Late Submission Penalties

If you submit your assessment late, 5% of the total possible marks will be deducted for each day (including weekends), up to 7 days. Submissions more than 7 days late will receive a mark of 0.

Example 1 (out of 100):

If you score 85/100 but submit 20 hours late, you will lose 5 marks and receive 80/100.

Example 2 (out of 30):

If you score 27/30 but submit 20 hours late, you will lose 1.5 marks and receive 25.5/30.

Extensions

Automatic short extension: Some assessments are eligible for automatic short extension. You can only apply for an automatic short extension before the due date.

Special Consideration: If you need more time due to serious issues and for any assessments that are not eligible for Short Extension, you must apply for Special Consideration. Need help? Review the Special Consideration page for further details.

Delivery 

The intended delivery mode is as per the timetable: https://publish.mq.edu.au/.

Resources

The prescribed textbook for the unit is:

• Brooks, C. (2019) Introductory Econometrics for Finance, 4th Edition, Cambridge University Press.
• Hurn, S., Martin, V. L., Yu, J., and Phillips, P. C.B. (2020), Financial Econometric Modeling, Oxford University Press.

In addition to the textbook, the following references are useful but are not required.

• Diebold, F. (2007) Elements of Forecasting, 4th Edition, South-Western College.
• Enders, W. (2014) Applied Econometric Time Series, 4th Edition, Wiley.

Material such as lecture slides, examples, and tutorial questions will be available on the unit home page. The text and lecture notes, together with the lectures and additional references will provide students with a clear indication of the basic content of the unit.

It is recommended that students attend all lectures and tutorials for several reasons including:

• Not all the material in the text is included in the unit, and not all the material in the unit is covered in the text. In some places the text deals with issues in greater depth than is necessary for the unit, and in other places it doesn’t go far enough. The lectures contain all the unit material taught at the level required for the assessment tasks, and are your guide to the unit content.
• The approaches to some problems that are recommended by the lecturer are different to those in the text.
• The lectures will include guidance about the style and content of the final exam and recommendation about study technique.
• It is difficult (and often impossible) for staff to provide meaningful assistance to students outside class times on topics for which they did not attend the relevant lectures and tutorials.

Technology Used and Required

Students are required to use a computer to carry out certain tasks of the course, such as tutorials and assignments. 

Unit Web Page

• Course material is available on the learning management system (iLearn), which can be found at: http://ilearn.mq.edu.au.

The list below is a proposed study plan, but this may be modified as we progress through the semester to allow us to take more or less time with different sections of the course as required.