1. General
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SCHOOL |
SCHOOL OF ECONOMIC SCIENCES |
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ACADEMIC UNIT |
DEPARMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE |
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LEVEL OF STUDIES |
Undergraduate |
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COURSE CODE |
BA808 |
SEMESTER |
8 | ||
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COURSE TITLE |
International Financial Markets | ||||
| INDEPENDENT TEACHING ACTIVITIES |
WEEKLYTEACHING HOURS |
CREDITS | |||
| Lectures | 3 | ||||
| Hours Lab | 0 | ||||
| Hours Exercises | 0 | ||||
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Total |
3 | 6 | |||
| COURSE TYPE | Specialised, Compulsory Selection Course | ||||
| PREREQUISITE COURSES | No | ||||
| LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION and EXAMINATIONS | Greek | ||||
| IS THE COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS | Yes (upon request) | ||||
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COURSE WEBSITE (URL) |
https://
eclass.uowm.gr/courses/BA161
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2. LEARNING OUTCOMES
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Learning outcomes |
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After successful completion of the course, students learn the basics of finance such as: • Financial markets • Monetary system • Banking system and determinants • Supply and demand money theories • Interest rate policy • The function of international financial system • Financial products • Greek financial system • Stock market |
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General Competences |
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• Search for, analysis and synthesis of data and information, with the use of the necessary technology. • Working in an international environment. • Working in an interdisciplinary environment Production of new research ideas. • Production of new research ideas. • Production of free, creative and inductive thinking. |
3. SYLLABUS
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The course is related closely with other perquisites courses such as Microeconomics and Financial Management. The main goal of this course is to provide the basic knowledge in finance. Specially, students are able to understand how financial system works and the important role of banks in international capital markets. Students with complete theoretical background and specified knowledge and skills acquisition are able to: • Obtain the basic knowledge in financial markets • To understand the functioning of money and capital markets and the financial products Utility • The importance of money market in an economic system • Financial products such as shares, bond, derivatives are channeled in financial markets by financial mediators. • Interest rate policy in monetary system. • Management of credit institutions and their effective role in economy in general. • The Eurosystem policies in European economies and the application of the common monetary policy in eurozone. |
4. TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS - EVALUATION
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DELIVERY |
Face to face | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY |
Videoprojector presentations, eclass platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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STUDENT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION |
1. Final Exam(multiple choice, short-answer questions, problem solving) 100% Specifically-defined evaluation criteria are given, and are accessible to students via eclass platform. Furthermore, students are informed by email to evaluate the course online early at the beginning of the semester. |
5. SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
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1. Cecchetti, S. and Schoenholtz, K. (2019). Money, Banks and Stock Markets. Broken Hill (eds). 2. Νoulas, Α.(2019). Money and Capital Markets. Tziolas (eds). Thessaloniki. 3. Silligardos, G. and Schiniotakis, N. (2018). Money, Banks, Markets and Risk Management. Disigma (eds). Thessaloniki. 4. Siriopoulos, Κ. (1999). International Capital Market: Theory and Analysis. Anikoula (eds). Thessaloniki. |
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