SFB13102 Global Markets and Institutions (Autumn 2011)

The course is connected to the following study programs

Compulsory for bachelor students enrolled on the International Business Programme and for students in on the business administration programme specialising in international business.
Optional for students on other study programmes/bachelor programmes.

Prerequisites

The course builds on introduction courses in economics and finance, claims good computer literacy.

Foundation courses in economics and finance and computer literacy.

Lecture Semester

Autumn semester.

Content

-    Overview of the financial system
-    Understanding financial markets - the money markets, bond market, FOREX
-    Financial institutions: the banking sector and non-banking sector
-    Why and how the financial system is regulated and controlled
-    The financial crisis and its consequences in a global economy

Forms of teaching and learning

Lectures, group presentations, discussions. Teaching and learning is basically group centered with established groups. There are scheduled compulsory tutorials and classes, apart from self-initiated consultations and self-initiated cooperation.

Coursework requirements - conditions for taking the exam

Group presentation and its paper version must be submitted and approved before signing up for the final examination.

Examination

A 4-hour individual written examination. Aids permitted: a mother tongue-English/English-mother tongue dictionary. Grades: A-F.

The students have the right to complain on the grades given on the written examination.

Course evaluation

To improve the course, we need the evaluations from the students. The course is evaluated by the students in the middle of the semester and in the end of the semester.

The evaluations from the students are treated by the staff and the comitee for programme quality and internastionalization.

Literature

The readinglist was last updated 15 Jun 2011

Howells, Peter and Keith Bain (2007), Financial Markets and Institutions, 5th edition, Prentice Hall.

Supplementary text books:
•    Valdez, Stephen & Molyneux Philip (2010) An Introduction to Global Financial Markets, 6^th ed.. Palgrave Macmillan, 501 p•    Howells, Peter & Keith Bain (2007). Financial Markets and Institutions. 5th ed. FT and Prentice Hall
•    Howells, Peter & Keith Bain (2008). The Economics of Money, Banking and Finance. 4^th ed. . FT Prentice Hall. 602 pa.
•    Mishkin, Frederic S (2010). The Economics of Money, Banking and Financial Markets. 9^th ed. . Boston: Pearson  
•    Hubbard, R Glenn (2007). Money, the Financial System and the Economy. 6th ed. Boston: Pearson/.  

 

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