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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

Topic 1: Introduction to finance and its context

Topic 2: Time value of money I

Topic 3: Time value of money II

Topic 4: Bonds and interest rates

Topic 5: Risk and return

Topic 6: Capital budgeting decisions

Topic 7: Capital budgeting cash flow estimation

Topic 8: Capital budgeting and risk

Topic 9: Capital structure and financing

Topic 10: Payout policy

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.

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:GA1GA2GA3GA4GA5GA6GA7
1Identify business financial decisions, their impact on value, and the broader financial and regulatory environment in which these decisions are made.Knowledge of a discipline
2Apply the techniques of financial mathematics to analyse finance problems and opportunities.Intellectual rigourKnowledge of a discipline
3Measure risk and return and explain the risk-return trade-off and diversification.Intellectual rigourKnowledge of a discipline
4Evaluate capital investments using appropriate capital budgeting techniques.Intellectual rigourKnowledge of a discipline
5Compare and appraise alternative financing sources, capital structures and payout policies.Intellectual rigourKnowledge of a discipline

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

  1. Identify business financial decisions, their impact on value, and the broader financial and regulatory environment in which these decisions are made.
    • GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
  2. Apply the techniques of financial mathematics to analyse finance problems and opportunities.
    • GA1: Intellectual rigour
    • GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
  3. Measure risk and return and explain the risk-return trade-off and diversification.
    • GA1: Intellectual rigour
    • GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
  4. Evaluate capital investments using appropriate capital budgeting techniques.
    • GA1: Intellectual rigour
    • GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
  5. Compare and appraise alternative financing sources, capital structures and payout policies.
    • GA1: Intellectual rigour
    • GA4: Knowledge of a discipline

Prescribed texts

  • Purchase the print or eBook version of the following textbook: Graham, JR, Smart, SB, Adam, C & Gunasingham, B, 2017, Introduction to Corporate Finance, 2nd Asia-Pacific Edition, Cengage, South Melbourne, Victoria. ISBN: 9780170364331.
Prescribed texts may change in future study periods.

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method
Workshop on-site 2 hours (12 weeks)
Lecture online 1 hour (12 weeks)
Assessment
Quiz10%
Business case studies25%
Business case studies25%
Exam: closed book40%

Teaching method
Tutorial on-site 2 hours (12 weeks)
Lecture online 1 hour (12 weeks)
Assessment
Quiz10%
Business case studies25%
Business case studies25%
Exam: closed book40%

Teaching method
Lecture online 1 hour (12 weeks)
Assessment
Quiz10%
Business case studies25%
Business case studies25%
Exam: closed book40%

Teaching method
Lecture online 1 hour (12 weeks)
Tutorial on-site 2 hours (12 weeks)
Assessment
Quiz10%
Business case studies25%
Business case studies25%
Exam: closed book40%

Teaching method
Tutorial on-site 2 hours (12 weeks)
Lecture online 1 hour (12 weeks)
Assessment
Quiz10%
Business case studies25%
Business case studies25%
Exam: closed book40%
Notice

Intensive offerings may or may not be scheduled in every session. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Southern Cross University employs different teaching methods within units to provide students with the flexibility to choose the mode of learning that best suits them. SCU academics strive to use the latest approaches and, as a result, the learning modes and materials may change. The most current information regarding a unit will be provided to enrolled students at the beginning of the study session.

Fee information

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