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Core Module Information
Module title: Global Finance
SCQF level: 11:
SCQF credit value: 20.00
ECTS credit value: 10
Module code: FIN11108
Module leader: Henry Huang
School The Business School
Subject area group: Accounting and Finance
Prerequisites

N/A
Description of module content:

The module will examine the structure and functions of the international monetary and financial system. It will analyse the development and the implications of the global financial marketplace. It will examine the functions, products, participants, operational arrangements of, and the linkages between, the money markets – short-term interest rate products, the foreign exchange market, the government and corporate bond markets, the equity capital markets and the international derivatives markets.
Learning Outcomes for module:

LO1: Critically analyse the elements and structure of the global financial market place.
LO2: Critically evaluate the functions and contribution of a range of international financial markets.
LO3: Critically assess and discriminate between a range of international financial markets.
LO4: Critically appraise the operational processes of a range of international financial markets.
LO5: Critically analyse the role of international financial markets in the management of financial risk.
Full Details of Teaching and Assessment
2024/5, 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: Henry Huang
Module Organiser:


Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH))
Mode of activityLearning & Teaching ActivityNESH (Study Hours)NESH Description
Face To Face Lecture 24 Contact Module Leader
Face To Face Practical classes and workshops 12 Contact Module Leader
Independent Learning Guided independent study 161 Contact Module Leader
Face To Face CL_TST 3 Contact Module Leader
Total Study Hours200
Expected Total Study Hours for Module200


Assessment
Type of Assessment Weighting % LOs covered Week due Length in Hours/Words Description
Essay 40 1 - 5 9 HOURS= 0, WORDS= 2000 Contact Module Leader
Centrally Time Tabled Examination 60 1 - 5 13 HOURS= 3, WORDS= 0 Contact Module Leader
Component 1 subtotal: 40
Component 2 subtotal: 60
Module subtotal: 100

Indicative References and Reading List - URL:
THE ECONOMICS OF MONEY,BANKING, AND FINANCIAL MARKETS
 

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