Detailed module information
Module information on this degree can be found below, separated by year of study.
The module information below applies for the current academic year. The academic year runs from August to July; the 'current year' switches over at the end of July.
Students select optional courses subject to rules specified in the Mechanical Engineering Student Handbook, for example at most three Design and Business courses. Please note that numbers are limited on some optional courses and selection criteria will apply.
Finance & Financial Management
Module aims
Module outline:
Reading list
Module Readings
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Corporate finance [electronic resource]
Fifth European edition., McGraw-Hill
Weeks 1 – 2 Introduction and Time Value of Money
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Corporate finance [electronic resource]
Fifth European edition., McGraw-Hill
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Corporate finance [electronic resource]
Fifth European edition., McGraw-Hill
Weeks 3 – 4 Bonds, Stocks and Options
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Corporate finance [electronic resource]
Fifth European edition., McGraw-Hill
Week 5 Capital budgeting
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Corporate finance [electronic resource]
Fifth European edition., McGraw-Hill
Weeks 6 – 7 Risk, Return, Portfolio Theory and CAPM
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Corporate finance [electronic resource]
Fifth European edition., McGraw-Hill
Week 8 Capital Structure
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Corporate finance [electronic resource]
Fifth European edition., McGraw-Hill
Additional readings
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Corporate finance
Fifth, global edition., Pearson
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How the bonds ate the entire financial system
FT FT
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Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
Sixth edition, Pearson Education
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ESG is beyond redemption: may it RIP
Financial Times
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Grumblers about passive investing may have a point
FT
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Lessons from a lifetime in investment
Financial Times
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Will gold have its day as a crisis hedge
Financial Times
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Investments
Thirteenth edition.; International student edition., McGraw Hill
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The strange death of corporate Britain
Financial Times