Form C4
Heriot-Watt University - Course Descriptor
1. Course
Code
C21EF
2. Course
Title
Emerging Financial Markets
3. SCQF 11
4. Credits
Level
6. Course
Professor David Cobham
Co-ordinator
15
5. School
Management and Languages
7. Delivery:
Location &
Semester
Edin
SBC
Orkney
Dubai
IDL
Collaborative Partner
Approved Learning Partner
Sem 2
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Sem 2
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Name…………………….....Sem..…...
Name …………………………………Sem………..
8. Pre-requisites
9. Linked Courses
(specify if synoptic)
10. Excluded Courses
11. Replacement Courses
Code:
12. Degrees for which
this is a core course
Date Of Replacement:
13. The course may be
delivered to:
UG only
PG only
UG & PG
MSc Finance and Management
Option for MSc International Accounting and Finance, MSc
Investment Management, MSc Finance
14. Available as an Elective?
Yes
No
15. Aims
This course aims to supplement the understanding acquired by students of mainstream finance during the year, and to apply it to the specific circumstances of emerging
financial markets. This exposure is also designed to assist students with definition of possible dissertation topics and data sources.
16. Syllabus
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Financial repression and liberalisation
The institutions, and formation, of macroeconomic policymaking in emerging financial markets
The relationship between finance, economic growth and poverty
The structure of financial intermediation in emerging markets
Structure of savings and informal financial markets
Microfinance
Crises and regulation in emerging financial markets
The role of foreign direct investment and foreign-owned banks in emerging markets
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17. Learning Outcomes (HWU Core Skills: Employability and Professional Career Readiness)
Subject Mastery
Understanding, Knowledge and Cognitive
Skills
Scholarship, Enquiry and Research (Research-Informed Learning)
Students will, by the end of the course
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Personal Abilities
be familiar with the leading research themes and public policy debates in emerging financial markets
understand the interdependence of financial markets and contagion effects
be able to analyse the current status and policies of emerging markets
Industrial, Commercial & Professional Practice
Autonomy, Accountability & Working with Others
Communication, Numeracy & ICT
During the course, students will
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adapt and apply mainstream financial theory to the framework of emerging markets
be prepared for professional involvement in the emerging financial markets in either the private or public sectors
prepare and present their views on recent academic literature in a seminar setting
18. Assessment Methods
Method
19. Re-assessment Methods
Duration of Exam
Weighting (%)
Synoptic courses?
Method
(if applicable)
Continuous assessment
Examination
2 hr
Duration of Exam
(if applicable)
40
60
Examination
2 hr
20. Date and Version
Date of Proposal
Date of Approval by
School Committee
Date of
Implementation
Version
Number
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Diet(s)