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Finance & Financial Analysis - MAN00017C

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• Department: The York Management School
• Module co-ordinator: Dr. Helena Pinto
• Credit value: 20 credits
• Credit level: C
• Academic year of delivery: 2021-22
  • See module specification for other years: 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21

Module will run

Occurrence	Teaching cycle
A	Spring Term 2021-22 to Summer Term 2021-22

Module aims

This module introduces the core concepts of corporate finance and develops students skills in the analysis of financial statements. The finance component examines the range of sources of finance available to companies for financing their operations. The financial reporting component of the module enables students to undertake an analysis of the financial statements of companies across a variety of industries.

Module learning outcomes

After completing this module a student should be able to:
Interpret the financial statements of a group of companies and discuss the limitations of such an interpretation
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the sources of finance available to companies

Assessment

Task	Length	% of module mark
Essay/coursework Assignment	N/A	40
Online Exam Finance & Financial Analysis	N/A	60

Special assessment rules

None

Reassessment

Task	Length	% of module mark
Online Exam Finance & Financial Analysis	N/A	100

Module feedback

Module assessment reports to students are written by the module leader for all assessments (open and closed) and placed on the VLE after the Board of Examiners has received the module marks.

The timescale for the retrun of feedback will accord with TYMS policy.

Indicative reading

Corporate finance and financial strategy : optimising corporate and shareholder value. Authors: Davies and Crawford, 2014