Postgraduate - UnitBEX6013 - Issues in financial institutions

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 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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0 points, SCA Band 3, 0.000 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational Unit	Department of Banking and Finance
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2015 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit introduces doctoral candidates to the current research issues and empirical tools in the area of banking. This unit will cover theoretical and empirical papers as well as introduce students to banking related databases and the main methodology required to conduct high-level banking research.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

acquire knowledge of contemporary issues in financial institution research
critically evaluate current theoretical and empirical research in financial institution research
develop analytical skills via understanding the intuition and logic behind theoretical and empirical research in financial institution research
effectively convey ideas in writing and speech
demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the topics covered in this course

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 70% Examination: 30%

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Jonathan Batten

Prerequisites

Students must be enrolled in the 0029 Doctor of Philosophy before undertaking this unit.