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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: 2020-21

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching cycle
A Spring Term 2020-21 to Summer Term 2020-21

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
University - closed examination
Finance & Financial Analysis		 2 hours 60

Special assessment rules

None

Reassessment

Task Length % of module mark
University - closed examination
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


The information on this page is indicative of the module that is currently on offer. The University is constantly exploring ways to enhance and improve its degree programmes and therefore reserves the right to make variations to the content and method of delivery of modules, and to discontinue modules, if such action is reasonably considered to be necessary by the University. Where appropriate, the University will notify and consult with affected students in advance about any changes that are required in line with the University's policy on the Approval of Modifications to Existing Taught Programmes of Study.

Coronavirus (COVID-19): changes to courses

The 2020/21 academic year will start in September. We aim to deliver as much face-to-face teaching as we can, supported by high quality online alternatives where we must.

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