Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
BASIC FINANCIAL MATHEMATICS AND PROJECT APPRAISAL 805000715150 3 + 0 3.0 8.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Graduate Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors Harun TANRIVERMİŞ
Assistants
Goals The course aims to provide students with the ability to value, compare and interpret investments and projects within the scope of benefit/cost analysis by using basic financial mathematics operations.
Course Content Scope and content are, investment valuation methods: profitability ratio, repayment period, internal rate of return (profitability) ratio, net present value, benefit / cost analysis, comparison of valuation methods and decision criteria, risk and uncertainties and effects of investment valuation, sensitivity analysis, economic and financial analysis of investment projects analysis results, securities valuation: types, definitions and scopes, bond valuation, stock valuation, case studies and discussions.
Learning Outcomes 1) Defines the main terms about basic financial mathematics and project appraisal.
2) Makes simple and compound discount processes.
3) Makes simple and compound interest processes.
4) Analyses the profitability of investments.
5) Defines and categorizes methods of project appraisals.
6) Compares the appraisal methods.
7) Analyses investment projects according to economic and financial aspects.
8) Makes appraisals of movables, bonds and shares.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Scope and outline of the courses, descriptive statistics Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
2. Week Ratios and percent analysis, theory of interest, simple interest Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
3. Week Definition of discount and simple discount process Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
4. Week Compound interest and applications, definition and process of compound discount Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
5. Week Annuities: definitions, applications and types Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
6. Week Amortization of a debt, capital budgeting Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
7. Week Amortization methods and their impacts Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
8. Week Mid term exam Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
9. Week Financial leverage and its impacts profitability analysis of investments Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
10. Week Methods of investment project appraisal: profitability ratios, repayment term Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
11. Week Methods of investment project appraisal: Internal rate of return, net present value Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
12. Week Cost- benefit analysis, comparisons of appraisal methods and decision-making, risk and uncertainty and their impacts in project appraisal Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
13. Week Sensitivity analysis, results of economic and financial analyses of investment projects Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
14. Week Valuation of securities: types, definition and scope, bond valuation, stock valuation, case studies and discussions Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Finans Matematiği, N.Aydın, Birlik Ofset, Eskişehir, 1996.
Finans Matematiği, O. Yozgat, Marmara Üniversitesi Yayın No:436, İstanbul, 1986.
Finans Matematiği, Z. Başkaya ve D.Alper, 2. Baskı, Ekin Kitabevi, Bursa, 2003.
Yatırım Projelerinin Düzenlenmesi Değerlendirilmesi ve İzlenmesi, O. Güvemli, Atlas Yayın Dağıtım Yayın No:7, İstanbul, 2001.

Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 3
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 12 6
Homework 10 3
Presentation (Including Preparation Time) 1 3
Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) 10 3
Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice , Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice) 7 3
Midterm Exam 1 5
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 5 3
Final Exam 1 5
Time to prepare for Final Exam 8 3
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course
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Course Information
  • Course Information
  • Weekly Topics (Content)
  • Sources Used in This Course
  • Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
  • ECTS credits and course workload