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Social Competence
  • Cooperate while working out problems or while preparing themselves for the final exam.
  • Formulate the findings from the analyses of empirical data using the terminology made available to them, to indicate the degree of uncertainty in the conclusions correctly.
  • Are able to argue in a rational and controversial way in a scientific environment and include different points of view in their considerations.
Personal Competence
  • Understand and critically discuss the arguments of fellow students.
  • React and critically reflect their solution without being offended.
  • Show that they are able to stick to a complex topic.
Social Competence
  • Listen carefully exercise patience needed to understand the logic and mathematics behind models.
  • Know how to respond to questions and critique in a follow-up discussion after a presentation in front of class.
  • Take responsibility and organize/explain their solutions to others who have problems and tend to give up.
Methodological Competence
  • Understand how to manage risks with complex concepts and learn to connect the different roles of financial institutions.
  • Understand the logic and drivers behind current economic topics in financial services.
  • Apply methods and models on unknown decision situations. Find and calculate optimal hedging strategies.
  • Are able to write a term paper according to principles of scientific writing.
  • Develop abilities to understand and analyze mathematical relationships and models.
  • Summarize and explain their findings in a presentation.
  • Critically evaluate models and argue which of the models fits their needs best.
  • Evaluate the outcomes of their term paper
Professional Competence
  • Show expert knowledge in risk management and financial institutions and regulatory standards.
  • Characterize financial risk classes.
  • Interpret the results of relevant risk measures.
  • Describe pay off diagrams and valuation methods of derivatives.
  • Describe the use of derivatives to control risks.
  • Understand the role of different types of financial institutions.
  • Understand the difference between acting on financial markets and financial intermediation.
  • Describe the specific risks of financial intermediation.
  • Understand the main goals of bank regulations and the tools to reach them.
  • Describe and argue the importance of financial institutions for the whole economy.
  • Use risk measures to quantify risk and calculate them.
  • Find suitable hedging strategies.
  • Valuate derivatives with the model of arbitrage.
  • Apply the methods on a complex topic and are able to present the findings in a report
  • Identify potential sources of risks of financial institutions.
  • Apply the appropriate risk measures for specific risk classes.
  • Analyze the use of hedging strategies in given examples.
  • Find the fair value of derivatives by using parameters (Greeks).
  • Analyze specific risks of banks.
  • Identify the consequences of regulations.
  • Conceptualize a risk management process, which identifies and quantifies risks and displays the design/use of hedging tools and their valuation.
  • Design optimal processes to control for risk.
  • Combine the roles of financial institutions and legal regulations to understand financial markets.
  • Evaluate risk management processes.
  • Asses the consequences of regulations on financial institutions and the economy.
Personal Competence
  • organisieren ihren Forschungsprozess (Literatursuche, Sichten, Ordnen, Schreiben)
  • können sich in Phasen der Überforderung auf die wesentlichen nächsten Schritte konzentrieren.
Social Competence
  • vermitteln anderen Studierenden die wesentlichen Punkte ihres Thesisprojekts
  • geben Feedback und unterstützen damit andere Studierende bei deren Exposé-Entwicklung
  • nehmen kritisch Stellung zu anderen Arbeiten, ohne dabei abwertend zu agieren.
Methodological Competence
  • wählen für ihr Thesisprojekt passende Methoden aus und rechtfertigen diese Auswahl
  • führen eine gezielte Literaturrecherche zur Untermauerung ihres Forschungsvorhabens durch
  • formulieren ein Exposé, in dem das Forschungsvorhaben beschrieben und begründet wird
  • halten sich bei der Erstellung des Exposés an die vorgegebenen wissenschaftlichen Standards
  • integrieren widersprüchliche Rückmeldungen in die Entwicklung ihrer Arbeit
Professional Competence
  • kennen die allgemeinen Grundlagen der wissenschaftlichen Methoden
  • formulieren eine Forschungsidee und begründen diese.
  • arbeiten sich von einer Forschungsidee zur Forschungsfrage für ihr Thesisprojekt vor.
  • grenzen eine Forschungsidee schrittweise zu einem realisierbaren Vorhaben ein.
Personal Competence
  • Sind in der Lage, die eigene Handlungsfähigkeit in einer Situation des Informationsüberflusses bzw. von Unsicherheit, Unklarheit oder Überforderung sicherzustellen.
  • Definieren und verfeinern ihre Lernziele für das Praktikum und sind in der Lage, diese zu begründen.
  • Entwickeln ein Vorgehen um diese Ziele zu erreichen
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