MAN 3119/3120/3121/3122 Financial Consulting

APPLIES TO ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017
Norwegian version

MAN 3119/3120/3121/3122 Financial Consulting


Responsible for the course
Knut Sagmo

Department
Department of Finance

Term
According to study plan

ECTS Credits
30

Language of instruction
Norwegian

Introduction


    Learning outcome

      Prerequisites
      Bachelor degree, corresponding to 180 credits, and 4 years of work experience. Please consult our student regulations.

      Compulsory reading
      Books:
      Alm, Kristian. 2012. Yrkesetikk : utfordringer for næringsliv og finans. Universitetsforlaget
      Bodie, Zvi, Alex Kane, Alan J. Marcus. 2014. Investments. 10th global ed. McGraw-Hill Education
      Døskeland, Trond M. 2014. Personlig finans : et helhetlig rammeverk for hvordan vi skal forholde oss til finansmarkedet. Fagbokforlaget. 80. Norsk fremstilling av emner som delvis overlapper med pensumsbokens emner i finans (Bodie-Kane-Marcus)
      Hveem, Dag Jørgen ... [et al.]. 2015. Personlig økonomi - juss. Fagbokforl.
      Langfeldt, Sverre Faafeng og Tore Bråthen. Lov og rett for næringslivet. Siste utg. Universitetsforlaget : Focus forlag. Utvalgte kapitler
      Steigum, Erling. 2004. Moderne makroøkonomi. Gyldendal akademisk

      Book extract:
      Grimen, Harald. 2004. Tllit, sårbarhet og makt. I: Nordtvedt, Per og Harald Grimen. Sensibilitet og refleksjon : filosofi og vitenskapsteori for helsefag. Gyldendal akademisk. Sidene 98 - 124
      Skirbekk, Helge. 2012. Tillitens betydning i Norge og Norden. I: Grimen, Harald og Helge Skirbekk (red): Tillit i Norge. Res Publica

      Articles:
      2013-2014. Utvalge artikler innenfor pensjon, skatt og generasjonsskifte
      Steigum, Erling. 2006. Aktivabobler : kan og bør myndighetene gjøre noe?. Magma. nr 1

      Other:
      2004. Norges Bank; Norske finansmarkeder – pengepolitikk og finansiell stabilitet. Norges Bank’s skriftserie Nr 34, kap. 3. Norges Bank: Finansiell stabilitet rapport 1/11
      2009 -2010. Forvaltningen av Statens pensjonsfond i 2009. St melding 10. 100 sider


      Recommended reading

      Course outline

        Computer-based tools


        Learning process and workload
        The programme is conducted through five course modules, a total of approx. 150 lecturing hours.

        Project tutorials differ in each Executive Master of Management programme. It will consist of personal tutorials and tutorials given in class. Generally the students may expect consulting tutorials, not evaluating tutorials. The total hours of tutorials offered is estimated to two hours pr. students following an ordinary Master of Management programme. For students taking the programme as their final Master of Management programme the tutorials offered are estimated to a total of six hours per term paper.

        Please note that while attendance is not compulsory in all programmes, it is the student's own responsibility to obtain any information provided in class that is not included on the course homepage/ itslearning or other course materials.


        Examination
        The students are evaluated through a term paper, counting 18 ECTS credits and a 5 hours individual written exam, counting 12 ECTS credits. Both evaluations must be passed to obtain a certificate for the programme. The term paper may be written individually or in groups of maximum three persons.

        For students taking this programme as the final Master of Management Programme the following applies:
        The students are evaluated through a term paper, counting 24 ECTS credits and a 5 hours individual written exam, counting 6 ECTS credits. The term paper may be written individually or in groups of maximum two persons. Both evaluations must be passed to obtain a certificate for the programme.
        Examination code(s)
        MAN 31191 - Term paper; accounts for 100 % of the grade to pass the programme MAN 3119, 18 credits
        MAN 31201 - Written exam; accounts for 100 % of the grade to pass the programme MAN 3120, 12 credits
        Both evaluations must be passed to obtain a certificate for the programme.

        For students taking this programme as the final Master of Management Programme the following applies:
        MAN 31211 - Term paper; accounts for 100 % of the grade to pass the programme MAN 3121, 24 credits
        MAN 31221 - Written exam; accounts for 100 % of the grade to pass the programme MAN 3122, 6 credits;.
        Both evaluations must be passed to obtain a certificate for the programme.

        Examination support materials
        BI-defined exam calculator. TEXAS INSTRUMENTS BA II Plus™, The Norwegian code of laws or another compilation of laws, reprints of laws. Exam aids at written examinations are explained under exam information in our web-based Student handbook. Please note use of calculator and dictionary. http://www.bi.edu/studenthandbook/examaids

        Re-sit examination
        It is only possible to re-sit an examination at the next ordinary examination. When a programme is discontinued, the re-sit examination will take place in a replacement programme.

        The assessment is mainly based on more than one examination code. Where this is the case, you may re-sit only the assessed components of one of these examination codes. Where this is not the case, all of the assessed components of the course must be retaken. All re-sit examinations will incur an additional fee.

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