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AFW2631 - Financial management

6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate Faculty of Business and Economics

Offered

Berwick First semester 2009 (Day)
Gippsland First semester 2009 (Day)
Gippsland First semester 2009 (Off-campus)
Sunway First semester 2009 (Day)
Sunway Second semester 2009 (Day)
Singapore First semester 2009 (Off-campus)
Peninsula First semester 2009 (Day)

Synopsis

Time value of money, Theory of valuation, capital budgeting, portfolio theory and the capital asset pricing model, efficient market theory, cost of capital, capital structure and dividend policy.

Objectives

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

  • apply the concept of the time value of money and other project evaluation techniques
  • explain and apply portfolio theory and the capital asset pricing model
  • measure a firm's cost of capital
  • describe dividend policy and its relevance to the value of a firm
  • apply critical thinking, problem solving and presentation skills to individual and/or group activities dealing with financial management.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 20%
Examination (3 hours): 80%

Prerequisites

AFW1000 or AFW1001 (pre 2009)

Prohibitions

AFC2140, AFF2631, AFW3044

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