Unit of Study ACCT6016 Finance for Managers (Online) (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

PG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Business, Law and Arts
Placement

No

Anti-requisites

ACCT6004 - Finance

Unit description

Introduces key concepts, principles, tools, contemporary issues and context of finance and financial management in order to prepare students for participation in making investment, financing and dividend decisions. Students will develop their financial management toolkit by undertaking practical problems and case studies.

Unit content

Topic 1: Introduction to finance and the time value of money (TVM)

Topic 2: Applying TVM: valuation and interest rates

Topic 3: Risk and return

Topic 4: Capital investment analysis: decision criteria and cash flow estimation

Topic 5: Capital investment analysis: risk and the cost of capital

Topic 6: Capital structure and payout policies

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
SCU Online	Term1	Term1

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

apply time value of money techniques to the analysis of practical business finance problems and opportunities

measure risk and return, and interpret those measures in light of the risk-return trade-off and diversification

evaluate capital investments using appropriate capital budgeting techniques

compare and appraise alternative capital structures and payout policies.

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Structured online learning

Assessment
Quiz	10%
Quiz	10%
Presentation	30%
Case study	50%

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Domestic

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