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FINC301-12S1 (C) Semester One 2012
Corporate Finance Theory and Policy

15 points, 0.1250 EFTS
20 Feb 2012 - 24 Jun 2012 		↓Other occurrences

Description

The theoretical principles of corporate finance and their applications to business policy.

Learning Outcomes

This course is designed to give students an indepth understanding of the theory and practice of corporate finance.  The principal contention of the course is that managers should maximize firm value.  To do this, managers make investment decisions by allocating resources to "good" projects.  Managers also make financing decisions by choosing the "appropriate mix" of debt and equity and investment the "right amount" back into operations.  Students will learn how to choose "good" projects and how to finance these projects.  The emphasis will be on the "why" more than the "how" in understanding finance.  This will prepare them to be a financial manager of a firm that will maximize firm value.

Pre-requisites

FINC201, FINC203, MATH101 or MATH102 or MATH108

Restrictions

FINC354, AFIS304

Timetable

Lectures
Streams Day Time Where Notes
Stream 01 Monday 1:00pm-3:00pm E7 Lecture Theatre 20 Feb - 1 Apr,
23 Apr - 3 Jun
Tuesday 3:00pm-4:00pm E7 Lecture Theatre 20 Feb - 1 Apr,
23 Apr - 3 Jun

Course Coordinator

Warwick Anderson

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Assignment 1 10%
Assignment 2 10%
Final Exam 50%
Term Test 30%

Examination and Formal Tests

Exam Saturday 16 Jun 2012 9:30am-12:30pm  
Test Thursday 03 May 2012 7:00pm-9:00pm C2 Lecture Theatre

Textbooks

Required Texts

Ross, Westerfield & Jaffe; Corporate Finance; 9th; McGraw Hill, 2010.

Please note that Ross, Westerfield, Jaffe and Jordan, Modern Financial Management, 8th edition (McGraw Hill), 2008, (RWJJ) is still suitable for this year's course.  RWJ is effectively a newer edition of RWJJ.

Fees

Domestic fee $655.00
International fee $2,888.00


For further information see Department of Economics and Finance.

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