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AFM231 Corporate Finance

Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study Online Level
Armidale Semester 1 Off Campus D - Comp/internet essential
Armidale Semester 1 On Campus D - Comp/internet essential
TOP Sydney Semester 2 On Campus D - Comp/internet essential
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
N/A N/A Non-Mandatory Intensive school has been cancelled.
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
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
Mandatory 		Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Fundamentals of Corporate Finance Standard Edition
ISBN: 9780073382395
Ross, S.A., Westerfield, R.W. and Jordan, D.J., McGraw-Hill/Irwin 9th ed. 2010
Text refers to: Semester 1 , On and Off Campus
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Assignment 1 15% On/Off Campus 3000
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 2 and 3 GA: 1, 2, 3 and 6
Assignment 1 15% On Campus TOP 3000
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 2, 3 GA: 1, 2, 3, 6
Online Assessment 15% On/Off Campus
Assessment Notes
Online mid-term examination
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 GA: 1 and 6
Online Assessment 15% On Campus TOP
Assessment Notes
Online mid-term examination
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 GA: 1, 6
Tutorial 10% On Campus TOP
Assessment Notes
Participation
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-5 GA: 1-6
Final Examination 2 hrs 60% On Campus TOP
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-6 GA: 1-6
Final Examination 2 hrs 70% On/Off Campus
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-6 GA: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. be familiar with the use of economic models in financial decision-making;
  2. know when and how such models should be used;
  3. evaluate long-term investment opportunities in a way which facilitates optimal decision-making;
  4. understand and be able to explain the advantages of diversified portfolios and be able to evaluate risky, marketable investments in a portfolio context;
  5. understand the basics of how secondary markets work, and how investor actions lead to equilibrium pricing;
  6. see how financial decision theory provides a structured framework for analysing the economic consequences of a wide range of alternative actions while recognising the limitations of these models and techniques.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Anextended command of the finance discipline will be achieved through knowledge presented in the teaching and learning activities associated with the unit. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
 True
3 Global Perspectives
 True
4 Information Literacy
 True
5 Life-Long Learning
 True True
6 Problem Solving
 True True True
7 Social Responsibility
 True
8 Team Work
 True
   

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