Competencies and objectives

 

Course context for academic year 2019-20

 

Instituciones y mercados financieros se imparte en el segundo cuatrimestre del tercer curso del Grado de Economía. Es una asignatura obligatoria, que ofrece una visión general de la organización y funcionamiento del sistema financiero español, tanto de sus instituciones como de sus mercados, en el contexto de la Unión Europea.

 

 

 

 

Course content (verified by ANECA in official undergraduate and Master’s degrees) for academic year 2019-20

General Competences (CG)

  • CG1 : Capacity to find and analyse information.
  • CG3 : Capacity for self-learning.
  • CG6 : Obtain important information that is impossible for non-professionals to recognise from the data.
  • CG8 : Analyse problems using critical reasoning, without prejudices, precisely and rigorously.
  • CG9 : Capacity to synthesise.

 

General Competences acquired at University of Alicante (CGUA)

  • CGUA3 : Capacity for oral and written communication.

 

Specific Competences (CE)

  • CE10 : Capacity to apply the knowledge and skills acquired to solve theoretical and applied economic problems.
  • CE12 : Be able to use the appropriate tools for the analysis, diagnosis and solution of economic questions and problems.
  • CE3 : Bring a rational approach to the analysis and description of any aspect of economic reality.
  • CE5 : Issue expert reports on specific economic situations (international, national or regional) or on sectors of the same.
  • CE8 : Identify the sources of relevant economic information and their content.

 

 

 

Learning outcomes (Training objectives)

- To understand the role of the financial system in the economy.

- To understand the nature of the banking business and how financial markets operate. Anticipate their future evolution.

- To learn the main regulations governing financial institutions and markets and understanding and evaluating the effects that a regulatory change can have on financial activity and its results. Understanding and critically evaluating financial statements and reports on the activities of institutions and markets.

- To prepare a report on the activities of financial institutions and markets.

 

 

Specific objectives stated by the academic staff for academic year 2019-20

 

Comprender las funciones que cumple el sistema financiero en la economía.

Entender la naturaleza del negocio bancario y el modo en que operan los mercados financieros. Anticipar las perspectivas de evolución de ambos.

Conocer las principales regulaciones de instituciones y mercados financieros y comprender y valorar los efectos que un cambio normativo puede tener sobre la actividad financiera y sus resultados. 

Comprender y valorar críticamente los estados financieros y los informes sobre la actividad de instituciones y mercados.

Elaborar un informe sobre la actividad de instituciones y mercados financieros

 

 

 

General

Code: 35026
Lecturer responsible:
Pardo Ales, Gloria
Credits ECTS: 6,00
Theoretical credits: 1,50
Practical credits: 0,90
Distance-base hours: 3,60

Departments involved

  • Dept: APPLIED ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
    Area: APPLIED ECONOMICS
    Theoretical credits: 1,5
    Practical credits: 0,9
    This Dept. is responsible for the course.
    This Dept. is responsible for the final mark record.

Study programmes where this course is taught