Undergraduate - UnitAFP2631 - Financial management

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational Unit	Department of Accounting and Finance
Offered	Peninsula First semester 2013 (Day)

Synopsis

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

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 individual summative assessment tasks the acquisition of comprehensive understanding of the topics covered by AFP2631.