MAF716 - Fintech Foundations and Cryptocurrencies
Unit details
| Year: | 2024 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Fengfei Li |
| Previously: | Introduction to Fintech |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the trimester undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include 3 face-to-face contact hours each week (1 x 3 hour seminar) for on-campus students. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 3 hour on-campus seminar (recordings provided) each week |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | 1 x 3 hour recorded seminar each week and 1 x 1 hour online seminar (recordings provided) offered in weeks 4, 8 and 11 |
Content
This unit focuses on the connection between banking, finance and technology. Students will learn how this emerging sector uses the technology to improve and make financial services more accessible to the wider public. Topics such as digital payments and remittances, crowd funding, blockchain and cryptocurrencies will be covered. Case studies to be explored include P2P (Peer to Peer) funding, digital currency (Bitcoin), settlement (Blockchain) and financial advisory.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Explain how banks and other financial service providers respond to emerging financial technology. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Compare and contrast diverse financial services and technologies to evaluate emerging practices for enhancing the quality of delivery. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Use Excel or other statistics software to develop, implement and evaluate an optimal trading strategy on cryptocurrencies. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO4 | Propose new solutions using emerging technologies to improve the delivery of financial services to the broader community. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1: Report (Business) | Part A: 1000 words Part B: 2000 words | Part A: 20% Part B: 20% | Part A: Week 4 Part B: Week 7 |
| Assessment 2: (Group of 3) Case Study | equivalent to 3000 words | 30% | Week 9 |
| Assessment 3: (Individual) Business Proposal | 2000 words | 30% | Week 11 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library at the link here: MAF716 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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