Undergraduate USA-BANK2010-2023

Business Finance

Bring your Excel skills to this course on investing. You’ll look into topics including shares, interest rates, and more. Learn to evaluate investment decisions and expand your financial planning toolkit.

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Duration

10 weeks

Study method

100% Online

Available loans

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Assessments

Subjects may require attendance

Prior study

Not required

Start dates

18 Sep 2023

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Subject details

What you'll learn

By the end of this 10-week course, you’ll be able to:

Explain models for valuing debt and equity instruments and their limitations.
Appraise methods for evaluating investment decisions.
Evaluate the rationale for using various forms of funding and their implications for the value of the firm.
Appraise the conflicting requirements of investment, retention of profits and returns to owners in an international context.

Topics covered

- The Role of Financial Management and the Taxation Environment
- Time Value of Money and Interest Rate Principles
- Multiple Cash Flows and Valuation Principles
- Risk and Rates of Return
- Valuation of Bonds and Shares
- Cost of Capital
- Capital Budgeting – Investment Criteria (NPV and other investment criteria)
- Capital Budgeting – Project Cash Flows
- Risk in Capital Budgeting

Entry requirements

No eligibility requirements

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Description

Develop the skills required to make sound investment and financing decisions – either for yourself or for a business. You’ll cover topics such as bonds and shares, capital budgeting, cash flow and valuation, and interest rate principles. Although a significant component of the course involves working with numbers, you do not need a high level of mathematics and statistics skills. However, you are expected to be proficient with Microsoft Excel.

UniSA Online’s 10-week short courses give you the flexibility to upskill in a certain area, stay current with developments in your field, diversify your knowledge, or even explore a new direction in your career – without having to commit to the time and cost of a full university degree.

Delivered 100% online, you’ll be able to study where and when it suits you. Access online academic and student support seven days a week, fit study around work and life commitments, view learning resources 24/7, and log in to the interactive online environment anywhere, any time and on any device.

This is a second-year course from UniSA Online’s Financial Planning degree. Please note: you are responsible for completing any relevant prerequisite courses before enrolling in this course.

Should your course have an exam it will be scheduled for Australian Central Standard Time or Australian Central Daylight Time, depending on the time of the year.

Assessments

Assignment (45%)
Examination (55%)

Textbooks

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