Corporate Finance - a subject offered in English 330-PS1-2RPPR#E
Profile of study: General academic
Form of study: Full-time
Course type: Module II Specialized subjects
Field and discipline of science: social sciences, economics and finance
Year of study /semester III Year/semester V
Prerequisites (so-called sequential system of classes and exams): none
Number of teaching hours by form of instruction: Lecture 30 hours Exercises 30 hours.
Didactic methods:
- Lecture: lecture enriched with multimedia presentations, creation of discussion groups and other forms of activating students (e.g. interactive quizzes)
- Exercises: solving tasks and examples with the use of current legal solutions (case study ), group work by project method, discussions, interactive quizzes.
ECTS credits 5 points
Balance of student workload :
- lecture 30 hrs.
- exercises 30 hrs.
- preparation to the exercises - 14 hrs.
- preparing foStudy profile: General academic
Form of study: Full-time
Type of subject: Group 4.1 specialisation subjects - private sector
Field of study: social sciences, discipline: economics and finance
Year of study/semester, Year III/semester V
Prerequisites (sequential system of classes and examinations): none
Number of teaching hours broken down by form of teaching: Lecture 30 hours
Classes 30 hours
Teaching methods:
• Lecture: lecture enriched with multimedia presentations, discussion groups and other forms of student engagement
• Classes: solving tasks and examples, individual and group work, consultations.
ECTS points: 5 points
Student workload balance:
- lecture 30 hours
- exercises 30 hours
- preparation for exercises - 14 hours
- preparation for the test - 18 hours
- studying literature - 10 hours
- participation in consultations - 6 hours
- preparation for the exam - 15 hours
- exam - 2 hours
TOTAL student workload in hours: 125
Quantitative indicators
Student workload related to classes:
1. requiring direct participation of the teacher - number of hours: 68; ECTS points: 2.7r the colloquium - 20 hrs
- studying the literature - 10 hrs.
- participation in consultations - 4 hrs.
- preparation for the exam - 15 hrs.
- exam - 2 hrs.
TOTAL student workload in hours - 125 hrs.
Quantitative indicators
Student workload related to classes :
1. those requiring direct participation of the teacher - the number of hours 66; ECTS credits 2.64
2. practical classes - number of hours 35 ECTS credits 1.4
Type of course
obligatory courses
Mode
Prerequisites (description)
Course coordinators
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Learning outcomes
Knowledge:
2RPPR#E_W01: the student has knowledge to an advanced degree in the discipline of economics and finance and legal sciences, including their place in the system of sciences and relations to other social sciences KP6_WG1
2RPPR#E_W02: the student knows and understands to an advanced degree the concepts, categories and theories formulated in the discipline of economics and finance and legal sciences KP6_WG3
2RPPR#E_W03: the student knows and understands to an advanced degree the principles of economic and legal structures and institutions and the relationship between them, the norms and legal rules organizing them, their historical evolution , as well as changes and ways KP6_WG6
Skills:
2RPPR#E_U01 Students are able to use their knowledge, identify, analyze and interpret the causes and course of specific economic processes and phenomena and legal events KP6_UW1
2RPPR#E_U02: the student is able to properly select sources in the discipline of economics and finance and legal sciences and, on the basis of information from them, make a critical assessment, analysis and synthesis of specific processes and phenomena KP6_UW2
2RPPR#E_U03: the student is able to use normative systems and selected legal norms and rules to solve economic problems KP6_UW4
2RPPR#E_U04: the student is able to independently plan and implement their own lifelong learning, complement and improve the acquired knowledge and skills in the disciplines of economics and finance and legal sciences KP6_UU1
Assessment criteria
Lecture: written exam (single-choice test, open-ended questions, true/false).
A minimum of 51% of the total points is required to pass the examination.
Classes:
- test: 70% (a minimum of 51% of the total points is required to pass the test),
- solving tasks and practical examples: 20%,
- class participation: 10%
The basis for passing the exercises is to obtain 51% of the total number of points from the presented forms.
The grading scale used to verify learning effects is in accordance with § 23(6) of the Regulations of the University of Białystok dated 16 April 2025 (Appendix to Resolution No. 3521 of the Senate of the University of Białystok).
Bibliography
Basic literature:
B. Kotowska, J. Sitko, A. Uziębło, Finanse przedsiębiorstw. Przykłady, zadania i rozwiązania, Wydanie IV, CeDeWu, Warszawa 2023.
M. Bojańczyk, Corporate Finance - new challenges, Akademia Finansów i Biznesu Vistula w Warszawie, Warszawa 2022.
L. Czapiewski, J. Gryko, J. Kubiak, J. Lizińska, Finanse przedsiębiortsw, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Poznaniu, Poznań 2021.
E. Bukalska, I. Skibińska-Fabrowska, Polityka pieniężna a finansowanie przedsiębiorstw, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej, Lublin 2021.
J. Jaworski, Teoria i praktyka zarządzania finansami przedsiębiorstw, Wydanie III Zmienione, CeDeWu, Warszawa 2021.
S. Kassay, Zarządzanie T. 6, Zarządzanie finansowe przedsiębiorstwem, Księgarnia Akademicka, Kraków 2020.
Additional literature:
F. Bławat, E. Drajska, P. Figura, M. Gawrycka, T. Korol, B. Prusak, Analiza finansowa przedsiębiorstwa. Finansowanie, inwestycje, wartość, syntetyczna ocena kondycji finansowej, CeDeWu, Warszawa 2023.
J. Grzywacz (red.), Finanse przedsiębiorstwa. Różne oblicza 10, Oficyna Wydawnicza SGH, Warszawa 2021.
J. Berk, P. DeMarzo, Corporate Finance, 5th ed., Stanford University, Pearson Education, 2019.
T.R. Robinson, E. Henry, W.L. Pirie, M.A. Broihahn, International financial analysis statements, CFA Institute, Wiley, New Jersey 2015.
IFRS, IFRS Standards, [online], https://www.ifrs.org/.
A. Damodaran, Applied Corporate Finance, 7th ed., John Wiley & Sons, 2015.
W.T. Harrison [et al.],Financial accounting : international financial reporting standards, Boston [etc.] : Pearson, cop. 2014.
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