Curricular Unit:			Code:
Financial Calculus			987CFIN
Year:	Level:	Course:	Credits:
1	Undergraduate	Business Sciences	2 ects
Learning Period:		Language of Instruction:	Total Hours:
Winter Semester		Portuguese/English	26
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
The course of Financial Calculus, as support Mathematician in finance, aims to equip students with the tools necessary for a proper analysis of the different forms of financing and financial investment.
Syllabus:
PC1. e PC2. The Financial Capital and Operations; Basics Concepts Applied; Nominal and Effective Interest Rates. PC3. e PC4. Applications of Time Value; PC5. The Value of Cash Flow Streams. PC6. The Rents: notion and applications. PC7. Amortization of Loans.
Demonstration of the Syllabus Coherence with the Curricular Unit's Objectives:
CP1 and CP2. Objectives - To understand: the scope of financial operation and the meaning of the variables time, capital and interest; The importance of the time value of money; The difference between nominal / effective and proportional / equivalent rates. CP3. And CP4. Objectives - Understand the 3 capitalization schemes (general formula of capitalization and periodic and total interest). CP5.Objetivos - Understand the importance of the golden rule of financial calculation. CP6.Objectives - Understand when a set of capitals can be considered rents, calculate the current and accumulated value of a rent ; To classify rents CP7. Objectives - To understand the concepts of provision, amortization of capital, interest, grace period and deferral, to prepare amortization tables in the French,Constant amortization and American system.
Teaching Methodologies (Including Evaluation):
Expositive methodology accompanied by practical examples of application of theoretical concepts. Resolution of a broad set of exercises for the consolidation of the contents addressed. Continuous evaluation consisting of two tests: Test 1 - evaluation of PC1, PC2, PC3 and PC4 and Test 2 - evaluation of PC5, PC6 and PC7 (with a weight of 50% each).
Demonstration of the Coherence between the Teaching Methodologies and the Learning Outcomes:
Given the essentially practical nature of that course all exposed concepts are applied to the resource to solve a number of exercises. This methodology allows to achieve the specific goals listed in each chapter of the that course program.
Reading:
[1] Matias, Rogério. (2018) Cálculo Financeiro. Teoria e Prática. 5ª Edição. Escolar Editora. [2] Laureano, R. e Santos, L. (2011). Fundamentos do Cálculo Financeiro. Edições Silabo. [3] Nicolau, I. e Rodrigues, J.A. (2010). Elementos de Cálculo Financeiro. 9ª Edição. Áreas Editora.