Course Description SMF2011 - Investment and Financial Analysis (2004/2005)

Level	Undergraduate
ECTS Credits	5
Duration	Spring
Language	Norwegian
Prerequisite(s)
Aim	The students shall be able to: -Perform project management (small projects) -Budget cash flows, including inflation and taxes. -Analyze and evaluate a project by models using TVM-concepts. -Calculate the cost of capital by CAPM and evaluate the risk of a single asset and of a portifolio of assets. -Evaluate the risk by sensitivity tests. -Calculate and evaluate the most common financial instruments.
Content	Projects management: Organization, Management, Goal analysis, Gannt chart, Milestones,Resources. Investments and financing: Time value of money (calculation), Budgeting cash flow, Inflation, Taxes, Calculations and management of working capital, NPV, IRR, Payback period method, Capital rationing, Risk and return for a single asset and a portefolio, CAPM, Sensitivity test, Capital structure/WACC, Home loans, Bonds, Leasing, Instalments.
Study Methods	Lectures, Group Works, Mandatory Assignments, Exercises, Tutoring
Assessment	Written Exam, 4 hours (evaluated by lecturer and an examiner) Mandatory assignments must be approved in order to participate in the written exam.
Grading System	Alphabetical Scale, A (best) - F (fail)
Course Requirements	Exercises