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BUS 442 SYLLABUS 

University: Bilgi University

Title: BANKING AND FINANCIAL SRTUCTURE

Unit Code: BUS 442 – 01 and 02

Unit Coordinator: Bülent Şenver    www.bulentsenver.net      bulentsenver@gmail.com 

Named Award pathway(s)                  Credits           Year             Maximum Student No

BA (Hons) International Finance               10                   4                           50

BA (Hons) Business Administration 

Prerequisites: Bus 331 Business Finance

Co-requisites: None

AIMS

To provide an introduction to commercial banking, central banking and the link between the two in the form of monetary policy.

LEARNING OUTCOMES 

On  succesful completion of this course, the student should be able to:

Understand the concepts and methods of the management of a Commercial Bank.

Understand the concepts and methods of the management of a Centarl Bank

Examine the trends and problems faced by the global commercial banking industry as a whole.

Understand the differences between the well-developed financial markets and those in the developing nations.

Examine and evaluate the recent developments in the globalisation of financial markets and their impact on local economies. 

KEY INDICATIVE TEXTS

Text Book: “Financial Markets and Institutions”
by Frederic S. Mishkin and  Stanley G. Eakins

Additional Reading Materials: To be assigned by the instructor from the web page  www.bseducation.net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OFFICE HOURS

By appointment. Students are free to communicate at any time with the instructor by E-Mail and after class hours  bsenver@superonline.com

 

 

PROJECT PAPER

 

Each student has to prepare a “Project-Paper”. The details of the project paper is given in the web www.bulentsenver.com (Bilgi University –  BUS 442-Project Paper)

 

 

EXAMINATION AND GRADES

 

 

Project Paper                        20%

Midterm Examination          30%

Final                                       50%

 

 

 

CLASS ATTENDANCE

 

Regular attendance is necessary for good performance. More than 2 absences will result in a difficulty to cope up with the class discussions. There are no make-ups for the exams. Advance notification or a written medical excuse is required for excused absence at an exam. An unexcused absence will result in a zero score for the test.

 

 

Title: BANKING AND FINANCIAL SRTUCTURE

Unit Code: BUS 442

Unit Code: BUS 442 – 01 and 02

 

 

SYLLABUS CONTENT

Week	Lecture	Chapters	Class	Chapters
Week 1	Introduction	Ch.1, 2	The types of Financial Institutions	Ch.1
Week 2	Fundementals of Financial Markets	Ch.3	Interest Rates, Exchange Rates and Inflation	Ch. 3, 4
Week 3	Interest Rates, Role in Valuation, How do Risk and Term Structure Affect Interest Rates	Ch.4, 5	Risk Structure of Interest Rates	Ch. 5
Week 4	Central Banking and Monetary Policy	Ch.7, 8	Interest Rate Risk Measurement	Ch. 5
Week 5	Financial Markets	Ch. 9, 10, 11	Are Financial Markets Efficient	Ch. 6
Week 6	Financial Markets	Ch. 12, 13, 14	Bond Market	Ch.10
Week 7	Midterm Week		Midterm Week
Week 8	Fundementals of Financial Intitutions	Ch. 15, 16	Stok Market	Ch. 11
Week 9	The Financial Institutions Industry	Ch. 17, 18, 19	The Foreign Exchange Market	Ch. 13
Week 10	Bank  Management and supervison	Ch. 19, 20	Risk Management in Financial Institutions	Ch. 24
Week 11	Investment Banks and Insurance Copmanies	Ch.22, 23	Duration Gap Analysis, Income Gap Analysis	Ch 24
Week 12	Risk Management in Financial Institutions	Ch 24; 25, 26	Basel II Capital Requiremnt for Banks	BIS Webpage
Week 13	Turkish Banking System Fundementals and Banking Crises	Reading Material	Review for Final exam
Week 14	Review		Review