Financial Principles and Analysis
PostgraduateCUR-MT5152022
Course information for 2022 intake
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.
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- Subject may require attendance
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 0 weeks
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Financial Principles and Analysis
About this subject
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
- evaluate and apply the concepts of risk management.
- 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
This subject covers the monetary decisions that businesses make and the financial tools and analyses used to make these decisions.
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- Invigilated Exam (50%)
- Case Study Assignment (25%)
- Major Assignment (25%)
- Post-Entry Language Assessment (PELA) (0%)
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Entry requirements
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Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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