Undergraduate - UnitBTC3200 - Finance law

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	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational Unit	Department of Business Law and Taxation
Offered	Clayton First semester 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Associate Professor Paul Latimer

Synopsis

Aspects of the legal and regulatory environment that affects financial decisions, transactions and relationships. Includes the laws regulating financial institutions and the banker/customer relationship; cheques; electronic payments; bills of exchange; bank lending, business finance and security; consumer credit; guarantees and bankruptcy.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

explain the legal and regulatory environment of the banking and finance sector
analyse the legal and regulatory concepts underlying banking and financial transactions
understand the legal rights and obligations of those involved in banking and finance
have developed a legal perspective to assist in decision-making in areas involving banking and finance
to provide the legal background for the resolution of business problems involving banking and finance.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 25%
Examination: 75%

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)

Associate Professor Paul Latimer

Prerequisites

Students must have passed BTC1110 or equivalent before undertaking this unit.