2007/08 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue
LUBS5036M Consumer & Corporate Credit
15 creditsClass Size: 120
Module manager: Prof. Nick Wilson
Email: nw@lubs.leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2007/08
This module is not approved as an Elective
Objectives
On completion of this module, students should be able to demonstrate and understanding of:- the nature of business and consumer finance and credit, including trends and recent developments in consumer credit
- the nature of commercial lending and risk management
- the nature and application of credit scoring techniques
- credit scoring modelling, and debt recovery models and pricing
- credit rating techniques and business failure modelling
Syllabus
The module will consider the following topics:
Consumer and Commercial Credit Management: credit life cycle, trade finance, business to business credit management, commercial lending and risk management, consumer credit - trends and developments;
Credit Scoring and Applications: credit scoring methodology, multivariate techniques, reject inference, diagnostic statistics, monitoring and managing score performance;
Credit Scoring and Modelling for Consumer Credit Life-Cycle: application scoring and behavioural scoring applications, models for collection and recovery, debt pricing;
Commercial Credit Rating and Scoring: credit rating techniques, business failure and business cycle, middle market risk, modelling corporate outcomes, financial distress and insolvency.
Teaching methods
Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
Tutorial | 10 | 3.00 | 30.00 |
Private study hours | 120.00 | ||
Total Contact hours | 30.00 | ||
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 150.00 |
Private study
60 hours reading for lectures;40 hours preparation for classes;
20 hours examination revision.
Opportunities for Formative Feedback
Formative feedback will be given on individual and group contributions to classes, and through a short mid-module progress test.Methods of assessment
Exams
Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc) | 3 hr | 100.00 |
Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 100.00 |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 25/09/2009
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