BFC2140 Corporate Finance 1 (Sem 1 2021)
Difficulty:
Year Completed: Semester 1, 2021
Prerequisite: ECC1000
(or ECW1101, or ECB1101, or ECF1100)
Exemption:
CB1 Business Finance
ACC1100 (50%), BFC2140 (50%)
Weighted average of 70% required. Minimum of 60% required for each unit.
Mean Setu Score: 83.4%
Clarity of Learning Outcomes: 84.8%
Clarity of Assessments: 86.4%
Feedback: 80.8%
Resources: 81.8%
Engagement: 85.6%
Satisfaction: 80.6%
Subject Content:
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Topics included intro to financial math's, multiple cash flow
streams and their evaluation, Valuation of Bonds and Equities,
Capital Budgeting, Evaluating projects (NPV etc), Annuities
(different types and forms of annuities), cash flow analysis and
replacement decision, Management of Working capital (cash
conversion cycle and its components), break even analysis &
sensitivity analysis, Risk & Return (Portfolio return), Cost of
Capital (calculating Weighted Average Cost of Capital), Capital
Structure of a business (MM1958/1963-Assumption)
1 x 2 hour lecture
1 x 1 hour tutorial
Fundamentals of corporate finance – this textbook complemented
the course material well and was good to use as pre-reading
before lectures.
MyFinance Lab Online Quiz 10%
Mid-Semester Test 30%
Final Exam 60%
Comments
Content was fairly easy and straightforward although the final
exam questions were challenging beyond those of the tutorial
and extremely time constraining.
The lectures had a good mix of theory being backed up my
questions and examples showcasing implementation of the
theory.
Tutorials were not entirely necessary to understand the content
but did help in clarifying doubts in the content which may have
seemed vague.
Both the final and mid semester exams were extremely
challenging and time constraining. Although practice material
was provided, most questions were far more challenging than
those of the past exams.
Theory and concepts are fairly straightforward and easy to grasp
although the exams are unforgiving. Constant practice beyond
material provided and being extremely thorough and testing
yourself against time constraints prior to the final exam is a good
idea in order to score well on the exam.
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