wir842 - Banking (Complete module description)

wir842 - Banking (Complete module description)

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Module label Banking
Modulkürzel wir842
Credit points 6.0 KP
Workload 180 h
Institute directory Department of Business Administration, Economics and Law (Economics)
Verwendbarkeit des Moduls
  • Master Applied Economics and Data Science (Master) >
  • Master of Education Programme (Vocational and Business Education) Economics and Business Administration (Master of Education) >
  • Master's programme Business Administration: Management and Law (Master) >
  • Master's programme Business Administration: Management and Law (Master) >
  • Master's Programme Business Informatics (Master) >
Zuständige Personen
  • Prokop, Jörg (module responsibility)
  • Lehrenden, Die im Modul (Prüfungsberechtigt)
Prerequisites
Skills to be acquired in this module
Upon completion of the module students will be able to explain the role financial institutions play in financial markets based on economic theory. They will have a sound knowledge of institutional and regulatory conditions under which financial institutions operate today, and they will be able to critically assess respective developments in the financial sector. Moreover, they will have developed a sound understanding of how banks are managed in a competitive environment.
Module contents
We will discuss theoretical foundations of financial intermediation in general, and of banking in particular as well as the economic, institutional, and regulatory context in which financial institutions operate today. Moreover, we will cover selected topics in the area of bank management and bank accounting..
Literaturempfehlungen
• Arnold: Modern Financial Markets & Institutions: a practical perspective, latest edition, Pearson
• Berger / Molyneux / Wilson (Eds.): The Oxford Handbook of Banking, latest edition, Oxford University Press
• de Haan / Oosterloo / Schoenmaker: Financial Markets and Institutions – A European Perspective, latest edition, Cambridge
• Hartmann-Wendels / Pfingsten / Weber: Bankbetriebslehre, latest edition, Springer
• Tolkmitt: Neue Bankbetriebslehre, latest edition, Gabler

Further readings may be announced during the course.
Links
Languages of instruction German, English
Duration (semesters) 1 Semester
Module frequency jährlich
Module capacity unlimited
Examination Prüfungszeiten Type of examination
Final exam of module
typically at the end of the semester; potential mid-term examination dates will be announced in the first session
1 term paper (Hausarbeit) or 1 written exam (Klausur) or 1 oral exam (mündliche Prüfung) or 1 Portfolio
Form of instruction Lecture
SWS 4
Frequency