International Finance

Course: Economics (English/Ukrainian Taught)

Structural unit: Faculty of Economics

Title
International Finance
Code
ОК 25
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2023/2024
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
8 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Learning outcomes
PLO 2. Develop, justify and make effective decisions on the development of socio-economic systems and management of economic entities PLO 3. Communicate freely on professional and scientific issues in state and foreign languages orally and in writing. PLO 7. To choose effective methods of management of economic activity, to substantiate the offered decisions on the basis of relevant data and scientific and applied researches. PLO 8. Collect, process and analyze statistical data, scientific and analytical materials needed to solve complex economic problems. PLO 12. Justify management decisions for the effective development of business entities, taking into account the goals, resources, constraints and risks. PLO 15. To plan and carry out scientific and / or applied researches, to make the substantiated conclusions on results of researches, to present results, to argue the opinion.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
To know: the basic principles of the financial system; trends and principles of development of the global economy and financial markets; basic principles of investment activity; basic approaches to the analysis of statistical information. To have the skills to search, analyze, synthesize, process and visualize statistics, work with analytical and statistical reports of international organizations, reporting companies.
Course content
Discovers the nature, functions and segments of international financial system; the factors and trends in development of international financial markets; principles of international financial markets functioning; impact of global imbalances on evolution of international financial system; mechanism of international financial markets.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Oksana Bulkot (2021) International Finance: Study Guide. Interservice. Kyiv, 2021. – 176 p. 2. Eitman D., Stonehill A., Moffet M., 2019. Multinational Business Finance, 15th ed., Pearson, USA 3. Melicher, R.W. Norton, E.A. (2017) Introduction to Finance: Markets, Investments, and Financial Management. 16th Edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 4. Maurice D. Levi, International Finance, 5th Edition, Routledge, New-York, 2019 5. Piet Sercu, International Finance: Putting Theory into Practice, Leuven School of Business and Economics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 2018 6. Piet Sercu, International Finance: Putting Theory into Practice: Solutions to Exercises, Princeton University Press, 2019 7. Madura, J. (2020) International Financial Management. 14th Edition, Cengage Learning. 8. Valdes S. An Introduction to Global Financial Markets. – London, Macmillan Business, 2000.-379 p
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, seminar, panel discussions, case studies, solving problems, student’s self-study, individual project, exam
Assessment methods and criteria
assessment during semester: 1. Homework check / independent work, discussion - 30 points /15 points 2. Question - 10 points / 6 points 3. Problems calculation 10 points / 6 points 4. Project performance 25 points /13 points final evaluation The final assessment is carried out in the form of a written final paper, which is evaluated with a maximum of 25 points. The final grade for the student's discipline is set based on the results of work during the semester as the sum of points obtained during the academic semester, including points obtained for independent work and the final work.
Language of instruction
English

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Oksana Bulkot
Department of International Economy
Faculty of Economics

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of International Economy
Faculty of Economics