Credit Institutions Management

Provide students with a practical and up-to-date knowledge of the banking sector such that they can use it effectively in a wide range of future jobs and in personal life. Inspire students to start writing M.A. theses based on research problems discussed during lectures.

Provide students with a practical and up-to-date knowledge of the banking sector such that they can use it effectively in a wide range of future jobs and in personal life. Inspire students to start writing M.A. theses based on research problems discussed during lectures. The students will get acquainted with modern banking crucial issues as is demonstrated in "Introduction to Banking", a very recent (2015) book by Barbara Casu and the book "Money, Banking, Financial Markets & Institutions"(2017), both listed in the bibliography.

1. Casu B., Girardone C, Molyneux, Introduction to Banking, Pearson, 2015

2. Brandl M., Money, Banking, Financial Markets & Institutions, Cengage Learning, 2017

3. Hull, J.C, Risk Management and Financial Institutions, 1st Pearson (2007) 3rd ed., John Wiley & Sons, 2012 + http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/~hull/

1. Understanding the commercial banks role in a society;

2. Understanding problems caused by asymmetric information in economy;

3. Bank's regulations, such as Basel 1, Basel 2, and Basel 3 Accords;

4. Discriminant method;

5. FICO score; 6. Off-balance sheet business in banking;

7. Derivative business in banking;

8. Credit default swaps

45% - answering questions in a written form 3 times (15% each) during the semester (home assignements)

55% -passing the final test built upon known to students questions (randomly selected from a list) which covers the entire program for this course.

Percentage Letter GPA

90-100 A 5

80-89 B+ 4.5

70-79 B 4

60-69 C 3.5

50-59 D 3

0-49 F 2