Applied Science University
Faculty: Economics and Administrative Sciences
Department : Financ Department
( Course Syllabus )
CourseTitle
Credit Hours
Course No.
Financial markets
3
405411
Coordinator Name
Lecturer
Room No.
Dr Imad Z. Ramadan
Dr Imad Ramadan
238
Prerequisite
E-mail
Prof_imad67
@asu.edu.jo
Year (semester)
2010-2011(1)
Office Hours
9:30 – 11:30
Course Objectives:
This course covers the following objectives as follow:
1. Understanding the role and function played by financial markets in the global economy and the
importance of money and financial markets in our daily live.
2. Identifying the most important channels of fund fiow, characteristics of financial assets, the role
of money markets towerds financial system and different jobs of financial intermediaries and
other financial institutions.
3. Understanding roles and functions of money markets, key players of money markets, and how
money market loans and securities differ from other financial services.
4. Determining the characteristics of money market instruments and the role of security dealers in
money market.
5. Understanding the role played by in the international money market, nature and characteristice of
commercial papers, federal agencies and their effect on other sectors of the economt.
6. Learning the characteristics of common and preferred corporate stock, how stock market operate,
the difference between organized market and over the counter market.
Course Description:
A survey of the sources and uses of funds in financial markets from the standpoint of both investors and users. The
course examines short, intermediate and long-term sources of financing business operations and the structure of
market interest rates for various financing instruments. Markets examined include those for money market
instruments, stocks and bonds, stock options, T-Bill futures, Ginnie Mae futures, Eurodollars and Eurobonds. The
various applications of interest rate theory, Federal Reserve Operations, U.S. Treasury Operations and
international financing to financial markets are studied.
Intended Learning Outcomes :
After studying this course the student should be able to:
1. Understsnd the function performed and the roles played by the system of financial markets and
financial institiutions in the global economy and in our daily lives.
2. discover how important the money and capital markets and the whole financial system are to
increasing our standard of living, generating new jobs, and building our savings to meet
tomorrow's financial needs.
3. discover the most important channels through which funds flow from lenders to borrowers and
back again within the global system of money and capital markets.
4. discover the nature and characteristics of financial assets-how they are created and destroyed by
decision markers within the financial system.
5. explore the critical roles played by money within the financial ayatem and the linkages between
money and inflation in the prices of goods and services.
6. examine the important jobs carried out by financial intermediaries in lending and borrowing and
in creating and destroying financial assets.
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Course Contents :
Reference
(chapter)
Topic Details
Week
1+2
Function and role of the financial system in the
Global Economy:
3+4
Financial Assets, Money, Financial Transactions,
and financial Institutions:
5+6
Introduction to money markets:
Chapter 1: Peter
Rose (2006) , "
Money and
Capital Markets",
Chapter 2: Peter
Rose (2006) , "
Money and
Capital Markets",
Chapter 10: Peter
Rose (2006) , "
Money and
Capital Markets",
Chapter 11 : Peter
Rose (2006) , "
Money and
Capital Markets",
Chapter 12 : Peter
Rose (2006) , "
Money and
Capital Markets",
Chapter 22: Peter
Rose (2006) , "
Money and
Capital Markets",
7 + 8 + 9 Money market instrument:
10 + 11 +
Money market instrument:
12
13 +14
15
16
Corporate stock:
Practical Applications: Amman Stock Exchange
Final Exam
Grade Distribution :
Assessment
- First Exam
- Second Exam
- Assignments ( Reports /Quizzes/ Seminar / Tutorials ….)
- Final Examination
Grade
20%
20%
10%
50%
Date
* Make-up exams will be offered for valid reasons. It may be different from regular exams in content and format.
Main Reference:

Peter Rose (2008) , " Money and Capital Markets", 9th Ed, McGraw – Hill.
Other References:
. ‫ بيروت‬-‫ دار المنهل اللبناني‬، )3002( ، "‫ قضايا نقدية ومالية‬: ‫ "البورصات واألسواق المالية‬، ‫ مالك وسام‬-

Monear .Hindy "Capital Markets and Securities", The Arabic Academy for Banking and financial sciences
Jordan , Amman, 2004.

Saunders, Anthony,(2001) “Financial Markets & Institutions” a modern Perspective, McGraw-Hill.
Batra, G. S. , (2002), " Financial Services and Markets", Deep and Deep Puplication.


Mish Kin, and Frederic S.(2000), " Financial markets and Institutions", Addison-Wesley.
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