ECO4448 Banking and Financial Institutions ManagementBahçeşehir UniversityDegree Programs ECONOMICS AND FINANCEGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational QualificationsBologna Commission
ECONOMICS AND FINANCE
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
ECO4448 Banking and Financial Institutions Management Spring 3 0 3 6
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction: English
Type of course: Departmental Elective
Course Level: Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery: Hybrid
Course Coordinator : Dr. Öğr. Üyesi AYSE ERTUĞRUL BAYKAN
Course Objectives: The objective of this course is to give students an insight into financial institutions management and to provide them with the necessary tools and techniques to identify, evaluate and manage risks associated with the management of financial institutions.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1. Be able to explain types and basic functions of financial institutions,
2. Identify the environment in which the financial institutions operate in,
3. Be able to read and evaluate financial statements of banks,
4. Be able to identify and explain different types of risk in banking,
5. Learn the basics of financial instruments for hedging and risk management,
6. Be able to describe securitization and its role in Global Financial Crisis,
7. Learn scoring models and credit ratings.

Course Content

Topics include; financial system and role of financial services, banking and financial performance evaluation, risk management in banking, securitization and credit ratings.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) An Overview of Financial System & Services Chapter 1 (Rose & Hudgins)
2) An Overview of Financial System & Services (cont'd) Chapter 1 (Rose & Hudgins)
3) The Financial Statements of Banks Chapter 2 (Rose & Hudgins)
4) Measuring and Evaluating Financial Performance of Banks Chapter 2 (Rose & Hudgins)
5) Risk Management in Banking & Basel Accords, Liquidity Risk
6) Credit Risk, Operational Risk, Market Risk & VaR (Value at Risk)
7) Risk Management for Changing Interest Rates: Duration Techniques I Chapter 7 (Rose & Hudgins)
8) Risk Management for Changing Interest Rates: Duration Techniques II
9) Other Risk Management & Hedging Tools Chapter 8 (Rose & Hudgins)
10) Securitization: Asset-Backed Securities and Credit Derivatives Chapter 27 (Saunders & Cornett)
11) Securitization and Global Financial Crisis
12) Scoring Models and Credit Ratings
13) Scoring Models and Credit Ratings (cont'd)
14) Modern Central Banking

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Peter S. Rose and Sylvia C. Hudgins , Bank Management & Financial Services, McGraw - Hill, 2013.
References: Anthony Saunders and Marcia Millon Cornett, Financial Institutions Management: A Risk Management Approach, 6th Ed., McGraw - Hill, 2008.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Project 1 % 20
Midterms 1 % 30
Final 1 % 50
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 30
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 70
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 14 3 42
Study Hours Out of Class 16 6 96
Midterms 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
Total Workload 142

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) Build up a body of knowledge in mathematics and statistics, to use them, to understand how the mechanism of economy –both at micro and macro levels – works. 4
2) Understand the common as well as distinctive characters of the markets, industries, market regulations and policies. 3
3) Develop an awareness of different approaches to the economic events and why and how those approaches have been formed through the Economic History and understand the differences among those approaches by noticing at what extent they could explain the economic events. 1
4) Analyze the interventions of politics to the economics and vice versa. 2
5) Apply the economic analysis to everyday economic problems and evaluate the policy proposals for those problems by comparing opposite approaches. 4
6) Understand current and new economic events and how the new approaches to the economics are formed and evaluating. 3
7) Develop the communicative skills in order to explain the specific economic issues/events written, spoken and graphical form. 4
8) Know how to formulate the economics problems and issues and define the solutions in a well-formed written form, which includes the hypothesis, literature, methodology and results / empirical evidence. 1
9) Demonstrate the quantitative and qualitative capabilities and provide evidence for the hypotheses and economic arguments. 4
10) Understand the information and changes related to the economy by using a foreign language and communicate with colleagues. 3