FINC20019 - Money and Capital Market Analysis

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit covers the operations and structure of the modern financial system. You will examine and evaluate the opportunities and risks of the financial markets for investors and corporations. You will also research the impact of contemporary issues in the money and capital markets.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 9
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites There are no pre-requisites for the unit.

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 Postgraduate 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. Take Home Exam 20%
2. Research Assignment 40%
3. Presentation 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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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2020 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 95.24% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 35% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: Evaluation
Feedback
Need to put more information in assignment resources
Recommendation
Assignment Resources will be reviewed and more content added.
Action Taken
More content has been added.
Source: Evaluation
Feedback
Timing of webinar too late
Recommendation
Earlier times will be scheduled.
Action Taken
Earlier timed were scheduled for the webinars.
Source: Student unit evaluations
Feedback
Several students requested more details on the assessment requirements in the instruction sheet and in the unit profile.
Recommendation
More details about the requirements of the assessment will be provided in the unit profile (briefly) and the instructions sheet. In the instruction sheet, it will be in the form of more detailed rubrics.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Student unit evaluations
Feedback
One student felt the need for more time for the assessment completion as the student felt there was so much to learn.
Recommendation
Consider extending the due date for the assessment.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Examine the operations and structure of the financial system
  2. Evaluate the opportunities and risks inherent in financial markets for the investor and the corporation using basic financial mathematics
  3. Research contemporary issues impacting on investment decisions and the sustainability of financial markets.

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Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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