Course Details in 2025/26 Session

Module Title	LH Managerial Finance
School	Birmingham Business School
Department	Finance
Module Code	07 36199
Module Lead	TBC
Level	Honours Level
Credits	20
Semester	Semester 2
Pre-requisites	LI International Economics and Financial Decision Making - (07 36202)
Co-requisites
Restrictions	None
Contact Hours	Lecture-45 hours Guided independent study-155 hours Total: 200 hours
Exclusions
Description	Corporate Finance is at the core of any comprehensive business education as its covers a range of important topics that are considered critical to managerial decision making. It is truly the big picture module, which draws on accounting, statistics, economics and several management disciplines to develop the first principle that should govern decision making within any size or form of business entity. Particular attention will be given to Investment, Financing and Profit Distribution decisions. However, in light of recent financial fiascos the teaching will come with required warnings, flagging the tension between “theory” and “practice”, ethical/societal issues in financial decision making, potential pitfalls etc.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: Demonstrate understanding of essential principles of corporate finance Demonstrate problem solving, analytical and quantitative skills by applying theory and appropriate analytical tools to complex financial problems Demonstrate skills in working with modern valuation tools and how to apply them in valuation of firms and projects Demonstrate critical understanding of financial risk measurement and management at firm and market level Demonstrate understanding of how/when financial theories depart from reality, their potential pitfalls and misuse
Assessment
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessment: 2 hour class test (50%) and 2 hour exam – written unseen (50%) Reassessment: N/A
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