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Finance (BUSA90093)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 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
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Overview
Availability(Quotas apply) | January April July September |
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Fees | Look up fees |
This is an introductory course of valuation and financial management. The course is designed for all MBA students with career interests in managing any organizations where cash flows matter. It is based on the principle that firms should be managed to increase the wealth of their shareholders, subject to the fulfilment of their contractual and legal obligations to other stakeholders. To this purpose, this subject will focus on the valuation of financial assets and selection of investment projects. It provides a good foundation for those who want to specialize in finance and choose many finance electives we offer in later terms. Furthermore, students will find that the principles learned here can be readily applied to their own personal financial planning and investments.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Apply a variety approaches to identify profitable investment projects
- Value financial instruments (such as stocks and bonds)
- Build investment portfolios based on the optimal balance of risk and return
- Estimate cost of capital of the firm and apply it in project selection decisions
- Assess the costs and benefits associated with the choice of corporate capital structure
- Identify different ways corporations can make distributions to shareholders and understand the associated trade-offs
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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BUSA90480 | Leadership |
June (On Campus - Parkville)
Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville)
March (On Campus - Parkville)
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
October (Online)
September (On Campus - Parkville)
March (On Campus - Parkville)
|
6.25 |
BUSA90481 | Managerial Ethics & Business Environment |
October (Online)
September (On Campus - Parkville)
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
March (On Campus - Parkville)
April (On Campus - Parkville)
June (On Campus - Parkville)
|
6.25 |
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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BUSA90060 | Data Analysis |
April (On Campus - Parkville)
September (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
January (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
BUSA90060 is a concurrent pre-requisite and can be done concurrently with the subject.
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
January
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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4 homework assignment
| Throughout the teaching period | 12.5% |
3 syndicate case reports
| Second half of the teaching period | 10% |
Mid-term test
| Mid semester | 25% |
Final examination
| End of the teaching period | 52.5% |
June
Description | Timing | Percentage |
---|---|---|
3 x syndicate case reports
| Throughout the teaching period | 10% |
4 homework sets
| Throughout the teaching period | 12.5% |
Test 1
| First half of the teaching period | 10% |
Test 2
| Second half of the teaching period | 17.5% |
Final examination
| End of the teaching period | 50% |
September
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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3 x syndicate assignment; Equivalent to individual 500 word assessment
| Throughout the teaching period | 30% |
Mid-term test
| Week 5 | 25% |
Final examination; 2 hours and 15 minutes
| End of the teaching period | 45% |
Additional details
Leon Zolotoy: (September)
- 3 x syndicate assignment (30%)
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- Equivalent to individual 500 word assessment
- Mid-term test (25%)
- 1 hour
- Week 5
- Final examination (45%)
- 2 hours and 15 minutes
- Hurdle Requirement
- End of subject
Sam Wylie: (January)
- 4 homework assignment (12.5%)
- 3 syndicate case reports (10%)
- Mid-term test (25%)
- 75 minutes
- Final examination (52.5%)
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- 2 hours and 30 minutes
- Hurdle requirement
- End of subject
EMBA: (June)
- 3 x syndicate case reports (10%)
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- Throughout subject
- 4 homework sets (12.5%)
- Throughout subject
- Test 1 (10%)
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- 30 minutes
- Test 2 (17.5%)
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- 45 minutes
- Final examination (50%)
- 90 minutes
- Hurdle Requirement
- End of subject
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Quotas apply to this subject
Dates & times
- January
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 30 hours Total time commitment 140 hours Pre teaching start date 9 January 2023 Pre teaching requirements students are required to complete approximately 15 hours of readings to prepare for the subject during pre-teaching period Teaching period 16 January 2023 to 24 March 2023 Last self-enrol date 11 December 2022 Census date 27 January 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 March 2023 Assessment period ends 31 March 2023 January contact information
- April
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 30 hours Total time commitment 140 hours Pre teaching start date 3 April 2023 Pre teaching requirements students are required to complete approximately 15 hours of readings to prepare for the subject during pre-teaching period Teaching period 10 April 2023 to 16 June 2023 Last self-enrol date 5 February 2023 Census date 21 April 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 26 May 2023 Assessment period ends 23 June 2023 April contact information
- July
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 30 hours Total time commitment 140 hours Pre teaching start date 26 June 2023 Pre teaching requirements students are required to complete approximately 15 hours of readings to prepare for the subject during pre-teaching period Teaching period 3 July 2023 to 8 September 2023 Last self-enrol date 23 April 2023 Census date 14 July 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 18 August 2023 Assessment period ends 15 September 2023 July contact information
- September
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total time commitment 140 hours Pre teaching start date 18 September 2023 Pre teaching requirements students are required to complete approximately 15 hours of readings to prepare for the subject during pre-teaching period Teaching period 25 September 2023 to 1 December 2023 Last self-enrol date 16 July 2023 Census date 6 October 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 November 2023 Assessment period ends 8 December 2023
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Additional delivery details
This subject is only available to students admitted to GD-BA, MC-BAPT, MC-BAPTME, 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.
This subject is equivalent to BUSA90094 Financial Management in MC-BAPTME
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 GD-BA, MC-BAPT, MC-BAPTME, 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 Course Master of Engineering Management Course Graduate Diploma in 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