Key words
Introduction to Finances, S181 - Financial Sciences
Objectives
- The course is an introduction to the courses "Investing" and "Credit" in the second and third years.
- The student gains insight into the structure of the financial sector in Belgium and the financial market.
- Students have to get acquainted and learn how to evaluate the saving possibilities offered by the financial institutions.
- He learns to obtain information independently and process it accurately and with critical sense.
Topics
Part I: Financial Institutions- Survey of financial institutions and intermediaries: profile, function, recent developments
- Survey and operation of financial markets
- Money transfer systems
- Role of the central bank
- Supervision of financial markets and operations
- Basic concepts of deontology
Part II: Introduction to Investments- Survey of investment possibilities
- Principles of forming portfolios and criteria for investing (return, risk, liquidity, taxability and costs)
- Saving possibilities offered by banks: savings accounts (bancair and branch 21), current accounts (in euro and in bills of exchange), certificates of deposit, savings and lowered certificates, bills of insurance and government securities.
Prerequisites
- No special preliminary knowledge required, but basic knowledge of economics would be an asset.
- Being eager to learn and being interested in the financial world.
Final Objectives
Knowledge:- Knowledge of financial products, their possibilities and restrictions
- Knowledge of the technical terminology
- Knowledge of financial documents
- Knowledge of professional associations and organizations
- Keeping abreast of topical matters and deontology concerning the profession
Skills:
General:- Working independently
- Updating knowledge
- Consulting sources
- Acquiring and assimilating information
Job-related (specific): - Following the financial and economic realities through professional literature
Attitudes:- Independence and self-motivation
- Being able to handle economic, judicial and financial information
- Being able to be selective in this information
Materials used
Own syllabus
Study costs
Syllabus, unit price determined under Hogeschool rules: 5 to 10 euro
Study guidance
The lecturer is available for individual questions.
Feedback of assignments.
Teaching Methods
Question-and-answer method
Active use of financial newspapers
Independent work with feedback
Assessment
- First exam session: continuous assessment 20% and written exam 80%
- Second exam session: 100 % written exam
Students only enrolled for taking the exams:- First exam session: 100% written exam
- Second exam session: 100% written exam
Lecturer(s)
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