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Unit of Study ACCT6004 - Finance (2023)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Anti-requisites

    FIN00706 Financial Management in Business

  • Enrolment information

    This unit is taught on the assumption that students have basic knowledge of accounting as included in ACCT5002 - Accounting for Managers or equivalent.

Unit description

Introduces key concepts, principles, tools, contemporary issues and context of finance and financial management in order to prepare students for participation in making investment and financing decisions. Students will develop their financial toolkit by undertaking practical problems and case studies.

Unit content

Module 1: The financial environment and the time value of money (TVM)

Module 2: Applying TVM: valuation and interest rates

Module 3: Risk and return

Module 4: Capital investment analysis: decision criteria and cash flow estimation

Module 5: Capital investment analysis: risk and the cost of capital

Module 6: Capital structure and payout policies

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Gold Coast
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Melbourne N/A
Summer Term
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Online
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Perth N/A
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Sydney N/A
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Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

apply time value of money techniques to the analysis of practical business finance problems and opportunities

measure risk and return, and explain those measures in light of the risk-return trade-off and diversification

evaluate capital investments using appropriate capital budgeting techniques

compare and appraise alternative capital structures and payout policies.

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • An eBook version of the following textbook is also available. (ISBN shown is for print copy.): Graham, JR, Adam, C & Gunasingham, B, 2021, Corporate Finance, 3rd Asia-Pacific Edition, Cengage, South Melbourne, Victoria. ISBN: 9780170446075.
Prescribed Resources/Equipment

  • Access to spreadsheet software (Microsoft Excel) will be required.

Prescribed Texts
  • An eBook version of the following textbook is also available. (ISBN shown is for print copy.): Graham, JR, Adam, C & Gunasingham, B, 2021, Corporate Finance, 3rd Asia-Pacific Edition, Cengage, South Melbourne, Victoria. ISBN: 9780170446075.
Prescribed Resources/Equipment

  • Access to spreadsheet software (Microsoft Excel) will be required.

Prescribed Texts
  • An eBook version of the following textbook is also available. (ISBN shown is for print copy.): Graham, JR, Adam, C & Gunasingham, B, 2021, Corporate Finance, 3rd Asia-Pacific Edition, Cengage, South Melbourne, Victoria. ISBN: 9780170446075.
Prescribed Resources/Equipment

  • Access to spreadsheet software (Microsoft Excel) will be required.

  • Access to a computer with a webcam and reliable internet connection.  Students will be required to complete an onboarding process to verify their identity before attempting the online exam in this unit.

     

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.