Undergraduate - UnitBTW3233 - Conventional and Islamic 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	Malaysia First semester 2015 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit covers the main areas of conventional and Islamic financial regulations. This includes aspects of the legal environment that affect financial decisions, transactions and relationships in both conventional and Islamic finance. Topics covered are chosen from the laws regulating the financing implications of different forms of business organisation; financial institutions and the financial institutions/customer relationship; cheques; the laws regulating business finance and security and guarantees.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

analyse conventional and Islamic finance law problems with the necessary awareness to plan and structure an appropriate answer
effectively apply problem solving strategies that includes clear presentment of a legal argument, and critical and creative thinking
identify, evaluate and implement appropriate strategies for resolution of conventional and Islamic finance law problems
be innovative in resolving conventional and Islamic finance law problems
be able to reference sources of information in written work.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 40%
Examination: 60%.

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)

Mr Adnan Trakic

Prerequisites

BTW1200 or BTW1042