Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor / Lecturer
Shane Magee
Contact via Email
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Credit points |
Credit points
4
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to MAppFin or MAppFin(Adv) or GradCertFin
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit provides students with the key building blocks of finance within a single unifying conceptual framework. Students will be introduced to three of the key ideas in finance: the analysis of trade-offs over time, asset valuation and risk management. These concepts will then be applied to the following subfields of finance: corporate finance, investments, and financial markets and institutions.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Online Participation | 20% | No | In iLearn |
Online Quizzes | 20% | No | In iLearn |
Assignments | 20% | No | In iLearn |
Final Examination | 40% | No | Exam week |
Due: In iLearn
Weighting: 20%
Summary of Assessment Task
Individual / Group: Individual
Due Dates: See iLearn for due dates.
Timing: Online forums will be conducted during the term. You are required to participate actively in these forums, and your contributions will be assessed.
Grading Method: See assessment summary in iLearn.
Submission Method: Online via the unit's iLearn site.
Extension Requests: No extensions will be granted. Students who have not submitted the task prior to the due date will be awarded a mark of zero for the task, except for cases in which an application for Special Consideration is made and approved. If you have serious and unavoidable circumstances that prevent you from submitting an assessment task by the due date, you must apply for Special Consideration no later than five (5) working days after the assessment due date. Refer to MAFC Program Rules at www.mafc.mq.edu.au for information on the University’s Special Consideration Policy.
Due: In iLearn
Weighting: 20%
Summary of Assessment Task
Individual / Group: Individual
Due Dates: See iLearn for due dates
Timing: Online quizzes will be conducted during the term for topics 3, 4, 5, and 8.
Grading Method: Refer to ‘Standards Required to Complete the Unit Satisfactorily’
Submission Method: Online via iLearn.
Quiz Conditions: Open book.
Extension Requests: No extensions will be granted. Students who have not submitted the task prior to the due date will be awarded a mark of zero for the task, except for cases in which an application for Special Consideration is made and approved. If you have serious and unavoidable circumstances that prevent you from submitting an assessment task by the due date, you must apply for Special Consideration no later than five (5) working days after the assessment due date. Refer to MAFC Program Rules at www.mafc.mq.edu.au for information on the University’s Special Consideration Policy.
Due: In iLearn
Weighting: 20%
Summary of Assessment Task
Individual / Group: Individual
Due Dates: The assignment is in two parts. See iLearn for the due dates for each part.
Grading Method: Refer to ‘Standards Required to Complete the Unit Satisfactorily’
Submission Method: Via iLearn.
Extension Requests: No extensions will be granted. Students who have not submitted the task prior to the due date will be awarded a mark of zero for the task, except for cases in which an application for Special Consideration is made and approved. If you have serious and unavoidable circumstances that prevent you from submitting an assessment task by the due date, you must apply for Special Consideration no later than five (5) working days after the assessment due date. Refer to MAFC Program Rules at www.mafc.mq.edu.au for information on the University’s Special Consideration Policy.
Due: Exam week
Weighting: 40%
Summary of Assessment Task
Individual / Group: Individual
Due Date: See iLearn for due date
Grading Method: Refer to ‘Standards Required to Complete the Unit Satisfactorily’
Submission Method: Online via iLearn
Duration: 3 hours
Examination Conditions:
Extension Requests: No extensions will be granted. Students who have not sat the final examination prior to the due date will be awarded a mark of zero for the task, except for cases in which an application for Special Consideration is made and approved. Refer to MAFC Program Rules at www.mafc.mq.edu.au for information on the University’s Special Consideration Policy.
Required Text:
The required textbook for this unit is Finance Principles 2e published by McGraw-Hill. This is a customised textbook for use in the Finance Principles unit, based on chapters from Principles of Corporate Finance, 12th edition by Brealey, Myers, Allen 2014 McGraw-Hill and Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 8th edition by Brealey, Myers, Marcus 2015 McGraw-Hill.
This customised textbook is available as either a print book or eBook. Details of the two versions are shown below:
Additional Readings:
Calculators:
Assumed Knowledge: Mathematical content
Assumed Access: Access to a computer with word processing and spreadsheet capability is assumed, as is general student computer literacy. A recent version of Excel is the preferred choice of spreadsheet.
This is an online unit which will make use of the University's iLearn system.
Unit's iLearn Site:
Important Notice:
The following schedule is a guide to the timing of each topic. Details of the required readings are provided in iLearn.
Week | Topic |
Date when you should have started working on this topic |
0 | Topic 0: Essential pre-work | 18 June 2018 |
1 | Topic 1: Introduction to finance | 25 June 2018 |
2 | Topic 2: Financial markets and institutions | 2 July 2018 |
3 | Topic 3: Time value of money | 9 July 2018 |
4 | Topic 4: Valuation of financial assets | 16 July 2018 |
5 | Topic 4: Valuation of financial assets | 23 July 2018 |
6 | Topic 5: Analysing the firm's investment decision | 30 July 2018 |
7 | Topic 6: Analysing the firm's financing decision | 6 August 2018 |
8 | Topic 7: Risk management | 13 August 2018 |
9 | Topic 8: Portfolio theory | 20 August 2018 |
10 | Exam preparation | 27 August 2018 |
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21/05/2018 | Graduate Capabilities remapped. |