telephone, post or fax).
      • The written assignment will test students’ understanding of relevant concepts and their ability to apply and interpret what they have learned to the analysis of a particular issue in depth.

      Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

      Activity Number Frequency Duration Total/Hours
      D L Study Units (a combination of specially written material, directed reading, self-assessed assignments and guidance for further reading) 150
      Total 150

      Summative Assessment

      Component: Written Assignment Component Weighting: 100%
      Element Length / duration Element Weighting Resit Opportunity
      Written Assignment 4,000 words maximum 100%

      Formative Assessment:

      None.


      Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University