Financial Markets and Institutions
FIN204
Overview
Level of study: What does Undergraduate Level 2 mean?
Undergraduate Level 2
EFTSL: What does EFTSL mean?
0.125
Delivery Method: What does delivery method mean?
Fully Online
Prerequisites: What are the prerequisites?
Duration:
13 weeks
Domestic student fee:
$1,178.00 (AUD)
HECS student fee:
$1,178.00 (AUD)
International student fee:
$1,403.00 (AUD)
Description
FIN204 Financial Markets and Institutions has three broad aims, they are to provide students with a basic understanding of the Australian financial system, along with a working knowledge of selected Australian financial markets and instruments, and an appreciation of issues relating to financial management.
Prerequisites
Recommended prerequisites
You are recommended to have completed the following unit(s) or have equivalent knowledge before starting this unit:
- ECO100 — Microeconomics
- ECO11 — Principles of Economics (Previously Microeconomics 1)
- ECO12 — Macroeconomics 1
Assessment
- Assignments — And/or tests (30%-40%)
- Invigilated Exam — (60%-70%)
Learning Outcomes
At the completion of this unit students will be able to:
- demonstrate an overview of the Australian financial system and markets
- examine the role of individual financial intermediaries and regulators in the Australian financial system
- apply basic financial maths to real life situations, for example, compound interest and annuities
- understand the structure and operation of various Australian debt markets - equity, corporate, international and government.
Topics
This unit addresses the following topics.
| Number | Topic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to the Australian financial system |
| 2 | The financial system. Financial institutions and prudential regulation |
| 3 | Interest rate determination |
| 4 | Mathematics of finance |
| 5 | The operation of financial markets |
| 6 | The equity market |
| 7 | The corporate debt market |
| 8 | The international market |
| 9 | The government debt market and the payments system |
| 10 | Financial market management |
| 11 | Monetary policy, financial variables and the economy. Derivatives |
Study Resources
This unit is delivered using the following methods and materials:
Instructional Methods
- Discussion Forum/Discussion Board
- Online Quizzes/Tests
- Online assignment submission
- Standard Media
- Streaming Multimedia
- Web links
Textbook information for this unit is currently being updated and will be available soon. Please check back regularly for updates. Alternatively, visit the Unibooks website and enter the unit details to search for available textbooks.
Relevant Courses
This unit is part of a major, minor, stream or specialisation in the following courses:
This unit may be eligible for credit towards other courses:
- Many undergraduate courses on offer through OUA include 'open elective' where any OUA unit can be credited to the course. You need to check the Award Requirements on the course page for the number of allowed open electives and any level limitations.
- In other cases, the content of this unit might be relevant to a course on offer through OUA or elsewhere. In order to receive credit for this unit in the course you will need to supply the provider institution with a copy of the Unit Profile in the approved format, which you can download here. Note that the Unit Profile is set at the start of the year, and if textbooks change this may not match the Unibooks textbook list.
