Empirical Corporate Finance (FNCE90076)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Dual-Delivery (Parkville)
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Overview
| Availability | Semester 2 - Dual-Delivery |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
Students enrol in Empirical Corporate Finance followed by the subject Empirical Investments as the subjects are completed in two consecutive semesters. A number of seminars will be held during the semester to discuss various aspects of the program including bibliographic and other resources available to students and a range of analytical and empirical research methods and techniques used in Finance. Among other things, the workshops provide a forum for students to discuss and develop their own research proposals, and to develop seminar and conference presentation ability.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject students should be able to:
- Identify contemporary issues in finance;
- Identify principles of finance research;
- Formulate and solve financial problems.
Generic skills
- Oral communication including presentation skills
- Written communication
- Problem solving
- Statistical reasoning
- Application of theory to practice
- Interpretation and analysis
- Critical thinking
- Synthesis of data and other information
- Evaluation of data and other information
- Accessing data and other information from a range of sources
- Using computer software
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Admission into the MC-COMFIN Master of Commerce (Finance)
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
FNCE90059 Finance Thesis Workshop
FNCE90068 Finance Thesis Workshop Part 1
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
Semester 2
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Three individual assignments
| Due in weeks 2, 6 and 11. | 30% |
Three group assignments (in groups of approximately 3)
| Due in weeks 4 and 8 and during the final examination period | 30% |
Four individual in-class presentations of seminar papers
| From Week 2 to Week 12 | 16% |
Class participation | 24% |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Henny Jung Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours One 3-hour lecture per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 25 July 2022 to 23 October 2022 Last self-enrol date 5 August 2022 Census date 31 August 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 23 September 2022 Assessment period ends 18 November 2022
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
Last updated: 31 January 2024