BA5825 FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES
| Course Code: | 3125825 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Business Administration |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. SEZA DANIŞOĞLU |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
This course is designed to provide a solid foundation in the principles of financial derivatives and risk management. It attempts to strike a balance between institutional details, theoretical foundations, and practical applications. The course equally emphasizes pricing and investment strategies in order to motivate students to start thinking about risk management in financial markets. Parallel to the already increasing attempts to integrate derivative securities and markets into the Turkish financial system, it is believed that this course will fill a gap and students will be exposed to a rather comprehensive coverage of theory and application in the derivatives area. This course is expected to give the students a “competitive advantage” when they enter the job market since “derivatives” is a “hot topic” nowadays and BA 5825 is one of the very few courses offered on this topic in Turkey!
Course Content
This course is designed to provide a solid foundation in the principles of derivatives. It attempts to strike a balance between institutional details, theoretical foundations, and practical applications. Parallel to the already increasing attempts to integrate derivative securities and markets into the Turkish financial system, it is believed that this course will fill a gap in that the students will be exposed to a rather comprehensive coverage of theory and application in the derivatives area.
Course Learning Outcomes
1. Understand how the various parts of a business and its environments interact with the financial decisions and risks of the firm
2. Understand the structure of the options markets and the motivation behind creating option contracts
3. Develop skills in option pricing and understand the basic principles that affect the value of an option contract
4. Understand how option contracts can be used to manage financial risk
5. Understand the structure of the futures and forward markets and the motivation behind creating these contracts
6. Develop skills in futures pricing and understand the basic principles that affect the value of a futures contract
7. Understand how futures contracts can be used to manage financial risk
8. Understand the structure of the interest rate derivatives markets and the motivation behind creating such contracts
9. Develop skills in interest rate derivatives pricing and understand the basic principles that affect the value of such contracts
10. Understand how interest rate derivatives can be used to manage financial risk
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | They attain advanced level of knowledge in the functional areas of business administration such as strategic management, marketing, accounting, finance, organization management, human resources, and operations management. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | They are capable of synthesizing the knowledge that they attained in the area of business administration with the knowledge base that they developed in their undergraduate specialisms. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | They are capable of identifying and analyzing legal, environmental and social factors, which influence the basic functional areas of the business administration. | ✔ | |||
| 4 | They understand and implement rational, systematic and scientific approaches effectively in problem solving and decision-making processes. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | They are capable of applying, analyzing, synthesizing and evaluating the knowledge they developed in diverse fields efficiently. | ✔ | |||
| 6 | They are capable of transferring information by using efficient verbal and written communication techniques. | ✔ | |||
| 7 | They are capable of performing professional communication effectively also in English. | ✔ | |||
| 8 | They know methods of performing efficient teamwork. | ✔ | |||
| 9 | They are capable of understanding and synthesizing academic and scientific research in their areas and able to transform such research into useful knowledge. | ✔ | |||
| 10 | They have competence in all of the stages of scientific research and processes. | ✔ | |||
| 11 | They are knowledgeable in the areas of professional ethics and responsibility. | ✔ | |||
| 12 | They are capable of utilizing their knowledge and skills efficiently in global and multicultural contexts. | ✔ | |||
| 13 | They are knowledgeable in the issues of environment, social responsibility, social justice, quality and cultural values. | ✔ | |||
| 14 | They have a creative, innovative and critical perspective. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution