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CO5109 - Corporate Finance
| Credit points: | 3 |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 3 |
| Administered by: | College of Business, Law & Governance |
This subject develops a framework for understanding financing and managing the resources of a business. It examines crucial decisions such as capital project evaluation and capital structure. It explores the logic of finance through studying the foundational concepts of risk and return and the time value of money in different contexts. Emphasis is on meshing theory with practical applications to reflect recent developments in finance. Specific knowledge areas include: discounted cash flow valuation, modern portfolio theory, the cost of capital, dividend policy and options.
Learning Outcomes
- develop an understanding of the fundamental concepts of the finance discipline;
- ability to apply fundamental finance concepts in corporate decisions, such as;
- capital project evaluation, and valuation of corporate securities;
- capital structure;
- use of derivatives.
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: |
LB5211 |
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| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 27-Aug-2015 | |
| Coordinator: | <Person not found>, Dr Marcus Smith |
| Lecturers: | Mr Ian Burnett, Dr Marcus Smith. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); individual assignments requiring understanding of and research into applied topics such as the security valuation and weighted average cost of capital (25%); mid-sessional test to ascertain achievement of theoretical principles and computational proficiency pertinent to applied corporate finance (25%). |
| Special Assessment Requirements: | Students must obtain a final mark of at least 50% to pass the subject, and must obtain at least an average of 50% over all invigilated components to pass the subject. |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 27-Aug-2015 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Marcus Smith |
| Lecturer: | <Person not found>. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); individual assignments requiring understanding of and research into applied topics such as the security valuation and weighted average cost of capital (25%); mid-sessional test to ascertain achievement of theoretical principles and computational proficiency pertinent to applied corporate finance (25%). |
| Special Assessment Requirements: | Students must obtain a final mark of at least 50% to pass the subject, and must obtain at least an average of 50% over all invigilated components to pass the subject. |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 52 | |
| Census Date 30-Jul-2015 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Marcus Smith |
| Lecturer: | <Person not found>. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); individual assignments requiring understanding of and research into applied topics such as the security valuation and weighted average cost of capital (25%); mid-sessional test to ascertain achievement of theoretical principles and computational proficiency pertinent to applied corporate finance (25%). |
| Special Assessment Requirements: | Students must obtain a final mark of at least 50% to pass the subject, and must obtain at least an average of 50% over all invigilated components to pass the subject. |
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An enrolment quota applies to this offering.
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| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 21 | |
| Census Date 02-Apr-2015 | |
| Lecturer: | Mr Noel Francis. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); individual assignments requiring understanding of and research into applied topics such as the security valuation and weighted average cost of capital (25%); mid-sessional test to ascertain achievement of theoretical principles and computational proficiency pertinent to applied corporate finance (25%). |
| Special Assessment Requirements: | Students must obtain a final mark of at least 50% to pass the subject, and must obtain at least an average of 50% over all invigilated components to pass the subject. |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 23 | |
| Census Date 10-Dec-2015 | |
| Lecturer: | Mr Noel Francis. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); individual assignments requiring understanding of and research into applied topics such as the security valuation and weighted average cost of capital (25%); mid-sessional test to ascertain achievement of theoretical principles and computational proficiency pertinent to applied corporate finance (25%). |
| Special Assessment Requirements: | Students must obtain a final mark of at least 50% to pass the subject, and must obtain at least an average of 50% over all invigilated components to pass the subject. |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 22 | |
| Census Date 13-Aug-2015 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Marcus Smith |
| Lecturer: | Mr Noel Francis. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); individual assignments requiring understanding of and research into applied topics such as the security valuation and weighted average cost of capital (25%); mid-sessional test to ascertain achievement of theoretical principles and computational proficiency pertinent to applied corporate finance (25%). |
| Special Assessment Requirements: | Students must obtain a final mark of at least 50% to pass the subject, and must obtain at least an average of 50% over all invigilated components to pass the subject. |
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