Undergraduate - UnitBFF3841 - Credit analysis and lending 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 Banking and Finance
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2014 (Day) Caulfield Second semester 2014 (Day)

Synopsis

Lending environment; decision making and organisation of lending, lending policies and controls; behavioural aspects of decision making and decision makers; retail, commercial and corporate lending; business expansions; off balance sheet lending; loan management and problem loans.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

examine the major types of lending products and match these products to customer needs
analyse the risk return characteristics and pricing of a loan application
discuss the behavioural aspects associated with lending decisions
apply statistical techniques used in decision making at the approval, monitoring and termination stages of lending
apply critical thinking, problem solving and presentation skills to individual and/or group activities dealing with lending decisions and demonstrate in an individual summative assessment task the acquisition of a comprehensive understanding of the topics covered by BFF3841.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 30%
Examination: 70%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Jean Pierre Fenech

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 144 hours per semester

Prerequisites

Students must have passed AFF2401, BFF2401, BFW2401 or AFW2401 before undertaking this unit.

Prohibitions

AFW3841, BFW3841, AFF3841