FINC13004 - Applied Corporate Finance

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit focuses on practical applications related to financial decision making. Case studies, empirical evidence and current events are used to illustrate the process of making financial decisions commonly faced by corporate managers, investment bankers, investors and regulators. This unit builds on the FINC19011 Business Finance unit. Topics discussed include: advanced issues in corporate valuation and capital budgeting; raising capital; valuation and analysis of real options; leverage choice, mergers and acquisitions and the market for corporate control and governance; and other advanced topics. You are expected to perform hands-on analysis and build MS Excel spreadsheet models to assist with analysis. On the completion of this unit, you will gain the skills to work in companies and investment banks.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 3
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Pre-requisite: FINC19011 Business Finance

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2024

There are no availabilities for this unit on or after Term 3 - 2024

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Practical Assessment 30%
2. Presentation 30%
3. Examination 40%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

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Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Analyse projects to distinguish those that add value
  2. Design funding strategies for accepted projects
  3. Analyse how projects and companies can be reorganised
  4. Evaluate alternative governance processes for projects.

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