Corporate Finance

About this subject

• What you'll learn

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

  1. Analyse financial data to evaluate performance, apply financial modelling to appraise risk and return and investigate capital budgeting, capital structure and distribution policies of public companies.
  2. Critically reflect on and evaluate the corporate governance structure of a company, its socially responsible initiatives, risk management and investment decisions, in order to construct and formulate a recommendation presented in a professional written report.
  3. Develop and construct Excel analyses by an array of theories and quantitative techniques to evaluate and discuss various business scenarios.

  Assurance of Learning:

  This course evaluates student performance for Assurance of Learning purposes for the program learning objective (PLO): Apply evidence based research at an advanced level using innovative, creative and entrepreneurial approaches in business contexts.

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About Griffith University

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

• GRF-GCC-GCE-2026 - Graduate Certificate in Commerce

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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