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ECON40915: INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL ECONOMICS

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Type Tied
Level 4
Credits 15
Availability Not available in 2023/24
Module Cap
Location Durham
Department Economics

Prerequisites

  • None

Corequisites

  • None

Excluded Combinations of Modules

  • None

Aims

  • develop students' advanced knowledge and critical understanding of international finance;
  • develop students' ability to critically understand frontier theoretical and empirical issues in international finance;
  • offer students the opportunity to develop key analytical and technical skills in dealing with problems in international finance in a global economic environment.

Content

  • Topics may include:
  • Economics of exchange rates;
  • Purchasing power parity;
  • Models of exchange rates;
  • Foreign exchange market efficiency.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:

  • have explored, understood and appreciated the complexity and diversity of the current academic literature and its implications for professional practice, and be able to identify open questions for their own research.

Subject-specific Skills:

  • be able to use highly specialised and advanced technical, professional and academic skills in analysing exchange rates, and more generally asset pricing in a global economy;
  • be able to master problem solving and analytical skills in a challenging global environment, and other complex specialised contexts.

Key Skills:

  • Written Communication;
  • Planning, Organising and Time Management;
  • Problem Solving and analysis;
  • Using Initiative;
  • Numeracy;
  • Computer Literacy.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

  • A combination of lectures, seminars and guided reading will contribute to achieving the aims and learning outcomes of this module. The summative written examination will test students' knowledge and critical understanding of the material covered in the module, their analytical and problem-solving skills.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

ActivityNumberFrequencyDurationTotalMonitored
Lectures91 per week2 hours18 
Seminars/Workshops4fortnightly1 hour4Yes
Preparation & Reading126 
Revision21 hour2 
Total150 

Summative Assessment

Component: ExaminationComponent Weighting: 100%
ElementLength / DurationElement WeightingResit Opportunity
Online examination2 hours / 3000 words max100Same

Formative Assessment

One written piece of work to prepare students for the summative exam.

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