Year: 2013 Semester: 2 Campus: Footscray Park & City Flinders Prepared by: Dr Michael Ntalianis & Dr Lalith Seelanatha
UNIT OF STUDY GUIDE VICTORIA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF BUSINESS & LAW COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
Year UNIT TITLE UNIT CODE PRE-REQUISITES CREDIT POINTS MODE OF DELIVERY UNIT COORDINATOR
2013
Semester CORPORATE FINANCE BAO 3307
Two
BAO 1101 Accounting for Decision Making 12 On-campus NAME EMAIL PHONE : Dr. Lalith Seelanatha : lalith.seelanatha@vu.edu.au : 9919 5320 ROOM NO.: G330 (FP) : Leena Kinger Hans : leenah@synway.edu.my
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ROOM NO.: 209, North West Consultation Hours: Tue: 2:30 to 3:30 Wed: 10:30 to 11:30 Thu: 12:30 to 1:30 and 2:30 to 3:30 COMMUNICATION WITH STAFF Students are expected to use their VU email address to communicate with staff. Please note any emails NOT from a VU email address will NOT be responded to due to security issues. Students are advised NOT to email staff through blackboard.
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DESCRIPTOR The unit of study aims to provide a theoretical and practical basis for financial decision making within an organisation. LEARNING OUTCOMES On successful completion of this unit, students should be able to: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Appreciate the role of financial management Understand the tax related issues in financial management Explain the role of financial markets in a developed economy Calculate both present and future values Understand both risk and return concepts in finance Value both bonds and shares Make long-term investment decisions Calculate the cost of capital for a business Analyse the impact of leverage and long-term financing decisions
UNIT CONTENT The unit of study covers: the scope and environment of financial management, time value of money, risk and return, capital markets, valuation of financial securities, capital budgeting and capital structure. LEARNING IN THE WORK PLACE 0% of the