BFX4000 · Research skills

Overview

This unit is designed to provide practice in the key research skills that are necessary for banking and finance research. This unit will allow you to develop these skills in a collaborative and supportive environment through interactive activities and engagement. The concepts that you engage with are designed to provide them with the skills necessary for working in industry, collaborating in empirical research and/or continuing their education.

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

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. acquire a thorough understanding of how to access and acquire data through commonly used databases in banking and finance research
2. apply knowledge and skills in programming useful for undertaking empirical research in banking and finance
3. develop technical and computing skills in statistical packages, such as SAS and Stata, that facilitate research
4. apply critical thinking, problem solving and presentation skills in individual and/or group activities dealing with research skills and demonstrate in an individual summative assessment task the acquisition of a comprehensive understanding of the topics covered by BFX4000.

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.