Required texts

Textbook:

Financial Management: Core Concepts, Global Edition (FOURTH EDITION), by Raymond M. Brooks, PEARSON, ISBN-13:  9781292438290

Students can access the E-Textbook free via the Canvas site of the unit.

Here are the links to where students can alternatively access/purchase either the text book or eBook direct from the publisher:

Links for Students:

Pearson E-Text:

MyLab + E-Text:

Recommended readings:

From time to time you may find it useful to consult newspapers and journals such as;

- The Australian

- Accounting & Finance

- Australian Financial Review

- Business Review Weekly

- Journal of Corporate Accounting &Finance

- Journal of Banking & Finance

- Global Finance Journal

Each of these is available in 黑料吃瓜网 library or online in electronic format.

There are many other textbooks on (business) finance which the students may be interested to consult for this unit including the following (which will also be included in the Reading List on the Canvas Site) :

Gitman, L., Juchau, R., & J. Flanagan (c2011) Principles of Managerial Finance, 6th ed, Pearson Education Australia, Frenchs Forest NSW.

Peirson, G., Brown, R., Easton, S., Howard, P., & S. Pinder (2015) Business Finance, 12th edition, McGraw Hill Australia Pty Ltd, North Ryde, NSW.

Ross, S., Trayler, R., Bird, R., Westerfield, R., & B. Jordan, (2016) Essentials of Corporate Finance, 4th edition, McGraw Hill Australia Pty Ltd, North Ryde, NSW.

Ross, S., Thompson, S., Christensen, M., Westerfield, R., & B. Jordan, (c2011) Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 5th ed, McGraw Hill Australia Pty Ltd, North Ryde, NSW.

Submission of assessment items

Extensions & Late submissions

All assessment items will be submitted online via the unit Canvas site.  The first page of each assessment submission should include the following information:

Assessment Name:

Student/Group members ID:

The date the assignment is due:

Word Count (if applicable):

The marking criteria sheet:

In addition, each student will make the following declaration when submitting the assignment.

I certify that:

1. the attached assignment is my own work and no part of this work has been written for me by any other person except where such collaboration has been authorised by the lecturer/s concerned;

2. material drawn from other sources has been fully acknowledged as to author/creator, source and other bibliographic details according to unit-specific requirements for referencing; and no part of this work has been submitted for assessment in any other unit in this or another Faculty except where authorised by the lecturer/s concerned.

Subject policy on re-submissions, late penalties, absences etc.:

Re-submission is not permitted for any item of assessment. 

Special assessment requirements

Final grades in this subject will be assessed according to performance in each of the

assessment items identified above. In order to pass this unit, you must obtain:

• an overall total score of at least 50% AND
• submit/ present all assessment items marked as mandatory 

Non-submission of an assessment, other than mandatory assessments, will result in a fail grade in that assessment item.

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Participation requirements

See 5b above

Required IT skills

You are expected to have or to gain general computer skills sufficient to undertake research and to prepare written assignments. You are also expected to have or gain the ability to use Canvas and write in the online tests (quizzes) on Canvas.

Work placement, internships or practicums

None.

Additional information

The onus is on you to clarify issues in a timely manner if there is any doubt with regard to the requirements of any assignment or assessment procedure, the onus for clarifying the issue rests with the student who should contact the lecturer about the matter.

Citations used in assessment items should follow Harvard referencing style. If you are unfamiliar with Harvard referencing please seek the assistance of Library staff.

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