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Business Finance PG –6224

Unit Outline 2007

School of Business and Government

Division of Business, Law & Information Sciences

University of Canberra

Australian Government Higher Education (CRICOS)

Registered Provider number: #00212K

This Unit Outline must be read in conjunction with:

a) Studying at the University of Canberra: A Guide to Policies and Procedures, which sets out University-wide policies and procedures, including information on matters such as plagiarism, grade descriptors, moderation, feedback and deferred exams, and is available at

https://guard.canberra.edu.au/cocoon/policydb/displayDocument?DocumentId=259

b) Guide to Student Services at the University of Canberra, and is available at

http://www.canberra.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/8058/student-services-guide.pdf

c) Any additional information specified in section 6f.

1: General Information

1a Unit title: Business Finance PG

1b Unit number: 6224

1c Semester and year offered: Semester 2, 2007

1d Credit point value: 3cp

1e Unit level: P

1f Unit Convener: Dr Ian Maclean

Room: 6D29

Telephone: 6201 2189

Email: ian.maclean@canberra.edu.au

1g Administration: Ms Rhonda VandenBroek

Room: 6C3

Telephone: 6201 2715

Email: rhonda.vandenbroek@canberra.edu.au

2: Academic Content

2a Unit description and learning outcomes

Business Finance PG aims to provide students with analytical techniques for the efficient financial management of business. These techniques are developed within the framework of modern theories of finance like portfolio theory and the Capital Asset Pricing Model. Topics include the goals and functions of finance, financial mathematics, methods of valuation, project appraisal, risk analysis, capital structure, methods of financing operations and role of capital markets, dividend policies, and derivative and convertible securities. Students should emerge from the subject with a...