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Special Topics in Finance D (FNCE90067)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 6.25Online
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Overview
Availability | April - Online |
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Fees | Look up fees |
Special Topics subjects may be offered from time to time which are tailored to the interests of permanent and/ or visiting members of staff.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject students should be able to:
- Explain the key issues associated with the special topic;
- Analyse the relationship of the special topic to broader financial principles such as, where appropriate, asset pricing, corporate finance, market efficiency and/or empirical finance.
Generic skills
On successful completion of this subject, students should have improved the following generic skills:
- Oral communication
- Written communication
- Collaborative learning
- Problem solving
- Team work
- Statistical reasoning
- Application of theory to practice
- Interpretation and analysis
- Critical thinking
- Synthesis of data and other information
- Evaluation of data and other information
- Using computer software
- Accessing data and other information from a range of sources
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Admission to the graduate coursework program in finance and subject to approval by the program director
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: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Final Examination
| During the examination period | 100% |
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- April - Online
Principal coordinator Les Coleman Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Total time commitment 85 hours Teaching period 17 April 2021 to 24 April 2021 Last self-enrol date 19 April 2021 Census date 23 April 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 7 May 2021 Assessment period ends 9 May 2021
Time commitment details
85 hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
Last updated: 3 November 2022