Notice
As part of Phase 3 of our return to campus plan, most units will now run tutorials, seminars and other small group activities on campus, and most will keep an online version available to those students unable to return or those who choose to continue their studies online.
To check the availability of face-to-face and online activities for your unit, please go to timetable viewer. To check detailed information on unit assessments visit your unit's iLearn space or consult your unit convenor.
Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Lydia Liu
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to GradCertFin or GradDipAppFin or MAppFin or MAppFin(Adv) or MBkgFin
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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 equips students with financial analysis skills to support advanced study in corporate finance and investment analysis. Emphasis is placed on being able to interpret financial statements in the context of a company's operational performance and strategy, to assess historical financial performance and to prepare a spreadsheet based financial model capable of forecasting integrated financial statements for a company. |
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Assessment criteria for all assessment tasks will be provided on the unit iLearn site.
It is the responsibility of students to view their marks for each within-session-assessment on iLearn within 20 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 tasks (not including the final exam mark) will not be addressed.
Late submissions and extensions:
Quizes and short answer exercises:
Each task has a due date and no extensions will be granted. Students who have not submitted the task prior to the deadline will be awarded a mark of 0 for the task, except for cases in which an application for special consideration is made and approved.
Assignment:
No extensions will be granted. There will be a deduction of 10% of the total available marks made from the total awarded a mark for each 24 hour period or part thereof that the submission is late (for example, 25 hours late in submission – 20% penalty). This penalty does not apply for cases in which an application under Special Consideration Policy is made and approved. No submission will be accepted after solutions have been posted.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Practice quizzes | 0% | No | Week 1, 2, 3 |
Quizzes and short questions exercise | 30% | No | Various, check ilearn for more details |
Assignment | 30% | No | Week 11 |
Final Examination | 40% | No | Formal examination period |
Assessment Type 1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task 2: 2 hours
Due: Week 1, 2, 3
Weighting: 0%
The practice quiz consists of multiple choice and/or short answe questions. Please use the practice quizzes as an indicator of whether you are progressing satisfactorily in the unit. If you are having difficulties, please see the Unit Convenor and consider withdrawing before the census date.
Assessment Type 1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task 2: 20 hours
Due: Various, check ilearn for more details
Weighting: 30%
Two quizzes and one short questions exercise will be conducted. They are of various weightings and in total contribute 30% to the course final mark.
Assessment Type 1: Modelling task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 20 hours
Due: Week 11
Weighting: 30%
Students will be required to conduct spreadsheet analysis and write a report based on the findings.
Assessment Type 1: Examination
Indicative Time on Task 2: 20 hours
Due: Formal examination period
Weighting: 40%
An open book online examination will be held during the University Examinatoin Period.
1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:
2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
Required Text:
Accounting, 9th Edition, By Tracie Miller-Nobles, Brenda Mattison, Ella Mae Matsumura, Peter Best, David Keene, Published in 2020 by Pearson Education Australia
Recommended Text:
Building Financial Models: The Complete Guide to Designing, Building, and Applying Projection Models, Third Edition, By John S. Tjia, Published in 2018 by McGraw-Hill Education
Unit Web Page:
This unit will make use of the University's iLearn system and students.
Technology Used and Required:
Assumed access to technology: 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 spreadsheet.
Delivery Format and Other Details:
See timetable for classes on the University web site at: https://timetables.mq.edu.au/2019/
Recommended Readings:
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 spreadsheet.
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Unit information based on version 2021.02 of the Handbook