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The core principles of the financial management of business firms.
The course aims to teach students the basic analytical tools of finance. Specifically, by the end of the course you should be able to:Understand the difference between accounting and financeSolve time value of money problems, including the valuation of bonds and stocks Solve financial planning models and working capital problems Understand the different project evaluation techniques and apply them to investment decisions Understand cost of capital concepts and compute a firm’s weighted average cost of capitalUnderstand issues concerning the capital structure of the firmUnderstand a range of dividend policies
ACCT102 and STAT101 or MSCI110, plus at least 45 additional 100-level points from the BCom or BSC schedules. RP: Students without a mathematics background equivalent to NCEA Level 2 should pass MATH101 before enrolling in this course.
FINC202, AFIS204
AFIS204
Students without a mathematics background equivalent to NCEA Level 2 should pass MATH101 before enrolling in this course.
Debra Reed
In order to pass this course, students are required to receive a mark of at least 50% on the final examination. This means you can get a 50% overall and still fail the course because you did not earn 50% on the final exam.If you earn between 50-54% on the final exam, you will receive a C- which will not be sufficient to go on to 300-level finance and will not be sufficient for NZICA. However, you will receive the 15 points of credit toward your degree.
Brealey, Richard A., Myers, Stewart C., Marcus, Alan J; Fundamentals of corporate finance ; 7th; McGraw Hill, 2012.
Course Outline
This course will use Microsoft PowerPoint in lectures. The slides will be available on LEARN before class. There will be gaps that you will need to complete during the lecture. The complete slides will not be available to students. If you miss the lecture, you will need to depend on other students to get the material. You will need to be familiar with material other than the PowerPoint presentations such as the textbook, lecture notes, tutorial material and any other supplementary material.
Domestic fee $682.00
International fee $3,000.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
Maximum enrolment is 100
For further information see Department of Economics and Finance .