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GSB692 International Finance

Updated: 02 June 2010
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study Online Level
Armidale Trimester 2 Off Campus C - Internet access required
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites GSB711 and candidature in GradCertMgt or GradDipMgt or MBA or MComm or MBusRes or MBusResHons
Co-requisites None
Restrictions MBA692 or AFM435
Notes

Quotas apply to this unit: Trimester 2: 11 off-campus
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Martin Hovey (mhovey@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

The unit reviews key issues relating to the financing of international operations. Topics examined include: an analysis of the functioning of the international foreign exchange market; currency hedging and options; sources of finance and foreign exchange risk; managing exchange rate fluctuations; cash flow analysis and capital budgeting in the international environment; calculations of cost of capital; currency and bank markets; and listing requirements on international securities markets.
Prescribed Material
Mandatory 		Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Multinational Financial Management
ISBN: 9780470415016
Shapiro, A.C., John Wiley 9th ed. 2009
Text refers to: Trimester 2 , Off Campus
Recommended Material
Optional 		Text(s):

Note: Recommended material is held in the University Library - purchase is optional

International Finance: An Analytical Approach
ISBN: 9780070278516
Moosa, I.A., McGraw-Hill 3rd ed. 2009
Text refers to: Trimester 2 , 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 40% 3000
Assessment Notes
Notes: Essay and quantitative problems
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO:1-3 GA: 1,2,3,5,6
Final Examination 2 hrs 60%
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO:1-3 GA: 1,2,3,6

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. describe the theory of international financial decisions;
  2. explain the application of the theoretical concepts involved in international financing and investment decisions;
  3. use appropriate analytical techniques in the field of international finance.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Students will develop an increased knowledge of the discipline through the learning and teaching activities associated with the unit. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Written communication skills are assessed and practiced via assignment work that explicitly reinforces these skills. 		True True
3 Global Perspectives
International finance, by its nature, reinforces a global perspective with financial and economic considerations in every aspect of student experiences in the unit. 		True True True
4 Information Literacy
Students use internet and other secondary information sources for various activities and assignments. 		True
5 Life-Long Learning
Lifelong learning academic skills are taught and practiced through assignment and examination preparation. 		True True
6 Problem Solving
Assignment work is explicitly focused on solving of international financial problems using models and methods taught in the unit. 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
Examples of good and bad social responsibility practices are provided in the unit content and explicitly reinforced in the unit. 		True
8 Team Work
Students are encouraged to practice teamwork in broad terms e.g. on-line discussions. Workshop and practical activities explicitly require teamwork approaches to problem solving. 		True
   

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