- Course Code
- AC 2026
- Credit Points
- 15
- Course Coordinator
- Dr K H Tee
Pre-requisites
None.
Overview
All businesses make decisions about how to finance investment projects. This course provides the fundamental principles and practices about how companies make these decisions. The course begins by considering the role of the financial manager and the institutions and mechanisms that affect business activity. The role of risk is looked at in detail through careful analysis of the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and application of this model is considered. By outlining the relevant issues surrounding capital structure, dividend policy and mergers and acquisitions this course provides the fundamental information required for further study of corporate finance issues at level 3.
Assessment
1st Attempt: In-course assessment: two multiple choice tests (25% each) and one 2-hour examination paper (50%).
Resit: The in-course assessment mark is carried forward and the examination is taken again in the resit diet.