FINM8004 Advanced Corporate Finance

Offered By	Rsch Sch of Finance, Actuarial Studies & App Stats
Academic Career	Graduate Coursework
Course Subject	Financial Management
Offered in	First Semester, 2012, Second Semester, 2012, First Semester, 2013, and Second Semester, 2013
Unit Value	6 units
Course Description	This course is designed to immerse students in key corporate finance research and research methods, thereby providing them with a framework for considering a wide range of corporate finance problems and issues. The material studied during the course is a blend of key theoretical and empirical corpoate finance work, with particular emphasis placed on the interface between theoretical models and empirical tests of these models. Moreover, classes will use the literature as a base from which to develop and test corporate finance research questions and communicating the results of this testing to finance scholars and practitioners alike.
Learning Outcomes	Upon successful completion of the requirements for this course, students will: have developed a framework for considering corporate finance problems and issues have obtain an in-depth understanding of corporate finance theory and practice. understand the interface between theoretical models and empirical tests of these models have the ability to develop and test corporate finance research questions and communicate the results
Indicative Assessment	Presentation 15% Referee report 30% Project 25% Take-home assignment 30%
Workload	10 hrs per week
Course Classification(s)	AdvancedAdvanced courses are designed for students having reached 'first degree' level of assumed knowledge, which provide a deep understanding of contemporary issues; or 'second degree' and higher levels of knowledge; or for transition to research training programs. and SpecialistSpecialist courses are designed for students having reached 'first degree' level of assumed knowledge, which provide for the acquisition of specialist skills; or 'second degree' and higher level of knowledge; or for transition to research training programs; or knowledge associated with professional accreditation.
Areas of Interest	Finance
Eligibility	At least an average of 65% (or equivalent) in the final two years of an Australian undergraduate degree with at least one year of university level study in quantitative analysis, including basic mathematics and data analysis techniques.
Requisite Statement	Pre-requisites: FINM7007 Applied Corporate Finance, FINM7008 Applied Investments, FINM7041 Applied Derivatives and FINM7044 Applied Valuation
Prescribed Texts	See Course Website
Preliminary Reading	See Course Website
Indicative Reading List	See Course Website
Programs	Master of Commerce, Master of Commerce, Master of Commerce, Master of Commerce, and Master of Finance
Other Information	For further information please refer to Course Website
Academic Contact	See http://ecocomm.anu.edu.au/courses/course.asp?code=FINM8004

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