FM200 Half Unit
Financial Systems and Crises
This information is for the 2017/18 session.
Teacher responsible
Dr Jean-Pierre Zigrand
Availability
This course is compulsory on the BSc in Finance. This course is not available as an outside option nor to General Course students.
Course content
This course will cover the historical development of financial markets and institutions. The topics include the historical evolution of forms of banking and of banking regulation, the evolution of financial exchanges and their regulation, financial crises, and the role of finance in long-run economic development.
Teaching
33 hours of seminars in the MT.
This course will be taught in an interactive teaching format.
Formative coursework
Students will be expected to produce 10 problem sets in the MT.
The formative coursework will also include class participation.
Indicative reading
1. Unsettled Account, by Richard Grossman
2. Manias, Panics and Crashes, by Charles Kindleberger
3. A Financial History of Western Europe, by Charles Kindleberger
Assessment
In class assessment (30%) and in class assessment (70%) in the MT.
Key facts
Department: Finance
Total students 2016/17: Unavailable
Average class size 2016/17: Unavailable
Capped 2016/17: No
Value: Half Unit
PDAM skills
- Problem solving
- Application of information skills
- Application of numeracy skills
- Commercial awareness
