Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
İSL536FINANCIAL MODELINGCompulsory125
Level of Course Unit
Second Cycle
Objectives of the Course
This course covers the processing of the necessary tools and drafts for the establishment of spreadsheet models that are effective in the financial decision making process. The course aims to provide basic and intermediate financial modeling skills, mainly using Excel, and is a program for people who want to understand financial modeling and develop new skills on it.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Doç.Dr.Gönül YÜCE AKINCI
Learning Outcomes
1Evaluate investment projects.
2Can perform sensitivity analysis
3Can create portfolio and optimize portfolio.
4It can make securities valuation.
5Can perform univariate and multivariate regression analyzes
6Be able to perform operations related to financial mathematics.
7Can apply option pricing models.
Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course Contents
The content of the course consists of excel applications, pro-forma balance sheet and income statement, leasing and purchasing decisions, firm valuation, bond investments, investment decisions, sensitivity analysis, portfolio creation, option pricing models, simulation, risk management and value-at-risk calculations.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Excel applications
2Modeling of financial statements
3Modeling of financial statements
4Financial analysis of leasing transactions
5Interest rate instruments
6Basic statistics and matrix calculations
7Firm valuation
8Midterm
9investment decisions
10Sensitivity analysis
11Evaluation of derivative products and option pricing models
12Portfolio modeling
13Portfolio creation and determination of optimal portfolios with Markowitz mean variance model
14Value at Risk (VAR) calculations and simulation techniques
15Bond valuation and modeling of the yield curve
16Final examination
Recommended or Required Reading
1. Turhan Korkmaz ve Mehmet Pekkaya, Excel Uygulamalı Finans Matematiği, 3. Baskı, Ekin Kitabevi, Bursa, 2012 2. Turhan Korkmaz, Finansal Modelleme Ders Notları, Mersin Üniversitesi, 2012. - Simon Benninga, Financial Modeling, 4th Edition, MIT Press, 2014.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination111
Attending Lectures14342
Writing Paper13030
Individual Study for Mid term Examination22040
Individual Study for Final Examination12222
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)136
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