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Corporate Finance unit (BEA343)

Introduction

This Unit is concerned with 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.

Summary

Unit name Corporate Finance
Unit code BEA343
Credit points 12.5
College/School Tasmanian School of Business and Economics
Discipline Finance
Coordinator Doctor Richard Mawulawoe Ahadzie
Available as an elective? Yes
Delivered By University of Tasmania
Level Advanced

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Availability

Specific information on 2027 unit availability will be available in August

Learning Outcomes

  • Analyse the theory and practical problems of corporate finance in the modern business environment.
  • Evaluate the way corporate managers use financial theory to solve practical problems in a team context.
  • Apply underlying theories, concepts, assumptions, limitations and arguments to make corporate finance decisions within real-world constraints.
  • Clearly present corporate finance issues and possible solutions to business professionals.

Fee Information

2027 fee information will be available in August.

Requisites

Prerequisites

BEA112

Teaching

Teaching Pattern

Introductory workshop (1-hour) for face-to-face students; and introductory workshop (1-hour) for distance students.

Pre-recorded lectures (1-2 hours per week); Face-to-Face workshops (12 hours per semester) for on-campus students; Online workshops (12 hours per semester) for distance students.

AssessmentShort Answer Case Questions (25%)|Case study – Team Assignment (35%)|Final Exam – Take Home Exam (40%)
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Textbooks

Required

Ross, S., Drew, M., Walk, R., Westerfield, R., & Jordan, B., (8th edn), Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Limited.

Recommended

Brealey, R., Myers, S., Marcus A., Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 11th Edition, McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Limited.

Bruner, R., Eades, K., Schill, M., Case Studies in Finance, 7th Edition, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2013.

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