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Advanced Corporate Finance (FNCE40001)
HonoursPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Please refer to the LMS for up-to-date subject information, including assessment and participation requirements, for subjects being offered in 2020.
Overview
Availability | Semester 1 |
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Fees | Look up fees |
This subject introduces a study of recent literature in a number of areas of financial management. Topics include real options, mergers and acquisitions, capital structure decisions, dividend policy, security analysis and design, and corporate hedging.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject the student should be:
- Aware of current state of academic research in different areas of corporate finance such as firms’ corporate governance, executive compensation, capital structure and investment policy, and mergers and acquisitions, among others.
- Be able to clearly understand the research methodologies and data sets commonly utilised in research in corporate finance.
- Be able to critically evaluate research papers in these areas including in depth discussion of the published results as well as the limitations associated with them.
- Be able to reflect on the state-of-knowledge in these areas and propose viable research questions capable to filling gaps in the literature
Generic skills
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High level of development: written communication; collaborative learning; problem solving; team work; application of theory to practice; interpretation and analysis; critical thinking; evaluation of data and other information.
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Moderate level of development: oral communication; statistical reasoning; synthesis of data and other information.
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Some level of development: use of computer software; accessing data and other information from a range of sources.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Admission into BH-COM and
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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FNCE30002 | Corporate Finance | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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FNCE20005 | Corporate Financial Decision Making |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
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12.5 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
Please refer to Prerequisites and Corequisites.
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Literature Review, due last Friday of the semester
| End of the teaching period | 40% |
End-of-semester examination
| During the examination period | 60% |
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Bruce Grundy Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours One 3-hour seminar per week Teaching period 2 March 2020 to 7 June 2020 Last self-enrol date 13 March 2020 Census date 30 April 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 June 2020 Assessment period ends 3 July 2020
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
You will be advised of prescribed texts by your lecturer.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Commerce (Accounting)
Last updated: 3 November 2022