Four foundation subjects:
Subject Semester Credit Points
316-660 Managerial Economics
The subject provides an introduction to the fundamentals of microeconomics and strategy, and applies this knowledge to a number of business and management issues. Topics to be covered include: the working of competitive markets and the determination ... Semester 1, Semester 2 12.50
316-661 Quantitative Methods for Business
The subject introduces students without a strong mathematical background to some of the methods used to collect, present and analyse data and to provide illustrative applications to decision problems faced by business managers. Topics will be chosen ... Semester 1, Semester 2 12.50
325-606 Organisational Fundamentals
This subject will introduce students to key themes and issues in management and marketing and help them to develop key management skills. The focus will be on understanding the way organisations operate in their economic and social environments and t... Semester 1, Semester 2 12.50
333-692 Financial Decision Making
This subject is designed to equip students with the tools necessary to enable them to make the core investment decisions that managers face on a daily basis as well as the knowledge as to where they can find the information necessary to apply those t... Semester 1, Semester 2 12.50
Four compulsary subjects:
Subject Semester Credit Points
306-660 Accounting for Decision Making
This subject is designed to enable students to be informed users of accounting information of all types. It is divided into three parts. The first part of the subject covers the basic concepts in accounting and the terminology used by accountants. Th... Semester 1, Semester 2, Summer 12.50
333-642 Corporate Financial Policy
This subject extends the analysis of capital budgeting, capital structure, dividend policy and corporate risk management provided in 333-641 Financial Management or 333-692 Financial Decision Making. Topics include the effect of the dividend imputati... Semester 2 12.50
333-693 Investment Management
This subject is designed to equip students with the tools necessary to enable them to make the core investment management decisions that managers face on a daily basis as well as the knowledge as to where they can find the information necessary to ap... Semester 2 12.50
333-XXX Derivative Securities (new subject for 2010)
Four subjects to be selected from:
Subject Semester Credit Points
333-635 Public Sector Financial Management
The structure of public sector finances; public sector financial accounting; the budget process; cash management and loan raising; public trading enterprises efficiency and accountability; pricing policies; revenue raising; investment appraisal. Semester 2 12.50
333-640 International Financial Management
Balance of payments analysis, foreign exchange markets and terminology, international financial markets and international banking, international investments and portfolio allocation, measuring and managing foreign exchange exposure, international cap... Semester 1, Semester 2 12.50
333-810 Financial Spreadsheeting
The following topics will be covered: Financial Applications using Excel: basic spreadsheeting skills, functions and the function wizard, worksheet formatting and graphics. Financial problem solving tools: Solver, Goalseek and the Analysis Toolpak. D... Semester 2 12.50
333-811 Treasury Management
This subject consists of a structured reading program and assignments and a series of seminars presented by practitioners on various aspects of Treasury Management and related themes. Topics covered include issues such as treasury functions, internat... Semester 2 12.50
333-815 Fundamentals of Portfolio Management
Investment principles, philosophies and processes. Application of modern portfolio theory; capital asset pricing models; equity valuation models and interest rate theory in managing various types of investment portfolios containing cash; and fixed in... Semester 2 12.50
333-819 Project Finance
Definitions and examples of project financing; analysis of the risks and potential returns associated with major projects; participants involved in projects financing deals - financing techniques used in project finance; case studies of specific proj... Semester 1 12.50
333-820 Property Investment, Development Finance
This subject presents the principles, concepts and methods needed to analyse an investment in an existing property, to analyse a potential property development and to raise private and public debt or capital for property investment. Discounted cash f... Semester 1 12.50
Four electives:
Four free electives to be taken from the Master of Management elective subject listings.