Modules Offered in Semester II, 2009/2010

Faculty of Business , Economics & Policy Studies

Module Code

Module Name

Business Statistics
Information System Concepts
Corporate Communication
Challenging Leadership
Creativity and Innovation in Business
Proactive Leadership
Operation and Production Management
Financial Management
Management Information Systems
Human Resource Management
Leadership
Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation
Agricultural Economics and Farm Management
Small Economies and Globalisation
Applied Environment Economics
Financial Economics
Issues in Economic Development
International Trade and Finance
Islamic Economics and Finance
Brunei and the World
Understanding Social Policy
Study of Public Policy
Public Policy Analysis
Advanced Research Methods
Financial Economics
Financial Economics
Islamic Economics and Finance
Issues in Economic Development
Financial Management
Leadership

Type of Module

Degree Core
Degree Core
Faculty Compulsory Breadth
Breadth
Breadth
Core
Core
Core
Core
Option
Option
Breadth
Breadth
Major Option
Option
Option
Option
Option
Breadth
Breadth
Core
Core
Core
Option
Option
Option
Option
Option
Option

Modular Credits

4
4
2
2
2
2
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3

 

Module Code
Module Title

Type of Module

Modular Credits
Student Workload
Contact hours for timetabling
Prerequisite
Anti-requisite
BE-5301
Financial Economics
Option
4
8 hours
3 hours
None
None

Aims/ Objectives/ Rationale:


The objective of this module is to provide students with a strong background in the principles of modern finance, either as preparation for research or for a career as financial economist which includes learning to use tools and techniques and applying them in a piece of supervised research.

Module Content:

  • Expected Utility
  • Stochastic Dominance
  • Risk Aversion and Risk
  • Mean Variance Portfolio Theory
  • Asset Pricing Models
  • Consumption CAPM Models
  • Efficient Market Hypothesis
  • Behavioural Models
  • Theories of Term Structure
  • Foreign Exchange Market
  • Derivatives

 

Assessment

Examination: (2 hours)
Coursework:

Tutorial Assignments
Midterm Test

          
 
60%
40%

20 %
20%