Corporate Finance
Entry Requirements
180 credits
60 credits Business Administration or 60 credits Economics
15 credits Microeconomics
15 credits Statistics or 5 credits Mathematics and 5 credits Statistics
English 6
Course facts
- Course name
- Corporate Finance
- Swedish course name
- Företagsfinansiering
- Level
- Second cycle (A1N)
- Main field of study
- Business Administration, Economics
- Credits
- 15.0 credits
- Rate of study
- 100 %
- Study location
- Uppsala
- Form of instruction
- Campus-based instruction
- Application code
- SLU-10278
- Course code
- FÖ0509
- Course language
- English
- Included in program
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Agriculture and Business ManagementAgriculture and EconomicsAgricultural, Food and Environmental Policy Analysis (AFEPA) - Master's ProgrammeAgricultural Economics and Management - Master's ProgrammeAgricultural Science with a Specialisation in Economics and Business AdministrationForest Science - Master's Programme
- Offered as a freestanding course
- Ja
- Tuition fee
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Tuition fees only for non-EU/EEA/Switzerland citizens
31440 SEK
A warm welcome to the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and the course Corporate Finance!
Below, you will find general information about the student account, registration for the course and other practical information.
The student account
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Registration for the course
There is no self-registration for this course. Registration is carried out manually by the educational administration and is based on the attendance list from the first course session. If you have any questions regarding your registration eligibility, or if you are unable to attend the course introduction, please contact the course leader.
Schedule
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Educational support
If you are entitled extra educational support, please inform the course leader at the start of the course so that special arrangements can be made.
For educational support for an exam, see instructions in the exam registration in Ladok Student. You need to register for alternative exam arrangements no later than 10 workings days prior to the examination day. More information here: https://student.slu.se/en/study-support/study-support/funka/.
Discontinuation of a course
If you want to discontinue the course, you should immediately notify the educational administrators at econ-edu@slu.se, who in turn will inform the course leader and register a non-completion of the course in Ladok after your approval. You are also able to register an early non-completion of the course (within three weeks after course start) in Ladok yourself.
Exams
You need to register for exams in Ladok. The registration closes 10 working days prior to the exam. You can find your anonymity code in Ladok Student. It's **not **possible to register for the exam after the deadline has passed.
On Wednesdays between 12:30-14:30 we have an exam hand out at the department (Ulls hus, 4th floor). Please remember to bring your ID-card.
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Do not hesitate to contact us at econ-edu@slu.se if you have any questions!
Kind regards,
The educational administrators
FÖ0509, Corporate Finance, 15.0 Hp
Print syllabus
Syllabus
Finalized by: PN-NJ, 2024-11-15
Valid from : Autumn semester 2025 (2025-09-01)
Level
Second cycle (A1N)
Main field of study
Business Administration, Economics
Grading Scale
The grade requirements within the course grading system are set out in specific criteria. These criteria must be available by the course start at the latest.
Course language
English
Entry Requirements
180 credits
60 credits Business Administration or 60 credits Economics
15 credits Microeconomics
15 credits Statistics or 5 credits Mathematics and 5 credits Statistics
English 6
Objectives
*The course provides a dynamic perspective on the firm’s capital expenditures, investment process, and risk management. *
After successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- account for the investment process and the economic objectives of the firm in the context of capital markets,
- analyse investment related cash flows considering the effects of taxes, inflation and uncertainty,
- analyse the determinants of optimal lifetime and replacement of real assets,
- account for uncertainty and risk in the analysis of investment decisions,
- analyse an investment decision from a portfolio perspective,
- analyse investments using real option theory in the investment decision-making process.
Content
Subject-related content
The course covers investment theory, continuous as well asand discrete measures for evaluating investment under certainty, as well as under uncertainty over future conditions. Additional topics include portfolio theory and applications of portfolio management, as well as risk and risk management.
The specific contents of the course are:
- Introduction, classification of investments, the value of time
- Financial mathematics; series and interest
- Capital markets, and bonds, and stock pricing
- Measures for evaluating investments including fiscal and inflationary concerns
- Economic life-time and replacement decision analysis
- Evaluating investment decisions under risk and uncertainty
- Portfolio theory and expected utility
- Capital Asset Pricing Model
- Risk and risk management
- Options, option pricing, and real options
Teaching formats
The course uses different teaching methods to promote students' learning and discussions through lectures, problem sets, and seminars.
Examination Formats and Requirements for Passing the Course
Passed written examination.<br> Passed assignments.
Responsible Department/Equivalent
Department of Economics
Supplementary information
Included in program
- Agriculture and Business Management
- Agriculture and Economics
- Agricultural, Food and Environmental Policy Analysis (AFEPA) - Master's Programme
- Agricultural Economics and Management - Master's Programme
- Agricultural Science with a Specialisation in Economics and Business Administration
- Forest Science - Master's Programme
Module set
| Title | Credits | Code |
|---|---|---|
| Assignments | 5.0 | 0001 |
| Exam | 10.0 | 0002 |
The Course Replaces
FÖ0459 Quantitative Finance
Other Information
The specific entry requirements can also be fulfilled through four years of completed studies at the Forest Science programme with specialization in business administration.
Main Course Textbooks
[1] Principles of Corporate Finance, Brealey, R.A., Myers, S.C., Allen, F., McGraw-Hill Companies, 14th edition, 2022.
[2] Coping with Risk in Agriculture, Hardaker, J.B., Huirne, R.B.M., Anderson, J.R., Gudbrand, L., CABI Publishing, Wallingford, 2004, [H&Al], chapters 5, 6, 7, 8.
The following books may be used to provide additional content in some specific parts of the course:
[3] Hardy, M. R., & Saunders, D. (2022). Quantitative Enterprise Risk Management. Cambridge University Press.
[4] Inefficient Capital Markets: An Introduction to Behavioral Finance - Andrei Shleifer. Oxford UP, 2000.
Other suggested readings
[5] Options, Futures and Other Derivatives, by Hull, J.C., Prentice Hall; 5 edition.
[6] Investment under Uncertainty, by Dixit, A.K., Pindyck, R.S., Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1994.
Additional papers and reports will be provided during the course.
academic year 2025/2026
Corporate Finance (FÖ0509-10272)
2025-10-26 - 2025-11-16
Contact
- Course coordinator
- Jens Rommel
- Course administrator
- Märta Berglund
- Examiner
- Jens Rommel