Postgraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2024-2025

Module FINN42115: Multi-National Finance

Department: Finance

FINN42115: Multi-National Finance

Type	Tied	Level	4	Credits	15	Availability	Available in 2024/2025	Module Cap	None.

Tied to	N2P209
Tied to	N1KL07
Tied to	N3K109
Tied to	N3K209
Tied to	N3K309
Tied to	N3K409
Tied to	N3K709
Tied to	N3KC09
Tied to	N3K807

Prerequisites

None

Corequisites

None

Excluded Combination of Modules

None

Aims

To provide students with an up to date and advanced understanding of the issues that confront the financial management of multinational companies.

Content

The International Business Environment;
Currency Risk and Currency Risk Management;
Foreign Direct Investment;
International Capital Budgeting;
Multinational Cost of Capital and Capital Structure;
Country Risk Analysis.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:

Have an appreciation of the complexity and contradictions of the current academic literature in the field of financial management of multinational companies;
Have an advanced understanding of risks encountered by multinational companies and the process of managing these risks;
Have an advanced understanding of complexities and complications in the processes of foreign investment and financing decisions of multinational companies.

Subject-specific Skills:

Have the ability to learn and work independently in the area of multinational finance, exercising critical judgement and discrimination in the resolution of complex problematic situations.

Key Skills:

Written Communication;
Planning, Organising and Time Management;
Problem Solving and analysis;
Using initiative;
Adaptability;
Numeracy;
Computer Literacy

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

A combination of lectures, seminars and guided reading will contribute to achieving the aims and learning outcomes of this module.
The summative written examination will test students' knowledge and critical understanding of the material covered in the module, their analytical and problem-solving skills.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Activity	Number	Frequency	Duration	Total/Hours
Lectures	10	1 per week	2 hours	20
Seminars	4	1 per fortnight	1 hour	4
Preparation and Reading				126
Total				150

Summative Assessment

Component: Examination		Component Weighting: 100%
Element	Length / duration	Element Weighting	Resit Opportunity
Written in-person Examination	2 hours	100%	same

Formative Assessment:

Work prepared by students for seminars; answers to questions either discussed during a seminar, or posted on Learn Ultra; feedback on discussions with teaching staff during consultation hours, or via e-mail.

■ 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