DRE 7016 Topics in Corporate Finance

DRE 7016 Topics in Corporate Finance

Course code: 
DRE 7016
Department: 
Finance
Credits: 
6
Course coordinator: 
Paul Ehling
Course name in Norwegian: 
Topics in Corporate Finance
Product category: 
PhD
Portfolio: 
PhD Finance courses
Semester: 
2023 Spring
Active status: 
Active
Level of study: 
PhD
Teaching language: 
English
Course type: 
One semester
Introduction

This course comprises of various topics in the area of corporate finance. The course will be taught by various faculty members from BI’s finance department. Each faculty member will teach a topic of their own choosing. This topic will typically, but not necessarily, be related to the faculty member’s own research agenda. The course is intended for students who wish to write their thesis in corporate finance and related topics.

Learning outcomes - Knowledge

Students should be able to understand and apply insights from the state-of-the-art research in the area of corporate finance.

Learning outcomes - Skills

Students should develop a better understanding of how to come up with research ideas, structure a research question, and write an academic research paper. They should also be better equipped to assess research papers at the forefront of corporate finance research.

General Competence

The students will gain a detailed understanding of the state-of-the-art research done by finance faculty. They will also benefit from interaction with various faculty members and will find it easier to transition from course work to working on their own research.

Course content

The exact topics of the courses vary from year to year depending on which faculty teaches the course.

Teaching and learning activities

Each topic may comprise of lectures, reading sessions, and student presentations of research papers. The course culminates in students writing their own summer paper in a topic chosen in collaboration with the faculty teaching the course and the course responsible.

Software tools
No specified computer-based tools are required.
Additional information

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Qualifications

Enrollment in a PhD Programme is a general requirement for participation in PhD courses at BI Norwegian Business School.
External candidates are kindly asked to attach confirmation of enrollment in a PhD programme when signing up for a course. Other candidates may be allowed to sit in on courses by approval of the courseleader. Sitting in on a course does not permit registration for the course, handing in exams or gaining credits for the course. Course certificates or confirmation letters will not be issued for sitting in on courses.

Disclaimer

Deviations in teaching and exams may occur if external conditions or unforeseen events call for this.

Required prerequisite knowledge

DRE 7009 Corporate Finance theory or similar.
 

Assessments
Assessments
Exam category: 
Activity
Form of assessment: 
Presentation
Weight: 
50
Grouping: 
Individual
Comment: 
Both exam components must be passed in order to pass the course.
Exam code: 
DRE 70162
Grading scale: 
Pass/fail
Resit: 
Examination when next scheduled course
Exam category: 
Submission
Form of assessment: 
Written submission
Weight: 
50
Grouping: 
Individual
Duration: 
1 Semester(s)
Comment: 
Both exam components must be passed in order to pass the course.
Exam code: 
DRE 70163
Grading scale: 
Pass/fail
Resit: 
Examination when next scheduled course
Type of Assessment: 
Ordinary examination
All exams must be passed to get a grade in this course.
Total weight: 
100
Student workload
ActivityDurationComment
Teaching
30 Hour(s)
Specified learning activities (including reading)
Student's own work with learning resources
100 Hour(s)
Specified learning activities (including reading)
Group work / Assignments
50 Hour(s)
specified learning activities (including reading)
Sum workload: 
180

A course of 1 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of 26-30 hours. Therefore a course of 6 ECTS credits corresponds to a workload of at least 160 hours.