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BTW3233

Faculty of Business and Economics

18 September 2017 22 December 2024

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Monash University

6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Business and Economics

Organisational Unit

Department of Business Law and Taxation

Offered

Malaysia

  • First semester 2016 (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:

  1. analyse conventional and Islamic finance law problems with the necessary awareness to plan and structure an appropriate answer
  2. effectively apply problem solving strategies that includes clear presentment of a legal argument, and critical and creative thinking
  3. identify, evaluate and implement appropriate strategies for resolution of conventional and Islamic finance law problems
  4. be innovative in resolving conventional and Islamic finance law problems
  5. 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.

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Chief examiner(s)

Mr Adnan Trakic

Prerequisites

BTW1200 or BTW1042