Description of Individual Course Units
| Course Unit Code | Course Unit Title | Type of Course | Year | Semester | ECTS |
| İKT480 | International Finance | 927001 | 4 | 8 | 5 |
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
To provide a general knowledge on international financial issues.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
- Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to: List and define fundamental concepts in connection with foreign exchange markets
- Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to: Explain fundamental parity conditions in international finance.
- Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to: Foresee the exchange rates with the assistance of fundamental parity conditions.
- Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to: Indicate foreign exchange effect on balance of payment.
- Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to: Learn international money and capital markets.
Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Recommended or Required Reading
Seyidoğlu, Halil, 2013, Uluslararası Finans, Güzem Can Yayınları, İstanbul.
Yalçıner, Kürşat, 2012, Uluslar arası Finansman, Detay Yayıncılık, Ankara
Yalçıner, Kürşat, 2012, Uluslar arası Finansman, Detay Yayıncılık, Ankara
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Course Contents
Balance of payments, the foreign exchange markets, the forward markets, derivative markets, parity relations, foreign exchange risk management, international money markets, international capital markets
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
| Week | Theoretical | Practice | Laboratory |
| 1. | International Money Systems | ||
| 2. | Balance of Payments | ||
| 3. | Foreign Exchange Markets | ||
| 4. | Derivatives Markets: Forwards and Futures | ||
| 5. | Derivatives Markets: Options ans Swaps | ||
| 6. | Hedging | ||
| 7. | Parity Relations | ||
| 8. | Methods of exchange rate fixing | ||
| 9. | Mid-term exam | ||
| 10. | International Short-Term Financing | ||
| 11. | International Long-Term Financing | ||
| 12. | International Capital Budgeting | ||
| 13. | International Banking | ||
| 14. | Foreign Trade and Its Financing | ||
| 15. | End-of-term exam | ||
| 16. |
Assessment Methods and Criteria
| Term (or Year) Learning Activities | Quantity | Weight (%) |
| Midterm Examination | 1 | 100 |
| SUM | 100 | |
| End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities | Quantity | Weight (%) |
| Final Examination | 1 | 100 |
| SUM | 100 | |
| Term (or Year) Learning Activities | 40 | |
| End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities | 60 | |
| SUM | 100 | |
Workload Calculation
| Activities | Quantity | Time(hours) | Total Workload(hours) |
| Midterm Examination | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Final Examination | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Attending Lectures | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Tutorial | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| Problem Solving | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| Self Study | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| Individual Study for Mid term Examination | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| Individual Study for Final Examination | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| SUM | 122 | ||