Grading Policy: assessment in this unit is informed by the Schedule 1 Grading Requirements of the Assessment Policy.

Disruption to Study: if your disruption to study is deemed 'Serious and Unavoidable', and thus meets the criteria for Special Consideration set out in the Disruption to Studies Policy, you will receive an additional opportunity to demonstrate that you have met the learning outcomes for this assessment task. Otherwise, there will be no provision of an additional assessment task. For information, including results of disruption e.g. 'preparation affected' or 'examination performance affected', please refer to the Disruption to Studies Policy Outcomes and Supporting Evidence.

Viewing 'Within Session' Assessment Task Marks: it is the responsibility of students to view their marks for each 'within session' assessment on iLearn within 20 working days of posting.  If there are any discrepancies, students must contact the unit convenor immediately.  Failure to do so will mean that queries received after the release of final results regarding assessment marks (not including the Final Examination mark) will not be addressed.

Assessment Criteria: Assessment criteria for all assessment tasks will be provided on the unit iLearn site.

Delivery

Mode: 1 weekly class (3 hours). Attendance is not compulsory. However, in our experience, regular weekly in-class participation can contribute to your overall performance. In-class participation includes discussion on weekly lecture topics, and short presentations of assigned homework. Lecturers will note your in-class participation, so attend only the class in which you are enrolled. Please note that students enrolled in any one class have priority access to venue seating on a first-come-first serve basis.       

Workload: estimated to about 150 hours in total (or 12 hours per week, on the average) for a post-graduate unit with 4 credit points. The workload includes weekly pre-lecture reading, in-class participation, weekly homework, preparation for assessment tasks, and attempts at 'take home' assessment tasks. The 2 week (mid-semester) non-teaching period is deemed a working period. Please note that your personal workload may vary from the estimated workload.

Weekly Preparation: in-class participation is expected from everyone. Therefore, come well prepared to class. 

• Pre-lecture reading: we expect that in preparation for in-class participation you will attempt pre-lecture reading of chapters in the textbook, lecture slides, plus any additional occasional material including practitioner journal and financial press articles.
• Homework: we expect that in preparation for in-class participation you will attempt assigned CQ's and Q&P's homework. 

We strongly recommend that you seek to develop a thorough understanding of the Week 1 and Week 2 lecture topics and homework, as a good grasp of these first principles are essential in developing a working knowledge and understanding of the subsequently more complex concepts and techniques. 

'Homework': will be discussed and presented during in-class time in the week following the topic lecture (e.g. the Week 2 topic will be discussed and presented in Week 3). Please note that homework will not be collected for marking. It is your responsibility to check homework using the Q&P's suggested answers and solutions guides that will be issued at AFIN858-iLearn. Contingent on how in-class activity unfolds,  the full set of Q&P's may be not be discussed during in-class time. It is your responsibility to make sure to work through the full set of Q&P's during out-of-class time. Suggested answers to CQ's will only be discussed during in-class time. Make sure to ask your class lecturer if anything regarding homework seems unclear.

Resources

Textbook: Ross, S., Drew, M., Walk, A., Westerfield, R. and B. Jordan. 2017. Fundamentals of Corporate Finance (7th ed.) N.Ryde, NSW, Australia: McGraw-Hill Education. 

• Note 1: The paper based version is available from Co-op Bookshop (ISBN 9781743762967, this ISBN includes (CONNECT). 
• Note 2: Contact McGraw-Hill Education directly for assistance with CONNECT technical and content enquiries. 
• Note 3: A copy of the textbook will be available at the MQ Library 'Closed Reserve' (by mid-February) for short-term loan.
• Disclaimer: Sources other than the 7^th edition of the textbook may not cover material included in lectures and assessment tasks, nor provide the same treatment, and thus, may not adequately satisfy the learning objectives. 

Recommended References: can include recent editions of e.g.:

• Tannous, Brown, Kopp & Zima. Mathematics of Finance. McGraw-Hill.
• Petty, Scott, Martin, Burrow, Martin & Nguyen. Financial Mathematics. Pearson.
• Peirson, Brown, Easton, Howard & Pinder. Business Finance. McGraw-Hill.
• Brealey, Myers, & Marcus. Fundamentals of Corporate Finance. McGraw-Hill.

Please note that you are not required to purchase these reference titles.

Technologies Used and Required: you will need a calculator (non-programmable, either scientific or financial, without text capability) to successfully attempt homework, in-class work, and assessment tasks. Moreover, you will require access and skills to operate a computer and software including: 'word processing'; 'spreadsheet'; and 'internet browsers'.  In addition, you will need skills to conduct searches for information in the MQ Library 'catalogues', MQ Library 'databases', and MQ Periodicals 'on-line'. Lastly, you will need skills to use 'iLearn', and attempt quizzes on-line in 'AFIN858-iLearn'.

AFIN858-iLearn: make sure to visit the unit pages at least every few days, especially the 'Announcements' section, so that you have timely access to important information and unit material including general announcements, assessment information and results, and suggested answers and solutions to assigned weekly Q&P's.

^# Indicative, subject to change. To be confirmed at AFIN858-iLearn.

^* CQ refers to in-chapter 'Concept Question' in the textbook.  Discussed during in-class time in the week following the topic lecture (e.g. the Week 2 CQ's will be discussed in Week 3).  Indicative, subject to change. To be confirmed at AFIN858-iLearn.

^** Q&P refers to end-of-chapter 'Questions and Problems' in the textbook  Discussed during in-class time in the week following the topic lecture (e.g. the Week 2 Q&P's will be discussed in Week 3).  Indicative, subject to change. To be confirmed at AFIN858-iLearn.

^{^} Lecture pre-reading. Subject to confirmation at AFIN858-iLearn.

^{^^} Refer to the section heading 'Delivery' sub-section 'Workload'. In addition, Week 7 Friday 14 April is a public holiday. No class on a public holiday. Monitor AFIN858-iLearn for additional information. 

Effective S1 2017, the S2 2016 assessment task 'Assignment' at 15% relative weight is discontinued.

Effective S1 2017, the S2 2016 assessment tasks 'Quiz' and 'Class Test' are reweighed as follows: 'Quiz' from 10% to 15% relative weight, and 'Class Test' from 15% to 25% relative weight.