FINC301-11S2 (C) Semester Two 2011

Corporate Finance Theory and Policy

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 11 July 2011
End Date: Sunday, 13 November 2011
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 22 July 2011
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 7 October 2011

Description

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

Learning Outcomes

This course is designed to give students an in-depth 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 investing the "right amount" back into operations.  Students will learn how to choose "good" projects and how to finance these projects.  The empahsis 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.

Prerequisites

FINC201, FINC203, MATH101, MATH102 or MATH108

Restrictions

FINC354, AFIS304

Course Coordinator

Warwick Anderson

Assessment

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

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Ross, Stephen A; Modern financial management ; 8th ed; McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2008.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $630.00

International fee $2,775.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Department of Economics and Finance .

All FINC301 Occurrences

  • FINC301-11S2 (C) Semester Two 2011