Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
190400107111INTERNATIONAL FINANCEElective474
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
It is aimed to introduce international financial concepts, to analyze international monetary and investment systems and to examine financial issues in a global framework.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1 To be able to master the terminology of international finance
2To be able to understand exchange rate policies and determinants
3Explain international capital and money markets
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
NONE
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course Contents
Fundamental issues of international finance, institutional history of international finance, international payment mechanisms, balance of payments, international money and bond markets, exchange rate regimes; forward exchange rates, derivative markets, future markets, risk reduction with future contracts, effect of future market signs, swap markets, exchange rate swaps, cross currency swaps, speculation in international financial markets with options, bidirectional option pricing, Black-Scholes option pricing.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Introduction to international finance
2International financial system
3International financial system
4International financial system
5International monetary markets
6International monetary markets
7Mid-Term Examination
8Balance of payments
9Basic parity conditions
10Basic parity conditions
11International Investment and Finance Policies
12International Investment and Finance Policies
13Foreign direct investments, Indirect foreign investments
14Final
Recommended or Required Reading
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Work Placement(s)
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination111
Self Study148112
Individual Study for Mid term Examination111
Individual Study for Final Examination111
Homework144
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)120
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