CO5109 - Corporate Finance
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 3 |
| Administered by: | School of Business |
This subject develops skills and knowledge in areas of financial management. Emphasis will be on: consumption and investment decision under certainty; valuation of corporate securities; capital budgeting under certainty and uncertainty; concept of risk; portfolio theory; capital asset pricing theory; cost of capital; corporate capital structure decision; dividend decision and policy and options and coporate finance.
Learning Outcomes
- To understand pro-forma statements, ratio analysis, discounted cash flow valuation and risk analysis;
- To understand the notion of market efficiency, the valuation of options and other derivatives;
- To understand fixed-income and stocks valuation, the capital budgeting process and how to select investment projects;
- To determine the optimal capital structure of the firm and how it is affected by taxes.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to calculate, produce, interpret and communicate numerical information;
- The ability to select and use appropriate IT tools.
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | LB5211 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 26-Aug-2010 | |
| Coordinator: | Mr Ben Jacobsen |
| Lecturer: | Ms Siqiwen Li. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); other exams (25%); (25%). |
| Special Assessment Requirements: | Each student must achieve an overall total of 50% or greater for all invigilated assessment. |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 26-Aug-2010 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Mr Ben Jacobsen. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); other exams (25%); (25%). |
| Special Assessment Requirements: | Each student must achieve an overall total of 50% or greater for all invigilated assessment. |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 51 | |
| Census Date 25-Mar-2010 | |
| Coordinator: | Mr Ben Jacobsen |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); other exams (25%); (25%). |
| Special Assessment Requirements: | Each student must achieve an overall total of 50% or greater for all invigilated and non-invigilated assessment. |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 52 | |
| Census Date 22-Jul-2010 | |
| Coordinator: | Mr Ben Jacobsen |
| Contact hours: |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); other exams (25%); (25%). |
| Special Assessment Requirements: | Each student must achieve an overall total of 50% or greater for all invigilated assessment. |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 53 | |
| Census Date 18-Nov-2010 | |
| Coordinator: | Mr Ben Jacobsen |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); other exams (25%); (25%). |
| Special Assessment Requirements: | Each student must achieve an overall total of 50% or greater for all invigilated assessment. |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 21 | |
| Census Date 15-Apr-2010 | |
| Coordinator: | Mr Ben Jacobsen |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); other exams (25%); (25%). |
| Special Assessment Requirements: | Each student must achieve an overall total of 50% or greater for all invigilated and non-invigilated assessment. |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 22 | |
| Census Date 12-Aug-2010 | |
| Coordinator: | Mr Ben Jacobsen |
| Contact hours: |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); other exams (25%); (25%). |
| Special Assessment Requirements: | Each student must achieve an overall total of 50% or greater for all invigilated assessment. |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 23 | |
| Census Date 09-Dec-2010 | |
| Coordinator: | Mr Ben Jacobsen |
| Contact hours: |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); other exams (25%); (25%). |
| Special Assessment Requirements: | Each student must achieve an overall total of 50% or greater for all invigilated assessment. |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.