Module Identifier AC30520  
Module Title CORPORATE FINANCE  
Academic Year 2001/2002  
Co-ordinator Mr Richard Jackson  
Semester Semester 2  
Other staff Dr Jihe Song  
Pre-Requisite AC30420  
Course delivery Lecture   18 Hours  
  Tutorial   5 Hours hours  
Assessment Case study     20%  
  Exam   2 Hours   80%  

Brief description


This module is designed to provide a thorough treatment of the key financial decisions which are faced by the directors and managers of firms.

Objectives


This module will provide a detailed treatment of the following issues, as faced by the directors and mangers of firms:


This will be approached by consideration of context in which decisions upon these issues are made; presentation and anlysis of the debates which have surrounded (and continue to surround) them; recourse to the associated theoretic and empirial academic literature; and destruction of the idea of a set of discrete, simple solutions.

Learning outcomes


Having completed the module, students will be able to:

Outline syllabus

Reading Lists

Books
** Recommended Text
Brealey, R.A. and Myers, S.C.. Principles of Corporate Finance. 6th. McGraw Hill
Ross, S.A., Westerfield, R.W. and Jaffe, J.. Corporate Finance (International Edition, Revised Printing). 6th. McGraw Hill
** Supplementary Text
Emery, D.R. and Finnerty, J.D.. (1997) Corporate Financial Management. Internat.. Prentice Hall