10940 (v.3) WASM Resource Sector Finance 601

Area:

WASM Mineral Economics Teaching Area

Credits:

12.5

Contact Hours:

16.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

4 x 4 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:

Concepts of financial accounting and statements, cash flow models and discounted cash flow analysis. Sources of company finance, capital investment appraisal. To invest or not to invest? Time value of money, discount rates, present values, risk andreturn, risk profiles of assets, capital asset pricing model, capital structure (debt versus equity). Does gearing level matter? Capital structure, tangible and intangible assets (market to book ratios) and deprivation policy. Real options versus financial options. An introduction to commodity derivatives.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

080500 Sales and Marketing (Narrow Grouping)

Funding Cluster:

02 - Accounting, Administration, Economics, Commerce

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Not Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2007	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y
2007	Bentley Campus	Study Period 2	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External