BFC3999 · Finance and society

Overview

This unit is intended to contextualise your acquired knowledge for solving problems in real world domestic and global situations. The unit encourages you to recognise that finance is a powerful tool for solving our common problems, and increasing the general wellbeing, but may give rise to ethical dilemmas. You will be exposed to choices and conflicts requiring judgement and thus appreciate that finance can play an important role in helping society achieve its goals. If undertaken as part of a major, this unit should be completed as a final unit within the major as it draws upon and integrates learning from previous units studied. This is a capstone experience unit for B2034 Bachelor of Finance.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. evaluate the role of finance in shaping society
2. hypothesise concepts surrounding finance and apply these to a variety of domestic and international situations
3. demonstrate skills in teamwork, oral and written communication
4. demonstrate individual research and technical skills to produce professional quality presentations and documents relating to finance and society
5. evaluate complex problems relating to business and finance based on evidence based best practice and ethics.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. You are expected to complete all pre-class activities prior to your scheduled class, and post-class activities should be completed after your scheduled class. Learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed, peer directed and online engagement activities.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.