International Financial Management unit (BEA706)

Hobart, Online

Introduction

Most businesses operate in a global financial market, and very few facets of financial management are as important as managing exchange rate risk. This unit will provide you with the skills necessary to understand and address some of the multi-faceted issues of international financial management, with a focus on understanding exchange rate behaviour, factors influencing exchange rates, forecasting and managing exchange rate risk. Techniques will be studied and applied from various fields including financial management, macroeconomics, corporate finance and investment theory.

Summary

Unit name	International Financial Management
Unit code	BEA706
Credit points	12.5
College/School	Tasmanian School of Business and Economics
Discipline	Finance
Coordinator	Doctor Moses Kangogo
Delivered By	University of Tasmania
Level	Postgraduate

Availability

Specific information on 2027 unit availability will be available in August

Key Dates

Study Period	Start date	Census date	WW date	End date
Semester 2	4/7/2027	26/7/2027	29/8/2027	23/10/2027

* The Final WW Date is the final date from which you can withdraw from the unit without academic penalty, however you will still incur a financial liability (refer to How do I withdraw from a unit? for more information).

Unit census dates currently displaying for 2027 are indicative and subject to change. Finalised census dates for 2027 will be available from the 1st October 2026. Note census date cutoff is 11.59pm AEST (AEDT during October to March).

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Learning Outcomes

• Critically analyse the interaction between the real economy and financial markets.
• Critically analyse the role of international conditions on financial markets and multinational corporate behaviour.
• Transmit knowledge of finance in oral and written formats.

Fee Information

2027 fee information will be available in August.

Requisites

Concurrent Prerequisites

BEA683

Mutual Exclusions

You cannot enrol in this unit as well as the following:

BEA702

Teaching

Assessment	Group Research Report (30%)|Individual Assignment (30%)|Online quizzes (x 2) (40%)
Timetable	View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable

Textbooks

Required	Madura, J, Hoque, A, & krishnamurti, C,  2018, International financial management, 1 st edition (Asia-pacific edition), South-Western Cengage Learning. You can access the online learning platform Connect which houses an eBook version of International financial management, 1 st edition (Asia-pacific edition) (ISBN10: 0170394689).

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