Crowdfunding and Token Issues ACCFIN5261

  • Academic Session: 2024-25
  • School: Adam Smith Business School
  • Credits: 10
  • Level: Level 5 (SCQF level 11)
  • Typically Offered: Semester 2
  • Available to Visiting Students: No
  • Collaborative Online International Learning: No

Short Description

Crowdfunding and token issues represent important areas of fintech related to capital-raising activities. This course is designed to help you to understand the basic and advanced theories of crowdfunding and token issues and help you to design and use crowdfunding campaign and token issues in practice. The course also considers practical tools of analysis and decision-making models in the areas of crowdfunding and token issues including quantitative tools eg. Excel and more advanced innovative tools eg Python applications.

Timetable

Course is delivered over 4 weeks, comprising of 8 hours of lectures and 12 hours of seminars.

2 hour lecture per week (total 8 hours of lectures) and 3 hours of seminars per week (total 12 hours of seminars)

Requirements of Entry

None

Excluded Courses

None

Co-requisites

None

Assessment

ILO being assessed

Course Aims

The aims of this course are

■ To provide students with the knowledge of different concepts, theories and existing analytical tools in the areas of crowdfunding and token issues.

■ Enable students to apply advanced analytical and programming skills (incl. python) to conduct applied research in the area of crowdfunding and token issues.

Intended Learning Outcomes of Course

■ By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ Use python and other innovative tools to produce high-level analytical reports related to crowdfunding and token issues 

■ Produce sustained written arguments related to their findings using advanced theories and latest research in these areas.

■ Produce sustained oral arguments related to crowdfunding concepts or different empirical facts/evidence related to crowdfunding and token issues supported by a good level of theoretical explanations.

■ Deliver quality presentations (incl.slides) related to different fintech problems (crowdfunding, token issues etc.).

Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.