https://at-ceu.studyguide.timeedit.net/modules/UGST4128?type=COREThis course offers the financial theory and quantitative tools necessary for understanding how companies are financed, the investment decisions consumers make and the role of banks and financial intermediaries in the system and why the financial system is so prone to crises. The course takes a rigorous and critical view of banking and finance. The aim is to provide the students with a lasting conceptual framework in which to view and analyze financial decisions. The course will relate the material to current financial news and the Global Financial Crisis.