COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Course Name
Bank Management
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
FIN 502
Fall
3
0
3
5
Prerequisites
None
Course Language
English
Course Type
Required
Course Level
Second Cycle
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s) -
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives This graduate program aims at discussing the bank management issues with the students. Given the determination of the Government to transmogrify Istanbul into an” international finance center”, new career opportunities may lie open for bilingual bankers in international banking field with a certain knowledge of banking.
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • will be able to give information about the overview of the banking industry and regulation.
  • will be able to do Bank Performance Analysis and Fixed Income Securities Pricing.
  • will be able to explain the process of GAP, Earnings Sensitivity and Duration Analysis.
  • will be able to gain the skill of using derivatives to manage interest rate risk .
  • will be able to analyze funding the bank and managing liquidity.
  • will be able to explain basic matters of credit policy and loan characteristics.
  • will be able to give information about the Effective Use of Capital.
  • will be able to explain Evaluating Consumer/Commercial Loan Requests and Managing the Investment Portfolio.
Course Description Topics covered are: to provide the course participants better understanding the management of banks in general and banking in particular given the rapid changing financial environment as well as the decisionmaking process in banking and practical aspects of asset and liability management with special emphasis on risk measurement and management as the basic component in the bank management process.
Related Sustainable Development Goals

 



Course Category

 Core Courses
Major Area Courses
X
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Required Materials
1 Funds and commercial banks, a quick look at the financial markets Mr. Halit Soydan’s own Course Notes for ECON511
2 A quick reminder about securities, A quick reminder about foreign exchanges, and trading techniques Mr. Halit Soydan’s own Course Notes for ECON511
3 Derivatives under the roof of futures exchanges, and over the counter contracts Mr. Halit Soydan’s own Course Notes for ECON511
4 The relationship between interest rates and bond prices, yield concepts per se Pricing and handling securities at the Istanbul Stock Exchange Money market yields Mr. Halit Soydan’s own Course Notes for ECON511
5 Duration models, GAP analyses, Asset and liabilities management Mr. Halit Soydan’s own Course Notes for ECON511
6 Managing interest rate risk Mr. Halit Soydan’s own Course Notes for ECON511
7 Financial futures and interest rate swaps Mr. Halit Soydan’s own Course Notes for ECON511
8 Use of options on financial futures Mr. Halit Soydan’s own Course Notes for ECON511
9 Reserve requirement for banks Capital and liquidity ratios for banks in Turkey BASELL I, II, III Mr. Halit Soydan’s own Course Notes for ECON511
10 Fund raising techniques worth mentioning separately Syndicated loans REPOs and REVERSE REPOs Mr. Halit Soydan’s own Course Notes for ECON511
11 Turkish Interbank Mr. Halit Soydan’s own Course Notes for ECON511
12 Fund utilizations in Turkish banking Mr. Halit Soydan’s own Course Notes for ECON511
13 Risk and return concepts and calculations Portfolio management “The Markowitz Model” Ex-post versus ex-ante calculations Mr. Halit Soydan’s own Course Notes for ECON511
14 Risk of security, Portfolio risk, Covariance Mr. Halit Soydan’s own Course Notes for ECON511
15 Off-balance-sheet items, Securitization, Mortgage financing Mr. Halit Soydan’s own Course Notes for ECON511
16 Review of the Semester  
Course Notes/Textbooks Mr. Halit Soydan’s own Course Notes for ECON511
Suggested Readings/Materials Supplementary reading materials: (In addition to current hot topics of the week as appears at Turkish and international press, dailies, periodicals at electronic media or otherwise): 1. Bank Management by Timothy W Koch, The Dreyden Press. Investment Analysis and Management by Charles P Jones, John Wiley and Sons. The Mathematics of Banking and Finance by Dennis Cox, Michael Cox \n4. Mastering Financial Mathematics by Alastair L Day

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
14
15
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
1
15
Presentation / Jury
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm
1
30
Final Exam
1
40
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
60
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
40
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
3
48
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
Study Hours Out of Class
16
3
48
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
12
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms
1
21
Final Exams
1
21
    Total
138

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
 Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1

To be able to contribute to the science by improving the knowledge in the field with a level of sufficient expertise based on the qualifications of the master degree.

 X
2

To be able to identify, analyze and interpret the oriented problems of the financial science and the business world.

 X
3

To be able to develop a unique idea, method or application in the field of finance.

 X
4

To be able to transform knowledge in the field to an academic research by mastering existing theory and research in its field.

 X
5

To be able to gain effective communication skills that enables to express the original research results and opinions in the field of finance at scientific meetings and/or within the expert community.

 X
6

To be able to use the results of scientific studies conducted in the field, in relevant refereed journals while publicising them or presenting them in scientific meetings while disseminating knowledge gained.

 X
7

To be able to analyze and resolve national and international developments and its influences on markets with an interdisciplinary perspective.

 X
8

To be able to conduct independent research.

 X
9

To be able to demonstrate ethical values ​​in the stages of collection, interpretation, dissemination and application of data related to finance field.

 X
10

To be able to prepare an original thesis / term project in accordance with the criteria related to the field of finance.
11 
To be able to use a foreign language to follow information about the field of finance and participate in discussions in academic environments.

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest