Industrial and Financial Management: Bachelor course and thesis
Undergraduate level 30 credits (ECTS)
About the education
Industrial and Financial Management involves investment assessment and operational control, analysis of companies financial situations, and business valuation.
Course Package Contents
The course package consists of a theoretical part and a bachelor's thesis. The theoretical part covers the areas of finance, industrial dynamics, and control. The courses address fundamental practical and theoretical relationships and their application in real-world situations. By gaining advanced knowledge of theories and decision models for financial corporate governance, you'll have the opportunity to develop your analytical skills. You'll also gain an overview of how economic theory can be applied to decision-making and corporate financial management.
If you take the course in the spring semester, you will study the following courses:
FEK341 Corporate Finance, 7.5 credits
The course gives both theoretical and practical knowledge of modern corporate finance. The course is aimed at students who seek a deeper understanding of corporate finance functions and the financial market’s impact on the decisions of company managements. Financial decision models and decision situations vary in complexity from relatively simple choices between investment projects and choices between difficult-to-describe projects (where, for example, option models are used to support decisions) to choices of forms for financing capital acquisitions. In the course, interest centres on: investment decisions; control of capital assets and financial structures, and some of the factors a firm faces when making a foreign investment.
The aim is to develop the student’s analytical abilities through in-depth knowledge of theories and decision models for corporate finance. Students will acquire the skills to work as controllers, treasurers and other key figures in company finance and management teams.
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FEK 343 Operations Management, 7.5 credits
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Bachelor's Thesis
The semester concludes with a bachelor's thesis.
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Skills
The course provides you with knowledge of financial control and risk management. You'll be able to evaluate investments and financial structures and solve well-defined investment and financing problems in companies.
After graduation
After completing the education, you can, for example, work as a controller or treasurer within companies' finance and management teams.
Facilities
Most of the School of Business, Economics, and Law's activities are located at Vasagatan 1, but we also have facilities at Viktoriagatan 13. Additionally, at the Vasagatan 1 premises, you'll find the Economics Library, which is several floors high and has many study places.
Prerequisites and selection
Eligibility
Admission to the course requires at least 105 university credits, of which at least 45 credits must be from the following courses: FEK101 Business Administration, Organization and Leadership, 7.5 credits; FEK102 Business Administration, Marketing, 7.5 credits; FEK103 Business Administration, Financial Accounting, 7.5 credits; FEK104 Business Administration, Management Accounting, FEK201 Business Administration, Strategic Marketing Management, 7.5 credits; FEK202 Business Administration, Strategy, 7.5 credits; FEK203 Business Administration,Economic and Financial Management, 7.5 credits; and FEK204 Business Administration, Operations Management, 7.5 credits. Alternatively, credits can be from FEG100 Business Administration 1, Introductory course, 30 credits, and FEG200 Business Administration 2, Intermediate course 30 credits, or equivalent courses.
Selection
Higher education credits, maximum 165 credits