Corporate Finance
PostgraduateTAS-BEA6512024
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Corporate Finance
About this subject
Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Critically analyse the theory and practice of corporate finance in the modern business environment with emphasis on sustainability
- Evaluate the way corporate managers use finance theory in decision making for sustainability.
- Apply underlying theories, concepts, assumptions, limitations and arguments to make corporate finance decisions within real-world constraints.
- Communicate complex financial information and conceptual models in corporate finance.
- Module 1: Introduction to corporate finance
- Module 2: Financial statements, taxes and cash flow
- Module 3: Making capital investment decisions and project analysis evaluation
- Module 4: Financial leverage and capital structure policy applications
- Module 5: Long-term and short-term financial planning
- Module 6: Credit and inventory management
- Module 7: Merges and Acquisitions
- Module 8: International corporate finance
- Module 9: Leasing
- Module 10: Financing and valuation
- Module 11: Options and corporate finance
This subject equips students with an applied skill set and in-depth understanding of theoretical frameworks for implementing effective Corporate Finance The central issues in Corporate Finance are how to acquire and employ or invest funds efficiently. Concepts in Corporate Finance are explored as a set of ideas and principles that work together and their application to corporate financial policy decisions including dividend, capital structure and risk management.
- Group Case Study Assignment (30%)
- Two Online Quizzes (30%)
- Final exam - take home (40%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- TAS-FIN-MAS-2024 - Master of Finance
- TAS-FIN-GDI-2024 - Graduate Diploma of Finance
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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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
PostgraduateTAS-FIN-MAS
PostgraduateTAS-FIN-GDI