Business Finance PG (6224.6)

Please note these are the 2022 details for this unit
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Business Finance PG
Available teaching periods Delivery mode Location
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 Ningbo, China
Bruce, Canberra
Shanghai, China
EFTSL Credit points Faculty
0.125 3 Faculty Of Business, Government & Law
Discipline Study level HECS Bands
Canberra Business School Post Graduate Level Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021)
Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan Social Work_Exclude 0905)
Band 5 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021)
This unit aims to develop a working knowledge of the concepts, tools and applications of corporate financial decision-making within a framework of maximizing the wealth of a firms stakeholders, with particular emphasis on shareholders. The topics includes financial goals, time value of money, risk and return analysis, asset pricing, capital budgeting, cost of capital, capital structure, and dividend policies. This is a problem oriented subject, which requires students to learn and apply various financial concepts and tools to solve complex problems related to firms financing, investment, distribution and retention decisions.

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Appraise and illustrate the goals of financial management of a firm and basic finance principles, including the time value of money concept, risk-return relationship, efficient market and portfolio diversification;
2. Critically examine the theories and apply the models used in investment, financing and dividend decisions, reflecting on their limitations and practical applications;
3. Identify and apply appropriate models and techniques to solve problems relating to valuation of shares and bonds, alternative capital investment proposals and to calculate costs of capital; and
4. Critically evaluate and compare different capital structure theories and dividend policies relating to their limitations, to develop alternatives.


Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
2. UC graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development


Prerequisites

11396 Business Decision Making G OR 11405 Quantitative Methods in Commerce G OR 6275 Statistical Analysis & Decision Making G

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

11215 Business Finance, 6392 Business Finance

Equivalent units

None.

Assumed knowledge

None.
Availability for enrolment in 2026 is subject to change and may not be confirmed until closer to the teaching start date.
Year Location Teaching period Teaching start date Delivery mode Unit convener
2025 Ningbo, China MBA Trimester 1 03 February 2025 On-campus Dr Bomikazi Zeka
2025 Bruce, Canberra Semester 1 03 February 2025 On-campus Dr Abu Mollik
2025 Bruce, Canberra Semester 2 28 July 2025 On-campus Prof Lorne Cummings
2025 Shanghai, China MBA Trimester 3 07 October 2025 On-campus Dr Bomikazi Zeka
2026 Ningbo, China MBA Trimester 1 02 February 2026 On-campus Dr Bomikazi Zeka
2026 Bruce, Canberra Semester 1 16 February 2026 On-campus Dr Abu Mollik
2026 Bruce, Canberra Semester 2 10 August 2026 On-campus Prof Lorne Cummings
2026 Shanghai, China MBA Trimester 3 06 October 2026 On-campus Dr Bomikazi Zeka
Not available

Required texts

Textbook:

Stephen A. Ross, Randolph W. Westerfield and Bradford D. Jordan. (2020), Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 12th Edition,  Irwin/McGraw-Hill, ISBN:9787111656784.

Recommended readings:

From time to time, you may find it useful to consult the Chinese accounting and finance and other professional journals, including the Chinese Journal of Financial Research, Economic Research Journal, Accounting Research and Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Accounting and Economics, The Accounting Review, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance etc. These are available in NBU library.

Submission of assessment items

Extensions & Late submissions

Artificial intelligence

Students are not permitted to use generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in assessments for this unit.

GenAI may only be used in authorised ways when completing assessments at UC. This means that GenAI can only be used for an assessment when:

  1. the Unit Convener has authorised GenAI use for that assessment
  2. the student uses GenAI in the way that the assessment instructions allow
  3. the student fully acknowledges their use of GenAI, with proper citations, references and a GenAI Acknowledgement Statement in line with the assessment instructions.

Where the assessment instructions do not specifically state that GenAI may be used and how, then its use is not permitted for that assessment. Students must still provide the required GenAI Acknowledgement Statement to indicate whether GenAI has or has not been used in the preparation of the assessment. If unsure, students should seek advice from the Unit Convener.

The GenAI for Students Library Guide provides further information, including how to reference GenAI.

All assessment items will be submitted online via the unit Canvas site.  The first page of each assessment submission should include the following information:

 

Assessment Name:

Student/Group members ID:

The date the assignment is due:

Word Count (if applicable):

The marking criteria sheet:

Student ID numbers should be included (as per the Assessment Policy and Procedures).

In addition, each student will make the following declaration when submitting the assignment.

I certify that:

  1. the attached assignment is my own work and no part of this work has been written for me by any other person except where such collaboration has been authorised by the lecturer/s concerned;

 

  1. material drawn from other sources has been fully acknowledged as to author/creator, source and other bibliographic details according to unit-specific requirements for referencing; and no part of this work has been submitted for assessment in any other unit in this or another Faculty except where authorised by the lecturer/s concerned.

 

Subject policy on re-submissions, late penalties, absences etc.:

 

Re-submission is not permitted for any item of assessment. 

Special assessment requirements

You will obtain a pass or better in this unit if you submit each assessment item, achieve a final cumulative mark of at least 50%.

The submission of assignments and final exam are compulsory. Therefore, if you fail to submit the assignments, you will be awarded a fail grade of (NC failed - incomplete assessment) irrespective of your overall score in this unit. If you fail to sit the final exam, you will be given a fail grade.

Assessment items 1 and 2 need to be submitted online on the Canvas site of the unit under the relevant assignment. If you put the assignment in the wrong box and the assignment submission is delayed it may incur a late penalty (Please section 5b).

Supplementary assessment

See the policies above.

Extensions

Students can apply for an extension to the submission due date for an assessment item through extenuating, evidenced circumstances (specific details are found through the Assessment Policy and Procedures. Section 9.12). Extensions must be applied for before the due date. Documentary evidence (e.g. medical certificate) will be expected for an extension to be granted, however this will not guarantee that the application will be successful. The Unit Convener or relevant Discipline Convener will decide whether to grant an extension and the length of the extension.

An Assignment Extension form is available from the Student Forms page.

Late submission of assignments without an approved extension will result in a penalty of 5% reduced marks from the total available, per calendar day late. An assignment submitted over 7 days late will not be accepted.

Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.

Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.

UC students have to complete the Academic Integrity Module annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).

UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.

Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.

Participation requirements

See section 5 above

Required IT skills

You are expected to have or to gain general computer skills sufficient to undertake research and to prepare written assignments. You are also expected to have or gain the ability to use Canvas and complete assessments 1 and 2 in Canvas.

In-unit costs

Text book and calculators if you do not have one.

Work placement, internships or practicums

N/A

Additional information

The onus is on you to clarify issues in a timely manner if there is any doubt with regard to the requirements of any assignment or assessment procedure, the onus for clarifying the issue rests with the student who should contact the lecturer about the matter.

Citations used in assessment items should follow Harvard referencing style. If you are unfamiliar with Harvard referencing please seek the assistance of Library staff.