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.

Learning and Teaching Activities:

The content for each week will comprise a lecture and a set of tutorial questions (Problem Sets). 

Students will need to register in a tutorial. Tutorials are considered compulsory but no marks are allocated. The tutorial schedule will be made available on iLearn.

Tutorial enrolment or change of tutorial can be made through eStudent in the first two weeks of the session. No tutorial changes are allowed after Week 2.  Students should attend their allocated tutorial, but exceptions may occur on a one-off basis. That is, where circumstances prevent you from attending your own tutorial in a given week, you may attend an alternative tutorial if room available.

Students are expected to complete the ‘Tutorial Questions’ as a self-directed study activity before attending a tutorial. Additional learning support will be available in tutor consultation times.

Timetable for all classes can be found on the University web site at:  https://timetables.mq.edu.au/2023/

Recommended Text: 

Not compulsory, but can be helpful.

Fundamentals of Corporate Finance by Berk, Demarzo, Harford, Ford, and Mollica, published by Pearson. Any edition is fine but the third edition is the latest. A copy of the book is reserved in the library. 

Unit Web Page: Course materials are available on iLearn including lecture notes, tutorial questions, answers and readings.

Technology Used and Required: 

• Financial non-programmable calculators can be used in the unit. A financial calculator is not essential as a scientific non-programmable calculator should meet all of your needs
• Access to Microsoft Excel is required for the assignment
• Students should have access to the internet

Other Recommended Readings:

For students who are looking for other learning resources, the following textbook can be sought, but it's not compulsory:

Corporate Finance (11th Edition) by Ross, Westerfield, Jaffe, and Jordan, published by McGraw Hill.

The Charted Financial Analyst (CFA) institute also has some useful resources: https://www.cfainstitute.org/en/events/professional-learning/collection#sort=%40pubbrowsedate%20descending&numberOfResults=25

Other Course Materials: 

Homework:

Homework will be provided on the website FightFinance.com which is maintained by staff. It's free and useful for practicing questions since it provides immediate feedback with the correct solutions.