wir390 - Financial Management (Complete module description)

Module label	Financial Management
Modulkürzel	wir390
Credit points	6.0 KP
Workload	180 h
Institute directory	Department of Business Administration, Economics and Law (Business Administration and Business Education)
Verwendbarkeit des Moduls	Bachelor's Programme Business Administration and Law (Bachelor) > Aufbaubereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften Bachelor's Programme Economics and Business Administration (Bachelor) > Studienrichtung Betriebswirtschaftslehre Bachelor's Programme Sustainability Economics (Bachelor) > Wahlpflichtbereich Master of Education Programme (Vocational and Business Education) Economics and Business Administration (Master of Education) > Mastermodule
Zuständige Personen	Prokop, Jörg (module responsibility) Lehrenden, Die im Modul (Prüfungsberechtigt)
Prerequisites
Skills to be acquired in this module	Students • are able to determine a firm’s cost of capital using both single factor and multi factor models • understand how, and under which conditions, capital structure decisions influence firm value, • are able to assess how a firm’s dividend policy affects firm value, • analyze characteristics, advantages, and disadvantages of typical modes of long-term financing, • understand both the mechanics and the limits of financial models frequently used in decision making.
Module contents	1 Introduction / Recap: Security Valuation 2 Investment Decisions Under Uncertainty 3 Capital Structure Decisions & Dividend Policy 4 Long-Term Financing
Literaturempfehlungen	Main textbook: Hillier, Ross, Westerfield, Jaffe & Jordan, Corporate Finance, current edition, McGraw-Hill. Alternative and supplementary readings: Berk & DeMarzo, Corporate Finance, current edition, Boston (Mass.). Brealey, Myers & Allen, Principles of Corporate Finance, current edition, Boston (Mass.).
Links	http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/fiwi_bbl/
Language of instruction	English
Duration (semesters)	1 Semester
Module frequency	jährlich
Module capacity	unlimited

Lehrveranstaltungsform	SWS	Workload of compulsory attendance
Lecture	2	28
Exercises	2	28
Präsenzzeit Modul insgesamt		56 h

Examination	Prüfungszeiten	Type of examination
Final exam of module	Typically at least one mid-term short exam and one final short exam within three weeks after the last lecture	Portfolio, consisting of at least two short written examinations (schriftlicher Kurztest) lasting about 30-45 min each