Business Administration (Non-Thesis)
Master	Length of the Programme: 1.5	Number of Credits: 90	TR-NQF-HE: Level 7	QF-EHEA: Second Cycle	EQF: Level 7

ECTS Course Information Package

School/Faculty/Institute

Graduate School

Course Code

MBA 512

Course Title in English

Corporate Finance

Course Title in Turkish

Finansal Yönetim

Language of Instruction

Type of Course

Flipped Classroom

Level of Course

Select

Semester

Fall

Contact Hours per Week

Lecture: 3

Recitation:

Lab:

Other:

Estimated Student Workload

130 hours per semester

Number of Credits

5 ECTS

Grading Mode

Standard Letter Grade

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Expected Prior Knowledge

None

Registration Restrictions

only graduate students

Overall Educational Objective

To learn the basic concepts of finance, to understand current financial management approaches and dynamics, and to foresee how to create value through financial management.

Course Description

In today’s business world, both the management candidates and entrepreneurs who would like to do their own business needs to have the basic knowledge and skills about corporate finance or in other words how to manage finance issues. With this course, we are aiming to provide the necessary skills and knowledge to the students that will enable them to understand the basic principles of finance, learn how to use the decision making tools, analyze the situations and how to decide accordingly. Within the course the basic finance decisions and terminology shall be discussed while talking about the concepts of time value of money, opportunity cost, calculation and principles behind the net present value and IRR metrics together with cost of capital and cost of debt concepts.

Course Learning Outcomes and Competences

Upon successful completion of the course, the learner is expected to be able to:
1) To have learned the basic principles of finance and corporate finance
2) Knowing the time value and opportunity cost of money
3) Calculating the cost of capital and cost of debt
4) To understand the dynamics of equity financing and debt financing methods and to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of these methods according to the current financial situation.

Program Learning Outcomes/Course Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4
1) Ability to analyse a various range of organizational information, including accounting and finance, operations management, marketing and technology
2) Integration of the organizational functional knowledge in the process of formulation and implementation of long-term strategic goals and objectives
3) Competence in leadership and team membership skills for managing innovation as well as routine processes and activities in organizations
4) Self-exploration through the development and implementation of real business opportunities
5) Awareness of the uncertainty and complexity of global business environments and changing business practices and trends
6) Ability to find ethical, creative, comprehensive solutions to complex organizational problems
7) Integration of management techniques, new business models and analytical tools to decision-making processes
8) Competence in vital managerial and leadership skills, such as critical thinking, business communication, decision making and conflict resolution
9) Ability to communicate in English both verbally and in writing at European Language Portfolio General Level B2.

Relation to Program Outcomes and Competences

N None	S Supportive	H Highly Related

	Program Outcomes and Competences	Level	Assessed by
1)	Ability to analyse a various range of organizational information, including accounting and finance, operations management, marketing and technology	N	Exam
2)	Integration of the organizational functional knowledge in the process of formulation and implementation of long-term strategic goals and objectives	H	Exam
3)	Competence in leadership and team membership skills for managing innovation as well as routine processes and activities in organizations	S
4)	Self-exploration through the development and implementation of real business opportunities	H
5)	Awareness of the uncertainty and complexity of global business environments and changing business practices and trends	H
6)	Ability to find ethical, creative, comprehensive solutions to complex organizational problems	S
7)	Integration of management techniques, new business models and analytical tools to decision-making processes	S
8)	Competence in vital managerial and leadership skills, such as critical thinking, business communication, decision making and conflict resolution	S	Exam
9)	Ability to communicate in English both verbally and in writing at European Language Portfolio General Level B2.	S

Prepared by and Date	MERVE ÖZ ,
Course Coordinator	BÜŞRA AYAN
Semester	Fall
Name of Instructor	Öğr. Gör. MURAT DOĞU

Course Contents

Week	Subject
1)	Introduction to Corporate Finance and the Function of the Finance Manager
2)	Introduction to Financial Statement Analysis
3)	Time Value of Money and Cash Flows
4)	Interest Rates, Bonds and Stock Valuation
5)	Fundamentals of Capital Budgeting and Making Investment Decisions
6)	What is Risk? Risk and Return Relationship, Capital Asset Pricing Model; Systemic Risk and Capital Risk Premium & Cost of Capital
7)	Midterm Exam
8)	Investment Financing; Capital Structure; Debt or Equity
9)	Dividend Distribution Decisions, How Much? How?
10)	Financial Modeling
11)	Working Capital Management and Short Term Financial Planning
12)	Option Practices and Corporate Finance
13)	Mergers and Acquisitions
14)	International Corporate Finance
15)	Final Period
16)	Final Period

Required/Recommended Readings

1. Arthur J. Keown, John D. Martin, J. William Petty; “Foundations of Finance”; (2014) Pearson, 2. Aswath Damodaran; “Investment Valuation”; (2012) Wiley, 3. Sheridan Titman, John Martin; “Valuation: The Art and Science of Corporate Investment Decision”; (2013) Pearson. 4. Fundamentals of Corporate Finance by Jonathan Berk, Peter DeMarzo, Jarrad Harford

Teaching Methods

Lessons will require students' active participation and discussion. Individual studies will be required for homework and projects, and group studies will be required for imitation studies in class lessons.

Homework and Projects

Laboratory Work

Computer Use

Other Activities

Assessment Methods

Assessment Tools	Count	Weight
Attendance	1	% 10
Homework Assignments	1	% 20
Midterm(s)	1	% 30
Final Examination	1	% 40
TOTAL		% 100

Course Administration

karadagh@mef.edu.tr

In this course, active participation is key to learning and applying. Thus the grading of the class participation will be done based on the quality of active student participation and contribution to in-class activities. Students are expected to attend all sessions and be in class on time. When they can not attend due to a sickness (which should require a report from a full facility hospital) or an excuse accepted my MEF regulations, they should inform the instructors by mail. As the feedback and questions are very valuable for making the course a distinctive learning experience, students may visit the instructors during office hours or send e mails, for any course related issues. Academic dishonesty and plagiarism will be subject to the YÖK disciplinary regulation.

ECTS Student Workload Estimation

Activity	No/Weeks	Hours			Calculation
	No/Weeks per Semester	Preparing for the Activity	Spent in the Activity Itself	Completing the Activity Requirements
Course Hours	14	2	3		70
Homework Assignments	2	16	2		36
Midterm(s)	1	8	2		10
Final Examination	1	12	2		14
Total Workload					130
Total Workload/25					5.2
ECTS					5