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FIN3005D

Academic Year 2023/2024

Financial Management (FIN3005D)

Subject:
Finance
College:
Business
School:
Business
Level:
3 (Degree)
Credits:
10
Module Coordinator:
John Kelly
Trimester:
Spring
Mode of Delivery:
Blended
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

This module is designed to provide you with a comprehensive understanding of financial management and builds on your studies in the introduction to finance module.
The module will cover areas of:
⋗ Value
⋗ Investment
⋗ Financing
⋗ Risk
⋗ M&A
⋗ Options
The module outline on Brightspace will give more detail.

The module shows you the finance theory and how to put the toolkit to use in practice.
Communication of financial analysis is very important and this will be reflected in the assessment of the module.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

1. Conduct a financial analysis of a company
2. Present a set of financial recommendations based on thorough analysis
3. Explain the financial implications of a firm’s strategy
4. Identify and Value options
5. Use the WACC in a company valuation

Indicative Module Content:

Introduction to Corporate Financing
How Corporations Raise Venture Capital and Issue Securities
Debt & Payout Policy

Long-Term & Short-Term Financial Planning
Working Capital Management

Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Control

Options
Risk Management

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Specified Learning Activities

86
Autonomous Student Learning

111
Lectures

14
Total

211

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Students will attend classes for this module and have the opportunity to engage in active learning during these sessions. There will be in-class discussion and group work to analyse module concepts. Where appropriate, the module will incorporate case based learning

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 In Module Component Repeat Offered
Presentation: Group Presentation of agreed financial analysis. Details on the VLE (Brightspace) Week 10 n/a Graded No
50
 No
Continuous Assessment: Individual continuous assessments to include an analysis of the outputs of the group presentaiton. Details on the VLE (Brightspace). Varies over the Trimester n/a Graded No
50
 No

Carry forward of passed components
No
 

Resit In Terminal Exam
Autumn Yes - 2 Hour
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.

Brealey, R.A., Myers, S.C. & Allen, F. (2020) Principles of corporate finance, 13th International Edn. , New York: McGraw Hill Education.
An ebook is available via the UCD Library

Name Role
Dr Katherine Collins Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Mr Gerard Dooley Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
John Kelly Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
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