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.

Required Text

Bodie, Z., Kane, A. and Marcus, A.J. (2024), Essentials of Investments, McGraw-Hill

Learning and Teaching Activities

There will be four components each week, i.e., lecture, homework, tutorial, and consultation.

Lecture

Students are strongly encouraged to attend the lecture each week. Please read the lecture slides and related textbook chapters before attending a lecture to get the most benefits from the lecture. There will be guest speakers from industry to expose you to real-world practices. The guest lectures will be held during regular lecture time.

Homework

After each lecture, please review the material before attempting the homework. The homework for each lecture is designed to help you understand the lecture on a basic level. It is a good practice to evaluate your review and to prepare for the tutorial in the following week.

Tutorial

The tutorial questions are more challenging than the homework. It is important that you review the lecture and practice the homework questions before attempting the tutorial questions. Your tutor will discuss the tutorial questions during the tutorial to help you understand the material on a deeper level. Please note that your final exam questions will be at a similar difficulty level as the tutorial questions.

Students will need to register for a tutorial. Tutorials are considered compulsory, but no marks are allocated. Tutorial enrolment or change of tutorial must be requested through the Student Portal 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 is available.

Consultation

Additional learning support will be available in tutor consultation times. The lecturer and tutors have regular weekly consultation hours each week. The schedule will be posted on iLearn. You are free to attend any of them that fit you best when you require extra help.