Postgraduate - UnitBFF5925 - Financial management theory

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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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 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) Caulfield First semester 2015 (Evening) Caulfield Second semester 2015 (Day) Caulfield Second semester 2015 (Evening)

Synopsis

Topics include review of foundations of finance; financial mathematics and pricing of financial instruments; valuation and the management of long term investment and financial leverage; and theory of capital structure and dividend policy.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

understand the foundations of finance and be able to apply pricing models to the valuation of equity and debt instruments in global markets
evaluate investment proposals using capital budgeting techniques
formulate capital structure and dividend policies consistent with entities' objectives
develop capabilities to work effectively in a group and/or demonstrate effective individual research skills to produce professional quality business documents to solve problems related to current issues in financial management
demonstrate in individual summative assessment task the acquisition of a comprehensive understanding of the topics covered by this unit.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 30%
Examination: 70%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. The unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Zoltan Murglov (First semester)
Dr Hannah Nguyen (Second semester)

Co-requisites

Students must be enrolled in one of the following courses to undertake this unit: 0028, 0396, 0503, 0504, 1445, 1499, 2098, 2619, 3174, 3176, 3177, 3179, 3189, 3822, 3844 or 3848.

Prohibitions

AFG9070, BFG5970, AFX9540, BFF5954, AFX9590, BFM5959, BFS5959, BFZ5959, AFF9250