AUST200 Australian Cinema
10cp
Prerequisites 1 Australian Studies unit at introductory 100-level
This unit allows students to explore the social relevance of Australian film. It will examine Australian images created throughout the history of the industry from a wide range of social and cultural perspectives.
AUST201 Representing Indigenous Australia
10cp
Prerequisites 1 Australian Studies unit at introductory 100-level
A range of different sources of cultural representations will be incorporated into this unit to help students to identify prevalent images of Indigenous Australia that are recurrent within contemporary Australia.
AUST202 Australian Identity
10cp
Prerequisites 1 Australian Studies unit at introductory 100-level
This unit provides students with a historically grounded overview of the ways in which Australian identity has been constructed, and will examine changes and struggles within these constructions. It will also look at a range of contemporary theories of identity formation.
AUST203 Media in Australia
10cp
Prerequisites 1 Australian Studies unit at introductory 100-level
This unit examines the operation and the influence of the media in Australia. It will focus on the history of Australian media, the different forms of Australian media, and the politics of media control. It will also consider the relationship between the Australian media and constructions of national identity.
BAFI200 Principles of Finance
10 cp
Prerequisites ACCT100 Principles of Accounting
Teaching Organisation 3 hours per week for 12 weeks or equivalent.
This unit provides students with an opportunity to develop an understanding of concepts, techniques and practices that are needed to make financial decisions in an increasingly competitive business environment.
BAFI201 Australian Capital Markets
10 cp
Prerequisites ACCT100 Principles of Accounting
Teaching Organisation 3 hours per week for 12 weeks or equivalent.
Financial markets influence the destiny of businesses and the allocation of resources generally, through their control over the cost and supply of funds. They also contribute to the efficient operation of businesses and the economy through their provision of payment services and risk-management instruments. This unit is designed to help you acquire a knowledge of the operations of the markets and institutions that comprise Australia’s financial system and develop an understanding of the instruments used in raising finance and in the management of risks posed by the financial system.
BAFI203 Personal Financial Planning
10 cp
Prerequisites Nil
Teaching Organisation 3 hours per week for 12 weeks or equivalent.
Personal financial services have been one of the dynamic growth sectors of the recent past. Students in this unit will have the opportunity to develop skills in evaluating security investment opportunities, and assess the impact of personal taxation in shaping investment strategies. These factors, plus understanding of the impact of changing government policies and economic events, and the moral and ethical concerns within the financial planning industry, will affect overall personal financial planning strategies.
BAFI204 Portfolio Management and Investments
10 cp
Prerequisites BAFI200 Principles of Finance, STAT102 Business Statistics
Teaching Organisation 3 hours per week for 12 weeks or equivalent.
This is an applied quantitative unit. Students will be given tutorial sessions to revise Excel techniques early in the semester and will use the Haugen investment software for portfolio analysis, computing mean-variance efficient sets employing both the Markowitz and the single-index approach. Extensive coverage is given to the issues relating to the capital asset pricing model and the arbitrage.
BAFI301 Financial Institutions Management
10 cp
Prerequisites BAFI200 Principles of Finance
Teaching Organisation 3 hours per week for 12 weeks or equivalent.
This unit provides a broad and comprehensive appraisal of authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADIs), including banks, building societies and credit unions, and the associated decision-making processes of the financial services sector. The central issues of financial institutions management, namely decisions on asset and liability management and the determination of capital use, are examined. The regulatory environment is outlined. Students are presented with a thorough examination of the major financial risks faced by ADIs and the methods of measuring and managing these risks.
BAFI302 International Business Finance
10 cp
Prerequisites BAFI200 Principles of Finance
Teaching Organisation 3 hours per week for 12 weeks or equivalent.
This unit is designed to introduce the basic concepts on which finance is based. In doing so, it pays special attention to management of the financial functions for firms operating in several countries and in particular the Asia-Pacific region: international capital and foreign exchange markets; Asian markets; exchange controls, imports and exports, forward exchange; balance of trade, invisible trade, capital account and balance of payments; foreign investment, exchange rate risks and their reduction; futures trading; inflation rate and interest rate differentials; international banks; Asian banks.
BAFI303 Derivatives Investment
10 cp
Prerequisites BAFI200 Principles of Finance
Teaching Organisation 3 hours per week for 12 weeks or equivalent.
This unit builds on the financial skills developed in BAFI200 Principles of Finance and directs them towards the area of financial derivatives. This unit is fairly mathematical in nature and presumes you are comfortable with algebraic manipulations and can deal with somewhat abstract concepts. It also presumes that you understand and can apply in practice the basic principles in finance, namely the time value of money, risk-adjusted discount rates and the capital asset pricing model. This unit provides students with the techniques needed to analyse and price derivative securities. The main derivative instruments covered include futures, options and swaps.
BAFI304 Superannuation and Retirement Planning
10 cp
Prerequisites BAFI200 Principles of Finance
Teaching Organisation 3 hours per week for 12 weeks or equivalent.
This unit provides students with an opportunity to develop a workable understanding of superannuation from the perspective of the financial planner.
BAFI600 Corporate Finance
10 cp
Prerequisites Nil
Teaching Organisation 3 hours per week for 12 weeks or equivalent.
Corporate Finance is grounded in the theories and practice of financial management to enable the student to make knowledgeable financial management decisions. These financial management decisions deal with financing (raising funds) investing (allocating funds to particular uses) and managing assets (evaluating operating practices) using a wealth maximising framework.
BAFI601 International Finance
10 cp
Prerequisites BAFI600 Corporate Finance
Teaching Organisation 3 hours per week for 12 weeks or equivalent.
International finance draws upon theories and methods from varying fields that include financial management, macroeconomics and microeconomics, basic statistics, and investment theory. This unit is designed to provide a foundation of international financial management and the issues that MNCs face, and study of some of the key areas of corporate finance within an international environment. Topics of special interest will include: the interaction between exchange rates, inflation rates and interest rates; the operation of the foreign exchange market; the risks which fluctuating exchange rates pose for companies and how companies may protect themselves against those risks.
BAFI602 Financial Analysis and Business Valuation
10 cp
Prerequisites BAFI600 Corporate Finance
Teaching Organisation 3 hours per week for 12 weeks or equivalent.
Financial statements by themselves provide little useful information. They need to be analysed to understand a firm’s current performance and future prospects. In order to analyse financial statements effectively requires the development in skills, not just in mathematical manipulation, but understanding the theories and models that underlie accounting practices. This unit provides the opportunity for students to combine an analysis of accounting theory with financial analysis to arrive at a holistic understanding of the significance of financial statements, and the link between accounting and capital markets.
