Accounting and Finance for Actuaries (ACCT90042)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
Overview
| Availability | Semester 1 |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
This subject has two main objectives. Firstly, it is designed to enable students to have the ability to analysis and interpret the financial statements of companies and financial institutions. Secondly, to provide a basic understanding of corporate finance including a knowledge of the instrument used by companies to raise finance and manage financial risks.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Describe the nature and purpose of financial statements
- Analyse and interpret financial statements and the accounting policy choices that influence how they should be used
- Describe the structure of a company and the different methods by which it may be financed
- Understand how a company's cost of capital determines the nature of the investment projects it undertakes
Generic skills
- Think critically about financial accounting reports and corporate finance
- Evaluate, analyse and interpret relevant accounting information and corporate finance
- Utilise problem solving skills
- Articulate responses, either orally or in written form
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
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: 4 March 2025
Assessment
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Group assignment (normally in groups of 3-4 students)
| During the teaching period | 10% |
Mid-semester test
| Mid semester | 20% |
End-of-semester examination
| End of semester | 70% |
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Danny Burton Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours, comprising of one 3 hour seminar per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 3 March 2025 to 1 June 2025 Last self-enrol date 14 March 2025 Census date 31 March 2025 Last date to withdraw without fail 9 May 2025 Assessment period ends 27 June 2025 Semester 1 contact information
Danny Burton: danny.burton@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
170 hours
What do these dates mean
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- Your tuition fees, academic transcript and statements.
- And for Commonwealth Supported students, your:
- Student Learning Entitlement. This applies to all students enrolled in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP).
Subjects withdrawn after the census date (including up to the ‘last day to withdraw without fail’) count toward the Student Learning Entitlement.
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Further information
- Texts
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Please note Single Subject Studies via Community Access Program is not available to student visa holders or applicants
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
Last updated: 4 March 2025