Project Appraisal

Code:

M.EIC030

Acronym:

API

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Quantitative Methods and Management

Instance: 2021/2022 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Industrial Engineering and Management
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Informatics and Computing Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
M.EIC	15	Syllabus	2	-	6	39	162

Teaching language

English

Objectives

This course unit aims to provide students with knowledge of basic methodologies for the analysis of the financial and economic feasibility of investment projects.

Learning outcomes and competences

After the completion of the course unit, students should be able to make and justify  real investments decisions   and to design  and analyze a business plan .

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Basic concepts of  Financial  Accounting

Program

I - Introduction.

 1 - An overview on project evaluation.

 2- Business plans.

II_The dossier regarding the preparation and evaluation of a project

3 Feasibility studies.

4 - The basic documents of the economic-financial study..

 III Economic and financial evaluation of the project.

5 - Determinants and analysis of cash flows.

6 - Decision Criteria.

7 - The cost of capital for projects.

 IV- Investment decisions under risk and uncertainty.

8 - Risk and uncertainty assessment.

Mandatory literature

Maria Dulce Soares Lopes; Análise de Projetos de Investimento, UP Edições, 2019. ISBN: 978-989-746-174-3
Alan C, Shapiro; Capital Budgeting and Investment Analysis, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005. ISBN: 0-13-066090-6

Complementary Bibliography

Brealey, R. A., Myers, S.C., e Allen. F; Principles of Corporate Finance, McGraw-Hill. New York, 2020

Teaching methods and learning activities

The theoretical part of this course is supported by theoretical type lectures. Theoretical lectures are complemented with case analysis and practical classes, to which experience in the analysis of investments from the team work will be made part.

keywords

Social sciences > Economics > Management studies > Financial management
Social sciences > Economics > Management studies > Financial management

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	40,00
Trabalho escrito	60,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de projeto	40,00
Estudo autónomo	42,00
Frequência das aulas	39,00
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	0,50
Total:	121,50

Eligibility for exams

General assessment rules are applied

Calculation formula of final grade

FG =  0.40 x FEG+ 0.60 x GGA 

FG = Final Grade

FEG= Final Exam Grade (theoretical component)
GAG = Group Assignment Grade (pratical component)

OBS:Exam  Theory has  a minimum mark of 1 (out of 8) 

Examinations or Special Assignments

Group Assignment- Business Plan - Groups of students to be defined at the beginning of the semester - 2 reports have to be written (one at the middle of the semester and another at the end) - Oral presentation: each group has to give an oral presentation and analyse other group work.  

Obs_
1-The dates will be defined in the first class(es) and published in the "Contents" of the discipline.
2- After the publication of the Business Plan grade (group work), each group will carry out a cross-evaluation between pairs (with differentiation of individual grades up to plus or minus 2 values ​​and sum of null variations) and the teacher may also apply a differentiation of plus or minus 1 value to the resulting individual final grade

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Final exam (100% of the final grade) on specific dates for these students. 

The exam will have a theoretical component with a weighting of 40%( minimum mark of 1.0) and a practical component with a weighting of 60%.

Classification improvement

Final Exam covering all syllabus (100%) . 

Obs:

Group work is part of ongoing assessment.  It will not be considered for grade improvement (corresponding to the overall examination only)

The exam will have a theoretical component with a weighting of 40%( minimum mark of 1.0) and a practical component with a weighting of 60%.

 

Observations

Examination with the possibility of consulting ONE  of the books mentioned in the bibliography ( only on the pratical component).