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Unit Summary
Unit type
PG Coursework Unit
Credit points
12
AQF level
Level of learning
Introductory
Former School/College
Anti-requisites
ACC00716 - Finance AND FIN00706 Financial Management in Business
Unit aim
Introduces key concepts, principles, tools, contemporary issues and context of finance and financial management in order to prepare students for participation in making investment, financing and dividend decisions. Students will develop their financial management toolkit by undertaking practical problems and case studies.
Unit content
Topic 1: Introduction to finance and the time value of money (TVM)
Topic 2: Applying TVM: valuation and interest rates
Topic 3: Risk and return
Topic 4: Capital investment analysis: decision criteria and cash flow estimation
Topic 5: Capital investment analysis: risk and the cost of capital
Topic 6: Capital structure and payout policies
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 | Identify business financial decisions, their impacts on value, and the nature of the broader financial and regulatory environment in which these decisions are made. | |||||||
| 2 | Apply financial mathematics to the analysis of practical finance problems and opportunities. | |||||||
| 3 | Measure risk and return, and explain the risk-return trade-off and diversification. | |||||||
| 4 | Evaluate capital investments using appropriate capital budgeting techniques. | |||||||
| 5 | Compare and appraise alternative capital structures and distribution policies. | |||||||
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
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Identify business financial decisions, their impacts on value, and the nature of the broader financial and regulatory environment in which these decisions are made.
- GA4:
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Apply financial mathematics to the analysis of practical finance problems and opportunities.
- GA1:
- GA4:
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Measure risk and return, and explain the risk-return trade-off and diversification.
- GA1:
- GA4:
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Evaluate capital investments using appropriate capital budgeting techniques.
- GA1:
- GA4:
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Compare and appraise alternative capital structures and distribution policies.
- GA1:
- GA4:
Prescribed texts
- No prescribed texts.