StudyQA — Master: Finance (Without Thesis) Program — Izmir University of Economics (Page 3)

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The Master’s program in Finance is now redesigned to respond this new era by contributing the program participants (academicians and finance professionals) who wish to have a theoretical and practical background for an efficient analysis and expert solution of the financial issues.

Supported by main finance courses, the program also presents a unique blend of courses such as corporate finance, bank financial management, quantitative methods in finance, insurance management, risk management, financial modeling, analysis for financial decision and performance, investment analysis and portfolio management and basic derivative products.

To see the course details (such as objectives, learning outcomes, content, assessment and ECTS workload), click the relevant Course Code given in the table below.

1. Year Fall Semester
Code	Pre.	Course Name	Theory	Application/Laboratory	Local Credits	ECTS
BA 513		Managerial Economics	3	0	3	7.5
ELEC 001		Elective Course I	3	0	3	7.5
FIN 501		Financial Institutions and Markets	3	0	3	7.5
ITF 507		Corporate Financial Management	3	0	3	7.5
Total :	30

1. Year Spring Semester
Code	Pre.	Course Name	Theory	Application/Laboratory	Local Credits	ECTS
ELEC 002		Elective Course II	3	0	3	7.5
FIN 502		Bank Management	3	0	3	7.5
FIN 504		Quantitative Methods in Finance	3	0	3	7.5
LAW 514		Legal Structures of Financial Institutions	3	0	3	7.5
Total :	30

2. Year Fall Semester
Code	Pre.	Course Name	Theory	Application/Laboratory	Local Credits	ECTS
ELEC 003		Elective Course III	3	0	3	7.5
FIN 597		Term Project	0	0	0	15
ITF 503		Advanced Corporate Finance	3	0	3	7.5
Total :	30

Elective Courses
Code	Pre.	Course Name	Theory	Application/Laboratory	Local Credits	ECTS
DOE 501		Basic Derivative Products and Markets	3	0	3	7.5
ECON 516		Economics of Risk and Institutional Risk	3	0	3	7.5
FIN 551		Insurance Management	3	0	3	7.5
FIN 552		Financial Modeling	3	0	3	7.5
FIN 553		Analysis for Financial Decision and Performance	3	0	3	7.5
ITF 501		International Financial Markets	3	0	3	7.5
ITF 510		Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management	3	0	3	7.5

The students studying in this second cycle program without thesis are required:

to take a minimum of 10 courses with a minimum of 30 local credits and a non-credit semester project which is graded on a pass/fail basis.

to succeed in all the courses with a letter grade of at least CC/S

to have a Cumulative Grade Point Average of at least 3.00/4.00 with a minimum of 90 ECTS credits.

A-2-FOREIGN NATIONALS:

To hold an Undergraduate Degree Diploma from a (4 year) higher education institution that is recognized by the Higher Education Board, (To graduate from undergraduate program of Department of Psychology to apply for Experimental Psychology master program, to graduate from Faculty of Law for Special Law master program)

To be exempt from foreign language proficiency, students need to meet the below requirements:

To be graduated from a higher education program in which the medium of instruction is the same language as in the master program applied for within three years following their graduation,

To obtain the scores in the exams specified below, or obtain an equivalent score in the internationally recognized foreign language exams that are deemed equivalent to the exams specified below by the Higher Education Board.

Type of Exam	Score
KPDS ( Public Personnel Language Exam )	70 60*
UDS ( Interuniversity Foreign Language Exam )	70 60*
YDS (Foreign Language Placement Exam)	70 60*
IYS (IUE Proficiency in English Exam)	70 60*