Courses
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Elective Module 1: Corporate Valuation (5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)
Prerequisites for registration: Positive completion of the courses referred to in § 7.1 (2 to 5).
Learning Outcome: An understanding of the theoretical principles required for analyzing and assessing the value of enterprises, along with the central factors influencing corporate valuation. The competence to apply analysis and valuation Approaches.
Elective Module 2: Portfolio Optimization and Management (5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)
Prerequisites for registration: Positive completion of the courses referred to in § 7.1 (2 to 5).
Learning Outcome: An understanding of theoretical concepts of portfolio optimization. Based on the principles of modern portfolio theory, advanced methods which are used to support the structuring of optimal portfolios are considered and the competence to implement
theoretical concepts is developed.
Elective Module 3: Applied Behavioral Finance (5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)
Prerequisites for registration: Positive completion of the courses referred to in § 7.1 (2 to 5).
Learning Outcome: An understanding of the analysis and description of individual decisionmaking behavior and their consequences in a market context. The competence to apply the
theoretical concepts.
Elective Module 4: Experimental Finance (5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)
Prerequisites for registration: Positive completion of the courses referred to in § 7.1 (2 to 5).
Learning Outcome: An understanding of the theoretical principles and tools most commonly used in economic experiments (field and laboratory experiments, questionnaires), along with
the competence to design, implement and evaluate the results of finance experiments on an individual and market Level.
Elective Module 5: Applied Risk Management (5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: Positive completion of the courses referred to in § 7.1 (2 to 5).
Learning Outcome: An understanding of the theoretical principles of risk management, focusing on market and credit risks. The competence to apply modern approaches of risk
assessment on both the individual transaction and portfolio level. The ability to assess
regulatory conditions when dealing with aspects of risk Management.
Elective Module 6: Information Economics (5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)
Prerequisites for registration: Positive completion of the courses referred to in § 7.1 (2 to 5).
Learning Outcome: An understanding of the theoretical principles and significance of information processing in general and with regard to financial markets in particular. The ability
to assess the implications of information uncertainty in financial markets.
Elective Module 7: International Finance (5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)
Prerequisites for registration: Positive completion of the courses referred to in § 7.1 (2 to 5).
Learning Outcome: An understanding of the importance and structure of international financial markets with a view to managing currency and country risks, along with the analysis
of financial interconnections. The competence to apply the theoretical concepts.
Elective Module 8: Real Options (5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: Positive completion of the courses referred to in § 7.1 (2 to 5).
Learning Outcome: An understanding of the real options approach to analyzing investment decisions under uncertainty. The competence to apply knowledge of option valuation to assess
flexibility in investment decisions.
Elective Module 9: Market Microstructure (5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: Positive completion of the courses referred to in § 7.1 (2 to 5).
Learning Outcome: An understanding of theories that explain how financial markets function. Knowledge and an ability to evaluate the theoretical analysis of transaction costs, especially those generated by friction, such as information asymmetries, indivisibilities and strategic considerations.
Elective Module 10: Financial Regulation(5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: Positive completion of the courses referred to in § 7.1 (2 to 5).
Learning Outcome: An understanding of regulatory provisions used to control financial markets. The competence to analyze and evaluate the regulation of banks through international
coordination committees and to apply these theoretical concepts in a practical context.
Elective Module 11: Theoretical Corporate Finance (5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: Positive completion of the courses referred to in § 7.1 (2 to 5).
Learning Outcome: An understanding of advanced theoretical finance theories. The competence to apply knowledge of contract and principal-agent theory, which can be used to explain decision-making situations in corporate Finance.
Elective Module 12: Fixed Income (5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: Positive completion of the courses referred to in § 7.1 (2 to 5).
Learning Outcome: An understanding of how fixed-income securities can be evaluated, selected and used. Knowledge of modelling and measuring yield curves, evaluation of different
types of fixed-income securities, along with the competence to apply these theoretical concepts in practice.
Elective Module 13: Complexity in Financial Markets (5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: Positive completion of the courses referred to in § 7.1 (2 to 5).
Learning Outcome: An understanding of the complexity of modern financial systems. Advanced knowledge of how agent-based simulations work. The ability to assess the application possibilities of this method for understanding modern financial systems and to be aware of its strengths and weaknesses.
Elective Module 14: History of Finance (5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: Positive completion of the courses referred to in § 7.1 (2 to 5).
Learning Outcome: An understanding of long-term connections of financial developments. The competence to evaluate and position current trends against the background of long-term developments.
Elective Module 15: Current Topics in Banking and Finance (5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)
Prerequisites for registration: Positive completion of the courses referred to in § 7.1 (2 to 5).
Learning Outcome: An understanding of the significance of current developments in banking and finance. The competence to evaluate these developments against a background of
theoretical, practical and ethical considerations.
Notes:
- There may still be changes in the courses offered as well as room allocation and course dates.
- The course descriptions found in the English version of the course catalogue are for informational purposes only. Authoritative information can be found in the "Vorlesungsverzeichnis" (German version of the course catalogue).