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Investments (BUSA90167)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online and On Campus (Parkville)
Please refer to the return to campus page for more information on these delivery modes and students who can enrol in each mode based on their location.
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Overview
Availability(Quotas apply) | July - Online September - On Campus |
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Fees | Look up fees |
Investments is designed to provide you with the tools of modern finance for devising and evaluating financial portfolios and to make better investment choices. To this end we discuss and develop valuation techniques of financial instruments and working knowledge of portfolio management, pricing and hedging with options on individual stocks and indexes, forwards and futures contracts, monetary policy and how the conduct of monetary policy affects investment performance, devising investment strategies exploiting market inefficiencies.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Value important classes of financial assets such as common stocks, fixed-income securities, and derivative securities.
- Build a diversified portfolio and assess portfolio performance.
- Use financial derivatives as hedging instruments in portfolio creation and management.
- Understand how money is created, how monetary policy is implemented and the effect of central banks decisions’ on the performance of their investment portfolios.
- Devise investment strategies robust to financial crises and also those that exploit certain inefficiencies of financial markets.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
All of
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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BUSA90001 | Financial Accounting |
April (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
September (On Campus - Parkville)
January (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
BUSA90026 | Business Strategy |
September (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
April (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
BUSA90060 | Data Analysis |
July (On Campus - Parkville)
January (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
September (On Campus - Parkville)
April (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
BUSA90074 | Global Business Economics |
January (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
April (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
BUSA90093 | Finance |
July (On Campus - Parkville)
January (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
September (On Campus - Parkville)
April (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
BUSA90193 | Managerial Economics |
September (On Campus - Parkville)
April (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
January (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
BUSA90224 | Managing People |
September (On Campus - Parkville)
April (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
January (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
BUSA90227 | Operations |
January (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
April (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
September (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
BUSA90243 | Marketing |
January (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
April (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
September (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
BUSA90480 | Leadership |
September (On Campus - Parkville)
Summer Term (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
March (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
March (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
June (On Campus - Parkville)
|
6.25 |
BUSA90481 | Managerial Ethics & Business Environment |
April (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
September (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
Summer Term (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
March (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
6.25 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
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: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Homework sets, staggered throughout subject
| Throughout the teaching period | 40% |
End-of-semester examination, equivalent to 3000 words
| During the examination period | 60% |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Quotas apply to this subject
Dates & times
- July - Online
Mode of delivery Online Contact hours This availability is only available to a group of private Executive Education students. Total time commitment 140 hours Teaching period 27 July 2021 to 30 September 2021 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2021 Census date 13 August 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 September 2021 Assessment period ends 7 October 2021 - September - On Campus
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total time commitment 140 hours Pre teaching start date 20 September 2021 Pre teaching requirements students are required to complete approximately 15 hours of readings to prepare for the subject during pre-teaching period Teaching period 27 September 2021 to 3 December 2021 Last self-enrol date 18 July 2021 Census date 8 October 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 12 November 2021 Assessment period ends 10 December 2021
Time commitment details
140 hours
Additional delivery details
This subject is only available to students admitted to MC-BA, MC-BAPT, or students with permission of the MBA course coordinator
This subject has a quota of 80 students. Students will be selected on a first come, first serve basis. However if any student is approaching their completion date, they will get priority in enrolment.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Subject notes
This subject is only available to students admitted to MC-BA, MC-BAPT, or students with permission of the MBA course coordinator
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Business Administration Course Master of Business Administration/Master of Marketing Course Master of Business Administration - Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 31 January 2024