MPF753 - Finance

Unit details

Enrolment modes:	(B, X)
Credit point(s):	1
Previously coded as:	MAF753
EFTSL value:	0.125
Unit chair:	S Bhattachayra (Trimester 2), M Frazer (Trimester 3)
Prerequisite:	Nil
Corequisite:	Nil
Incompatible with:	MAF740, MPT753
Recommended:	It is highly recommended that students without a prior tertiary level competency in statistics should undertake MSQ791 prior to studying this unit.
Contact hours:	Day classes – 1 x 2 hour seminar, 1 x 1 hour tutorial per week Evening classes – 1 x 3 hour seminar per week
Note: Online teaching methods require internet access. Please refer to the most current computer specifications. A financial calculator is recommended. This unit is available in residential mode. Click here for more information.

Content

This unit is designed as an introduction to the theoretical principles of finance and the practical requirements of financial management within for-profit organisations.  The aim of this unit is to provide students with an understanding of the types of financial decisions that need to be taken in order to create value within the firm beyond that which shareholders could create on their own and in doing so ensure the long term sustainability of the firm.  Students will develop analytical skills for making key financial management decisions, including simulation and real option analysis.  It also includes investment, financing, risk management, capital structure and dividend decisions within the context of the Australian and International financial institutional frameworks.  The unit will develop an ability to apply basic mathematics to solve real problems in finance.  The principles and skills developed will be as relevant for those who are running their own small business as they are for senior finance managers within large companies.

Assessment

Assignment 40%, Examination 3 hours 60%, Hurdle requirement: achieve at least 50% of the marks available on the examination.

 

From Trimester 2, 2012:

Assignment 40%, Examination 2 hours 60%, Hurdle requirement: achieve at least 50% of the marks available on the examination.

Unit Fee Information

Student Contribution Rate*	Student Contribution Rate**	Student Contribution Rate***	Fee rate - Domestic Students	Fee rate - International students
$1178	$1178	$1178	$2675	$3340

* Student contribution rate for Commonwealth Supported students who commenced studies from 2010
** Student contribution rate for Commonwealth Supported students who commenced studies from 2009
*** Student contribution rate for Commonwealth Supported students who commenced studies from 2008
Please note: Unit fees listed do not apply to Deakin Prime students.