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AFC2100 - Introduction to finance

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate Faculty of Business and Economics

Leader: Dr Andrew Sanford

Offered

Clayton First semester 2007 (Day)
Clayton Second semester 2007 (Day)

Synopsis

Topics include an overview of financial systems and the roles of financial institutions, the characteristics of financial contracts, equity finance and the stock exchange, financial mathematics and the concept of present value, debt finance and financial leverage, financial derivatives and financial innovation.

Objectives

The learning objectives of this unit are to:

Assessment

Assignment(s): 20%
Examination (3 hours): 80%

Contact hours

Two 1-hour lectures and one 1-hour tutorial per week

Prohibitions

AFC1100