COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTERNATIONAL FINANCE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FIB 5005 INTERNATIONAL FINANCE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Financial Economics and Banking

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR NILGÜN ACAR BALAYLAR

Offered to

Financial Economics and Banking

Course Objective

In fact the process of globalization of financial markets in different countries as a result of a single market integration in the structure of financial assets in foreign currencies, foreign currencies and transactions made over the economic policies of the countries to examine the effects of on-and macro-economic indicators.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to learn the mechanism of the overall functioning of the international monetary system and the results of the economic policies implemented in different monetary systems, open economy model.
2   To be able to learn interest as a result of international capital flows, exchange rates and inflation rates, and what mechanisms are affected by the direction.
3   To be able to learn the causes and consequences of the process of internationalization of finance.
4   To be able to learn and evaluate international macroeconomic objectives and activities of the institutions.
5   To be able to learn effects of international fund movements in countries economies.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The Evolution of the International Financial System (the internationalization of finance, financialisation and the integration of financial markets-a new financial architecture)
2 International Monetary and Capital Markets (the world's financial centers, being the financial center of the macro and micro policies)
3 Foreign Exchange Market Equilibrium and General Features
4 Alternative International Monetary Regimes
5 Automatic Equalization Mechanism of the International Monetary regimes
6 Mundel Fleming Model and Exchange Rate Regimes
7 International Finance Fundamental Parity Conditions
8 International Finance Fundamental Parity Conditions ( One day of this week, except of the course there will be exam )
9 Exchange Rate Determination Methods (Traditional and Contemporary Perspectives)
10 International Financial Markets Debt Techniques
11 International Macroeconomic Institutions: The IMF and the World Bank
12 Macroeconomic Effects of an International Fund Movements
13 External Debt, Emerging Country Experiences and Turkey
14 Macro-Economic Effects of Currency Substitution and reverse currency substitution

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Document:

Copeland, L., Exchange Rates and International Finance, Prentice Hall.London., 2005

Other Documents:

Yarbrough, V., The World Economy: Trade and Finance, The Dryden Press, 1994.
Hatice DOĞUKANLI, Uluslararası Finans, Nobel Kitabevi, Adana, 2001.
Havva TUNÇ, Uluslararası Ticaret Para ve Finans, Alfa Basın Yayım Dağıtım, Istnabul, 2005.
Halil SEYIDOĞLU, Uluslararası Finans, Istanbul, 1994.
Gökhan ÖZKAN, Küresel Finansal Kriz, Uluslar arası Finans Sisteminin Yeniden Yapılandırılması ve Uluslar arası Güç Dengesine Etkileri, Dora Basın Yayım, Bursa, 2009.
Ilker PARASIZ ve Kemal YILDIRIM, Uluslararası Finansman, Ezgi Kitabevi Yayınları, Mart 1994.
www.ifc.org
www.iff.com

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Especially after the 1980s with the development of communication technologies, liberalization and globalization of financial markets, corporate finance and financial effects are discussed. Courses are based on the verbal and quantitative data.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Midterm exam, final exam and student presentations will be considered.

Assessment Criteria

Midterm exam, final exam and student presentation will be considered when making assesment.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance is obligatory. During the term, each student is required to make a presentation.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

nilgun.balaylar@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Every monday at 9:45-17:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing for homework 1 25 25
Other 1 12 12
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 146

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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