Undergraduate - UnitAFW2631 - Financial management

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2012 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Offered	Berwick First semester 2012 (Day) Gippsland First semester 2012 (Day) Sunway First semester 2012 (Day) Peninsula First semester 2012 (Day) Berwick Second semester 2012 (Day) Sunway Second semester 2012 (Day) Sunway Summer semester A 2012 (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.

Outcomes

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 and demonstrate in an individual summative assessment task the acquisition of a comprehensive understanding of the topics covered by AFW2631.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 20%
Examination: 80%

Chief examiner(s)

Mr balachandher

Contact hours

3 hours per week

Prerequisites

Students must have passed one of following: AFG1000, AFP1000, AFW1000 or AFW1001 (pre 2009) before undertaking this unit.

Prohibitions

AFC2140, AFF2631, AFG2631, AFP2631, AFW3044