6 ECTS credits
150 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4021126ENR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (E) Master - advanced level.

Semester
2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
English
Faculty
Faculty of Social Sciences & SolvayBusinessSchool
Department
Business
Educational team
Kris Boudt (course titular)
Steven Vanduffel
Activities and contact hours

36 contact hours Lecture
14 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
100 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

The “International Finance” course aims to provide the future global business and investment managers with the tools they need to make sound international financial decisions.

The course is organized around three topics (derivatives, behavioral finance and international financial management) such that, upon completion of the course, the student:

  • knows what derivatives are, the way they can be used and has insight in the fundamental principles of their pricing;
  • has a good understanding of the behavioral aspects in financial decision making;
  • has a thorough working knowledge of the managerial aspects of international financial management.
Course material
Handbook (Recommended) : International Financial Management., Madura, Jeff, 12th Edition, Cengaga Learning, 9781337090582, 2018
Additional info

Lecture notes, slides, syllabus.

Learning Outcomes

General competences

  • Achieving a thorough working knowledge of risk and reward in financial decision making and being able to apply this in the context of financial markets and international management;
  • Gaining insight in the valuation of derivatives;
  • Understanding the behavioral aspects of financial decision making;
  • Ability to make sound international financial decisions.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Written Exam with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

There is one exam, testing all three topics, with the final grade being determined using a weight of

  • 25% for the topic Derivatives,
  • 25% for the topic Behavioral Finance, and
  • 50% for the topic International Financial Management. 
Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of International Business: Standaard traject
Master of Applied Sciences and Engineering: Computer Science: Artificial Intelligence
Master of Applied Sciences and Engineering: Computer Science: Multimedia
Master of Applied Sciences and Engineering: Computer Science: Software Languages and Software Engineering