| Course Type | Elective Course |
| Course Level | Bachelor's Degree |
| Year of Study | - |
| Semester | - |
| ECTS | 3 |
| Name of Lecturer(s) |
- |
| Learning Outcomes |
At the end of this course, the students;
- Can understand and explain fixed-income and equity investments.
- Can identify the different types of risk and risk measures
- Be able to analyze bonds, common stock, preferred stock, derivative instruments, mutual funds and other innovations in the context of risk, uncertainty
- Be able to apply investment theory
|
| Mode of Delivery | Face to face |
| Prerequisites | No |
| Recommended Optional Programme Components | MÜH 351 Engineering Economy |
| Course Description | This course examines the concepts related to financial investment and the fundamentals of managing investments. Emphasis is on the securities markets, stocks, bonds, and mutual funds as well as tax implications of investment alternatives. |
| Course Contents |
| WEEK |
TOPICS |
|
1st Week |
Time Value of Money |
|
2nd Week |
Interest Rate |
|
3rd Week |
Annuity |
|
4th Week |
Mathematical analysis of financial instruments |
|
5th Week |
Analysis of financial tables |
|
6th Week |
Financial accounting |
|
7th Week |
Financial analysis and financial anaysis methodologies |
|
8th Week |
MIDTERM |
|
9th Week |
Financial performance analysis |
|
10th Week |
Multi Criteria Decision Making and financial performance evaluation |
|
11th Week |
Investment planning |
|
12th Week |
Capital budgeting |
|
13th Week |
Portfolio management, Value at Risk |
|
14th Week |
Investment planning and mathematical programming applications - Presentations |
|
| Recommended or Required Reading | Strong, Robert A., Practical Investment Management, Second Edition. Cincinnati, OH: South-Western College Publishing, 2001. |
| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
- Problem Solving
- Lecture
- Discussion
|
| Assessment Methods and Criteria |
|
Quantity |
Percentage (%) |
| Mid-term |
1 |
30 |
| Assignment |
1 |
10 |
| Quiz |
1 |
15 |
| Attendance |
1 |
5 |
| Total(%) |
|
60 |
| Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) |
|
60 |
| Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) |
|
40 |
| Total(%) |
|
100 |
|
| Language of Instruction | - |
| Work Placement(s) | No |