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Special Topics in Finance B (FNCE90044)
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 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: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Admission into the MC-COMFIN Master of Commerce (Finance)
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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Project report
| End of the teaching period | 100% |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- April - Online
Principal coordinator Federico Nardari Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 18 hours Total time commitment 85 hours Teaching period 4 April 2022 to 22 May 2022 Last self-enrol date 11 April 2022 Census date 22 April 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 20 May 2022 Assessment period ends 4 June 2022
Time commitment details
85 hours
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Commerce (Finance) - 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