Postgraduate CUR-MT515-2018

Financial Principles and Analysis

Expand the range of financial tools and analysis methods in your arsenal. Consider their potential applications in the business sector. Calculate how company values can be advantaged or disadvantaged by the financial decision-making process.

Student rating

N/A

Study method

100% online

Available loans

FEE-HELP

Assessments

Subjects may require attendance

Prior study

Not required

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University ranking

2018

Subject details

What you'll learn

At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

describe the basic building blocks of finance
apply financial tools to value real and financial assets
analyse and communicate how company values can be enhanced and destroyed via financial decision making
create financial solutions to solve financial problems
evaluate and apply the concepts of risk management.

Topics covered

Topics
- Finance overview
- Time value of money
- Interest rates
- Valuations - bonds. Valuations - stocks
- Return, risk, diversification and CAPM
- Capital budgeting decision criteria
- Cashflows and capital budgeting
- Cost of capital
- Capital structure
- Derivatives
- Risk management
Study resources
- Instructional Methods
  - Disscusion forum/Discussion Board
  - Podcasting/Leacture capture
  - Standard Media

Entry requirements

In order to enrol in this subject, you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

CUR-TAX-MAS-2018
CUR-TAX-GDI-2018
CUR-TAX-GCE-2018
CUR-FIA-GCE-2018

Elective

OUA-PSU-GCE-2018

Special requirements

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Additional materials

Description

This subject covers the monetary decisions that businesses make and the financial tools and analyses used to make these decisions.

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Assessments

Final Invigilated Exam (50%)
Individual assignment (20%)
Mid-study period test (30%)

Textbooks

Textbooks are subject to change within the academic year. Students are advised to purchase their books no earlier than one to two months before the start of a subject.

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Related Degrees

postgraduate OUA-PSU-GCE-2018

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