Information Package / Course Catalogue
| Construction Project Management (YL) (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 | TR | ||||
| Type of Course | Flipped Classroom | ||||
| Level of Course | Select | ||||
| Semester | Fall | ||||
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| 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 CompetencesUpon 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 |
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| 1) Integration of the skills acquired during the undergraduate degree with improved and deepened level of expertise in the field of construction management. | ||||
| 2) Applied in-depth theoretical and practical knowledge by conducting scientific research on construction and project management. | ||||
| 3) Extensive knowledge about the analysis and modeling methods used in construction project management and their limitations. | ||||
| 4) Ability to design and perform exploratory research based on analytics, modeling and experimentation; to generate solutions to complex situations encountered in this process, interpret the results and bring innovative solutions. | ||||
| 5) Ability to describe the processes and results of a study in a systematic and clear way both in written and verbal form on national and international platforms within or outside of the field of construction project management. | ||||
| 6) Awareness of social, scientific and ethical values in the stages of collection, processing, usage, interpretation and dissemination of project data and in all related professional activities. | ||||
| 7) Professional awareness of new and emerging applications in the construction management field and an ability to demonstrate their uses. | ||||
| 8) Competence in leadership and multi-disciplinary team membership skills to develop solutions to complex situations related to project management and to take responsibility. | ||||
| 9) Ability to communicate in English both verbally and in writing at the European Language Portfolio General Level B2. | ||||
| 10) Understanding of social and environmental aspects of construction projects and applications. |
Relation to Program Outcomes and Competences
| N None | S Supportive | H Highly Related |
| Program Outcomes and Competences | Level | Assessed by | |
| 1) | Integration of the skills acquired during the undergraduate degree with improved and deepened level of expertise in the field of construction management. | N | |
| 2) | Applied in-depth theoretical and practical knowledge by conducting scientific research on construction and project management. | N | |
| 3) | Extensive knowledge about the analysis and modeling methods used in construction project management and their limitations. | N | |
| 4) | Ability to design and perform exploratory research based on analytics, modeling and experimentation; to generate solutions to complex situations encountered in this process, interpret the results and bring innovative solutions. | N | |
| 5) | Ability to describe the processes and results of a study in a systematic and clear way both in written and verbal form on national and international platforms within or outside of the field of construction project management. | N | |
| 6) | Awareness of social, scientific and ethical values in the stages of collection, processing, usage, interpretation and dissemination of project data and in all related professional activities. | N | |
| 7) | Professional awareness of new and emerging applications in the construction management field and an ability to demonstrate their uses. | N | |
| 8) | Competence in leadership and multi-disciplinary team membership skills to develop solutions to complex situations related to project management and to take responsibility. | N | |
| 9) | Ability to communicate in English both verbally and in writing at the European Language Portfolio General Level B2. | N | |
| 10) | Understanding of social and environmental aspects of construction projects and applications. | N |
| 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. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 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. |
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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 | ||||||