Courses / Module

On successful completion of the module, students should be able to:

• Solve time value of money problems involving present value, future value, and annuity and perpetuity formulas.
• Choose between investment projects using investment criteria such as NPV, IRR, accounting rate of return rule, and the payback method.
• Value debt and equity securities.
• Estimate expected returns and risk for individual assets and portfolios of individual assets.
• Illustrate what happens to risk and return when securities are combined into a portfolio?
• Distinguish between the minimum variance frontier and the efficient frontier.
• Describe the risk/return relationship in the context of the CAPM and APT Models.
• Perform financial statement analysis using information from corporate financial statements

Delivery methods	Hours
Lectures	24
Labs / Practicals	0
Tutorials	5
Planned learning activities	11
Independent student activities	110
Total	150

• Module Graded (numeric value) or Ungraded (Pass/Not Passed): Graded

Assessment type	Options	Weighting	Duration
Continuous Assessment		20%
University scheduled written examination		80%	120 minutes
Other		0%
Total		100%	120 minutes

• Pass standard: 40%
• Could the result of this module be capped? No
• Maynooth University School of Business Overall Mark Calculation and Continuous Assessment Policy applies to this module.
• Penalties: Standard School of Business penalties apply for late submission of assignments.

• Are supplemental/resit registrations permitted? Yes
• Continuous assessment marks from first sitting of this module will be carried forward into the Autumn repeat assessment cycle.
• University scheduled written examination (Autumn): 120 minutes
• Is Supplemental Continuous Assessment registration permitted? No
• Is Supplemental Continuous Assessment capped? No

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