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FIN41970

Academic Year 2024/2025

Corporate Finance for Aviation (FIN41970)

Subject:
Finance
College:
Business
School:
Business
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Professor Thomas Conlon
Trimester:
Autumn
Mode of Delivery:
Blended
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

This module aims to provide students with a foundation in the corporate and managerial financial decisions encountered by firms, with particular focus on the Aviation Finance Industry. Corporate Finance is concerned with how firms raise, manage and spend money. On completing this module students will have an understanding of the role of the financial manager in a company in appraising investments, quantifying the risk/return relationship, evaluating sources of company funding, setting dividend policy and undertaking mergers and acquisitions.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students should: -
1. Understand why shareholder wealth maximisation is considered to be the primary objective of a firm.
2. Achieve a good practical and theoretical understanding of:
(i) the financing decision,
(ii) the investment decision, and
(iii) the dividend decision.
3. Develop an understanding of functional financial decisions, such as mergers and asset valuation.
4. Appreciate the corporate underpinnings of aviation and airline finance.

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

0
Small Group

1
Total

1

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Lectures, discussion, guest lectures, group work

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Group Work Assignment: Group Project Week 12 Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% No
40
 No
Exam (Online): Online MCQ + Online Final Exam - Both held in class Week 9, Week 14 Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% No
60
 No

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

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

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) - 8, 9, 10, 11 Fri 10:00 - 11:50
Autumn Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 8, 9, 10, 11 Fri 12:30 - 14:20
Autumn Exam Offering 1 Week(s) - 12 Mon 10:00 - 11:30
Autumn Exam Offering 1 Week(s) - 15 Mon 10:00 - 11:30
Autumn Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 7 Wed 09:30 - 11:20
Autumn Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 12 Wed 10:30 - 12:20
Autumn Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 7 Wed 12:00 - 13:50
Autumn Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 12 Wed 13:00 - 14:50
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