Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Fan Yu
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to GradCertFin (OUA)
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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 sub-fields of finance: corporate finance, investments, and financial markets and institutions. |
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Late Assessment Submission Penalty (written assessments) Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a grade of ‘0’ will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11.55pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical concern.
For any late submissions of time-sensitive tasks, such as scheduled tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, and/or scheduled practical assessments/labs, students need to submit an application for Special Consideration.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Online Quizzes | 20% | No | Refer to iLearn |
Assignment | 20% | No | Refer to iLearn |
Online Participation | 20% | No | Refer to iLearn |
Final exam | 40% | No | Refer to iLearn |
Assessment Type 1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task 2: 3 hours
Due: Refer to iLearn
Weighting: 20%
A number of short online topic quizzes.
Assessment Type 1: Case study/analysis
Indicative Time on Task 2: 10 hours
Due: Refer to iLearn
Weighting: 20%
Assignment on a unit topic set by the unit convenor.
Assessment Type 1: Participatory task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 50 hours
Due: Refer to iLearn
Weighting: 20%
Participation in online discussion forums.
Assessment Type 1: Examination
Indicative Time on Task 2: 12 hours
Due: Refer to iLearn
Weighting: 40%
A 3-hour online exam on all topics covered during the session.
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 AND RECOMMENDED TEXTS AND/OR MATERIALS
Required Text:
The required textbook for this unit is Finance Principles 3e published by McGraw-Hill. This is a customised textbook for use in the Finance Principles unit, based on chapters from Principles of Corporate Finance, 13th edition by Brealey, Myers, Allen, 2019, McGraw-Hill and Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 10th edition by Brealey, Myers, Marcus, 2019, McGraw- Hill.
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.
TECHNOLOGY USED AND REQUIRED
This is an online unit which will make use of the University's iLearn system.
Unit's iLearn Site:
Important:
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 |
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0 | Topic 0: Essential pre-work | 19 June 2023 |
1 | Topic 1: Introduction to finance | 26 June 2023 |
2 | Topic 2: Financial markets and institutions | 3 July 2023 |
3 | Topic 3: Time value of money | 10 July 2023 |
4 | Topic 4: Valuation of financial assets | 17 July 2023 |
5 | Topic 4: Valuation of financial assets | 24 July 2023 |
6 | Topic 5: Analysing the firm's investment decision | 31 July 2023 |
7 | Topic 6: Analysing the firm's financing decision | 7 August 2023 |
8 | Topic 7: Risk management | 14 August 2023 |
9 | Topic 8: Portfolio theory | 21 August 2023 |
10 | Exam preparation | 28 August 2023 |
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Unit information based on version 2023.01R of the Handbook