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Unit Summary
Unit type
UG Coursework Unit
Credit points
12
AQF level
Level of learning
Intermediate
Former School/College
Pre-requisites
(ACC10707 - Accounting for Business AND MAT10251 - Statistical Analysis AND FIN10708 - Finance and Investment for Business AND 12 credit points in any SCU units) OR (ACC10249 Financial Information for Decision Making AND MAT10248 Quantitative Analysis for Business AND 24 credit points in any SCU units)
Anti-requisites
ACC00142 Accounting and Financial Management II
Unit aim
Consolidates and extends students' knowledge and skills in analysing, evaluating and making business decisions covering advanced capital investment appraisal, financing analysis, and capital structure and dividend policies. Exposes students to some specialised and sophisticated financial management techniques and approaches that form part of the tool-kit of today's business finance professional.
Unit content
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: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
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1 | make investment, financing and dividend decisions consistent with sound corporate governance and the objective of value maximisation | |||||||
2 | apply discounted cash flow techniques to value capital investments and basic financial assets | |||||||
3 | analyse and appraise capital investments | |||||||
4 | estimate the cost of capital and critique issues surrounding this process | |||||||
5 | compare and evaluate alternative financing sources, capital structures and dividend policies | |||||||
6 | develop and assess a long-term financial model of the firm. |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
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make investment, financing and dividend decisions consistent with sound corporate governance and the objective of value maximisation
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- GA4:
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apply discounted cash flow techniques to value capital investments and basic financial assets
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- GA4:
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analyse and appraise capital investments
- GA1:
- GA4:
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estimate the cost of capital and critique issues surrounding this process
- GA1:
- GA4:
- GA5:
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compare and evaluate alternative financing sources, capital structures and dividend policies
- GA1:
- GA4:
- GA5:
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develop and assess a long-term financial model of the firm.
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- GA4:
Prescribed texts
- Berk, J, DeMarzo, P, Harford, J, Ford, G & Finch, N , 2011, Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 1st edn, Pearson, Frenchs Forest, NSW. ISBN: 9314994244052.
- Berk, J, DeMarzo, P, Harford, J, Ford, G, Mollica, V & Finch, N , 2014, Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 2nd edn, Pearson, Frenchs Forest, NSW. ISBN: 9781486042197.