MB-201 · Semester two
Financial Management
It is where accounting becomes decision-making: which project, at what cost of money, funded how.
- Code
- MB-201
- Semester
- 2 of 4
- Credits
- 4
- Assessment
- Written exam
4credits
4 of the 51 credits — 8% of the degreeSat in semester 2, alongside 4 other papers, in a semester worth 17 credits. At roughly 30 hours a credit that is about 120 hours of work.
What it covers
Time value of moneyCapital budgetingCost of capitalWorking capitalCapital structure
Studying it by distance
Requires MB-102 first. Doable alone with effort; painful without the accounting foundation.
How it is assessed
Written examination, heavily numerical.
Our view. The other genuinely high-value core subject. Together with accounting it is most of the practical case for the degree.