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Core Module Information
Module title: Contemporary Corporate Finance
SCQF level: 09:
SCQF credit value: 20.00
ECTS credit value: 10
Module code: ACC09110
Module leader: Antonios Siganos
School The Business School
Subject area group: Accounting and Finance
Prerequisites

There are no pre-requisites for this module to be added
Description of module content:

The financial market environment; the role of debt in risk, cost of capital and hence value; mergers, acquisitions and other restructurings; management of risk by corporations.
Learning Outcomes for module:

LO1: To develop evaluative skills in relation to traditional and modern theories of finance.
LO2: To appraise empirical research relating to corporate finance issues
LO3: To evaluate the role of the capital markets and investors in corporate restructurings.
LO4: To appreciate the growing sophistication of risk management techniques.
Full Details of Teaching and Assessment
2023/4, Trimester 2, FACE-TO-FACE, Edinburgh Napier University
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Occurrence: 001
Primary mode of delivery: FACE-TO-FACE
Location of delivery: CRAIGLOCKHAR
Partner: Edinburgh Napier University
Member of staff responsible for delivering module: Antonios Siganos
Module Organiser:


Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH))
Mode of activityLearning & Teaching ActivityNESH (Study Hours)
Face To Face Lecture 20
Face To Face Seminar 20
Independent Learning Guided independent study 160
Total Study Hours200
Expected Total Study Hours for Module200


Assessment
Type of Assessment Weighting % LOs covered Week due Length in Hours/Words
Essay 30 1,2 10 HOURS= 00.00, WORDS= 2000
Centrally Time Tabled Examination 70 1,2,3,4 14/15 HOURS= 2, WORDS= 0
Component 1 subtotal: 30
Component 2 subtotal: 70
Module subtotal: 100

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