MAF101 - Fundamentals of Finance

Year:

2025 unit information

Enrolment modes: Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Warrnambool, Waterfront (Geelong), Online
Trimester 3: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Credit point(s): 1
EFTSL value: 0.125
Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite: Nil
Incompatible with: Nil
Study commitment

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Scheduled learning activities - campus

1 x 1 hour on-campus lecture (recordings provided) and 1 x 2 hour on-campus seminar each week

Scheduled learning activities - online

1 x 1 hour recorded lecture provided and 1 x 2 hour online seminar (recordings provided) each week

Content

Topics to be addressed in this introductory finance unit include: What finance is and why it is important to individuals and businesses; Valuations: Discounted Cash flows technique, Financial Markets and Institutions, Valuation of bonds and shares, the Nature of Risk and Return, the Nature of Capital and International Finance.

Unit Fee Information

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Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.

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