FIN1320D ​Introduction to Finance

Academic Year 2023/2024

Finance plays an important role in the overall health of the economy. Both businesses and individuals are confronted with financing and investing decisions on a regular basis. For example, organisations must decide what investments to make and how these investments should be financed. Organisations need to be able to identify and quantify the risks they run. The financial toolkit helps you to answer these questions.

We will cover valuation principles for financial assets (shares and bonds), investment decisions and the foundations of risk and return.

This module will give you a firm foundaiotn for the 3rd finacen module and other finance areas.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this module, students will have a good understanding of:
1) How firms work
2) The importance of corporate governance
3) The Investment Decision
4) Valuation of Shares and Bonds
5) Project Evaluation (capital budgeting)
6) The relationship between risk & return

Indicative Module Content:

1) Time value of money
2) Links to accounting
3) Valuation of Bonds (debt)
4) Valuation of Shares
5) Project Evaluation
6 )Risk & Return
7) WACC - calcualtion & Use

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

14
Specified Learning Activities

25
Autonomous Student Learning

86
Total

125
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Lectures and tutorials will be held as per the schedule and students will get to apply theories learned in the module on a real-life company. There will in-semester assessment to promote student learning. There will also be an end of semester exam. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Assignment: Assignment Varies over the Trimester n/a Graded No

50
Examination: Exam 2 hour End of Trimester Exam No Graded No

50

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

General feedback is provided to students on all their submitted assessment components

Principles of Corporate Finance by Brealey, Richard; Myers, Stewart; Allen, Franklin, McGraw Hill Education
10th Edition (2020).
The book has just gone to an eleventh edition (2023). The 10th edition is morea readily accessable so the mosule will be based on the 10th edition. Any edition of the book will work as your guide.
Name Role
Ms Fiona Hickey Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Orna O'Brien Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Vassilios Papavassiliou Tutor
Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
 
Autumn
      
Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 0, 5, 9 Fri 09:00 - 11:50
Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 9 Sat 14:00 - 17:50
Autumn