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Corporate Finance (831L1)

15 credits, Level 7 (Masters)

Autumn teaching

This module discusses corporate finance theories and practices in the context of current market and institutional environment.

You will:

• critically assess the impact of environmental, social and governance factors on corporate performance
• apply valuation models for stocks and investment projects
• discuss corporate financing decisions, capital structure decisions and merger and acquisitions performance
• critically assess the corporate decisions and performance in the context of formal and informal institutional environment
• implement valuation models on financial assets and obligations.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 32 hours of contact time and about 118 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2025/26. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.