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AFM231 Corporate Finance

Updated: 05 December 2008
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Semester 1 Off Campus
Armidale Semester 1 On Campus
TOP Sydney TOP Semester 1 On Campus
TOP Sydney TOP Semester 2 On Campus
Online level Level D - Comp/internet essential
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
20 April 2009 21 April 2009 Non-Mandatory
Supervised Exam
  • June
  • November
Pre-requisites AFM101 or AFM217 or AFM317 and QM161 or STAT100
Co-requisites None
Restrictions None
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Subba Reddy Yarram (syarram@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This is an introductory unit in finance at the second-year level. The major topic areas covered are the finance function and the firm's objectives, valuation of securities, portfolio diversification, the Capital Asset Pricing Model, the Efficient Market Hypothesis, compound interest and present values, capital budgeting, cost of capital, capital structure and dividend policy.

Prescribed Material
Manditory
Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Corporate Finance Fundamentals
ISBN: 9780071285636
Ross, S.A., Westerfield, R.W. and Jordan, D.J., McGraw-Hill 8th ed. 2008
Text refers to: Semester 1 and TOP Semester 1 , On and Off Campus
Disclaimer Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.
   

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