KURSPLAN
Corporate Finance, 7,5 högskolepoäng
Corporate Finance, 7.5 credits
Kursplan för studenter vår 2025
Kurskod: LCFK12
Fastställd av: Utbildningschef 2021-11-29
Gäller fr.o.m.: Våren 2022
Version: 1
Utbildningsnivå: Grundnivå
Utbildningsområde: Samhällsvetenskapliga området
Ämnesgrupp: FE1
Fördjupning: G1F
Huvudområde: Företagsekonomi

Lärandemål

On completion of the course the student should be able to:

Kunskap och förståelse

- understand corporate finance from a cash flow perspective
- describe the theoretical concepts of perfect market, the Law Of One price and noarbitrage opportunity

Färdighet och förmåga

- perform different valuation calculations based on cash flows
- apply and compare various alternative ways of using and raising capital

Värderingsförmåga och förhållningssätt

- judge and evaluate ethics and incentives within corporations

Innehåll

Undervisningsformer

The teaching consists of lectures, seminars and exercises performed individually and in groups.

A learning management system is used.

Students who have been admitted to and registered for a course have the right to receive instruction/supervision for the duration of the time period specified for the particular course instance to which they were accepted. After that, the right to receive instruction/supervision expires.

Undervisningen bedrivs på engelska.

Förkunskapskrav

General entry requirements and completion of the course Introduction to Scientific Personell Work, Human Resources and Organization, 7.5 credits and participation in the courses Financial Accounting, 7.5 credits, and Budgeting and Human Resource Accounting, 7.5 credits, or the equivalent. English proficiency is required. Exemption is granted from the requirement in Swedish.

Examination och betyg

Kursen bedöms med betygen A, B, C, D, E, FX eller F.

The grades A, B, C, D and E are all passing grades. For courses with more than one element of examination, students are given a final grade based on an overall assessment of all the elements included in the course. The final grade of the course is issued only when all elements of examination have been passed.

The examination is based on the intended learning outcomes.

The course is examined through one individual written examination and one written group assignment.

The examination must allow for students to be assessed on an individual basis. Further information concerning assessment of specific intended learning outcomes and grading criteria is provided at the beginning of the course.

Students are guaranteed a minimum of three attempts to pass an examination, including the regular attempt.

If a student has failed the same examination three times, the student can request that the next attempt be graded by a new examiner. The decision to accept or reject such a request is made by the associate dean of education. A student may not make a second attempt at any examination already passed in order to receive a higher grade.

In case a course is terminated or significantly altered, examination according to the earlier syllabus shall be offered on at least two occasions in the course of one year after the termination/alteration.

Poängregistrering av examinationen för kursen sker enligt följande system:
ExaminationsmomentOmfattningBetyg
Individuell skriftlig tentamen6 hpA/B/C/D/E/FX/F
Skriftlig inlämningsuppgift i grupp1,5 hpU/G

Kursvärdering

The instruction is followed up throughout the course. A course evaluation is conducted at the end of the course. A summary and comments are published in the learning management system. The evaluation constitutes a basis for future improvements to the course.

Kurslitteratur

Berk, Jonathan., DeMarzo, Peter., Corporate Finance. Pearson International Ed., latest edition. 1144 p.


Please note that changes may be made to the reading list up until eight weeks before the start of the course.


Citing Sources – How to Create Literature References
http://ju.se/library/search--write/citing-sources---how-to-create-literature-references.html

The Interactive Anti-Plagiarism Guide – Jönköping University
Information about plagiarism at higher education institutions
Available in the learning management system