Course 2024-2025

Principles of finance [EFASB356]

  • 5 credits
  • 30h
  • 2nd quarter
Language of instruction: French / Français
Teacher: Bereau Sophie

Learning outcomes

The objective of the financial theory course is to familiarise students with the organisation of financial markets and the investment products that are dealt with in them: bonds, shares, derivatives.


Co-requisites

Microéconomie [EFASB250] et Mathématiques pour l'économie et la gestion [EFASB231]

Teaching methods

30 hours of lectures - occasional applications in the form of exercises in class or in the computer room (to be specified as and when required) The teaching materials are as follows - Reference manuals: * Bodie, Z., Kane, A. and A.J., Marcus, Investments, MacGrawHill, 9th ed. 2010 [BKM] * Brealey, R.A., and S. C. Myers, Principles of Corporate Finance, McGraw Hill, 7th ed. 2002, translated into French by Pearson: Principes de Gestion Financière [BMA]; The chapters referenced in the syllabus/transparencies are those of these two books identified by the codes [BKM] and [BMA] respectively. - slides (made available on Webcampus as the course progresses); - corrected exercises (made available on Webcampus as the course progresses)

Evaluations

Closed book examination, based on (i) course questions and (ii) application exercises similar to those covered in class.

Language of instruction

French / Français

Location for course

NAMUR

Organizer

Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales et de gestion
Rue de Bruxelles, 61
5000 NAMUR

Degree of Reference

Undergraduate Degree