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Foundations of Enterprise Development
Enrolment code: BEA103
Offered: Launceston: to be advised
Introduces and begins to apply key strategicbased principles to issues that arise in
enterprise development. The unit provides a solid foundation for the elements that
distinguish entrepreneurial activity from status quo delivery of business service. The most
common issues influencing an individual business are examined in this unit: market
pressures, changing economic circumstances, role of information technology, compliance
requirements, and management strategies (planning, human resource management).
Problem-solving techniques are applied based on obtaining information, understanding
models and researching the specific case study problems. Strategies and their
implementation are examined in the context of the economic institutions in operation. In
this context, the Australian experience is compared to international best practice
throughout all topics in this unit.
Staff tba
Unit weight 25%
Teaching pattern 3 hrs weekly
Assessment mode continuous assessment (50%), final exam (50%)
Required texts etc
tba
Recommended texts etc
Dollinger MJ, Entrepreneurship: Strategies and Resources, 2nd edn, New Jersey, Prentice Hall,
1999
Marcaeu J, Manley K and Sicklen D, The High Road or the Low Road? Alternatives for
Australia’s Future, Australian Business Foundation, Syd, 1997.
Courses [C3W]
Faculty website <http://www.comlaw.utas.edu.au/>
Economics for Business
Enrolment code: BEA110
Offered: Hobart: semester 1, Launceston: semester 1, North-West Centre: semester 1
Takes students ‘on a walk in the street’ by identifying some of the real problems of
importance to all professionals and applying economic concepts and methods of analysis
to these real problems. From this viewpoint students learn how microeconomics can help
improve the prospects of a business owner. A range of key concepts is developed to
provide students with an appreciation of the macroeconomic environment within which
society operates and its real problems: unemployment, inflation, collapse of the Australian
dollar.
Staff Dr S Jennings, Dr J Courvisanos, Dr B Felmingham
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 2-hr lecture, 1 hr workshop/tutorial weekly
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Assessment mode continuous assessment (30%), final exam (70%)
Required texts etc
tba
Recommended texts etc
Mankiw NG, Principles of Microeconomics, Dryden Press, 1998
Shlomo M, Executive Economics, 10 Essential Principles for Managers, Free Press, 1994
Baumol WJ, Blinder AS, Gunther AW and Hicks JRL, Economics – Principles and Policy,
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992
Heyne P, The Economics Way of Thinking, 7th edn, Prentice-Hall, 1994
Jackson J, McIver R and McConnell C, Microeconomics, 5th edn, McGraw-Hill, 1998
Waud RN, Maxwell P, Hocking A, Bonnici J and Ward I, Economics, 3rd edn, Addison
Wesley Longman, 1996
McGillivray M and Papadopuoulos T, The Australian Economy: Principles, Policies and
Performance, Nelson, Melb, 1995.
Prescribed texts are sometimes supplemented by lecture handouts and other readings;
students are also advised to read appropriate newspapers in order to broaden their
knowledge of the economy and topical issues.
Courses [C3C] [C3E] [C3H] [C3J] [C3K] [C3L] [R3M] [C3U] [C3X] [R3O] [M3H] [R3J] [S3A]
[S3B] [S3C] [S3Gc4]
Faculty website <http://www.comlaw.utas.edu.au/>
Foundations of Economic Policy
Enrolment code: BEA130
Offered: Hobart: semester 2, Launceston: semester 2, North-West Centre: semester 2
Equips students with a working knowledge of more advanced micreconomic and
macroeconomic issues. The unit builds on foundations provided by BEA110 and deals
with the fundamental question of the last two hundred years: What is the appropriate role
of the State? The extensions to macroeconomic foundations include an analysis of
aggregate expenditure topics: determinants of investment, consumption, imports and
exports; a different approach to equilibrium in the economy; an extended analysis of
inflation and unemployment; and macroeconomic policy.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 2x1-hr lectures, 1 hr workshop weekly
Prerequisites BEA110
Assessment mode continuous assessment (30%), final exam (70%)
Required texts etc
tba
Recommended texts etc
Shlomo M, Executive Economics, 10 Essential Principles for Managers, Free Press, 1994
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Baumol WJ, Blinder AS, Gunther AW and Hicks JRL, Economics – Principles and Policy,
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992
Heyne P, The Economics Way of Thinking, 7th edn, Prentice-Hall, 1994
Jackson J, McIver R and McConnell C, Microeconomics, 5th edn, McGraw-Hill, 1998
Waud RN, Maxwell P, Hocking A, Bonnici J and Ward I, Economics, 3rd edn, Addison
Wesley Longman, 1996
McGillivray M and Papadopuoulos T, The Australian Economy: Principles, Policies and
Performance, Nelson, Melb, 1995.
Prescribed texts are sometimes supplemented by lecture handouts and other readings;
students are also advised to read appropriate newspapers in order to broaden their
knowledge of the economy and topical issues.
Courses [C3C] [C3E] [R3O] [S3Gc4]
Faculty website <http://www.comlaw.utas.edu.au/>
Quantitative Methods 1
Enrolment code: BEA140
Offered: Hobart: summer school OR semester 2, Launceston: semester 2, North-West
Centre: semester 2 [by video-link]
Special note: may be offered in Singapore and Malaysia
Provides a foundation in the mathematics of finance and statistical descriptions and
analysis, appropriate for the study of and professional practice in business, economics,
accounting, finance, management and marketing. The primary emphasis is on
understanding the statistical concepts and methods widely used in these disciplines, with
a consequent enhancement of numeracy skills and an ability to use both formulae and
quantitative computer packages. The focus is on the practical use of data in a
business/economic decision environment, especially in an environment of risk and
uncertainty.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 2x1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks)
Prerequisites *MT730 or Mathematics Stage 2 or equiv accepted by school and/or faculty
Assessment mode continuous assessment (40%), final exam (60%)
Courses [C3C] [C3E] [C3L] [R3M] [R3O] [C3X] [M3H]
Faculty website <http://www.comlaw.utas.edu.au/>
Intermediate Microeconomics
Enrolment code: BEA200
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
Develops the basic tools of analysis needed to study the actions of consumers and firms in
an economic context, and provides an economic foundation for many other units in
economics, finance and business. Topics covered include the determinants of consumer
demand, consumer choice under uncertainty, profit maximisation and efficient
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production, and general equilibrium. Each topic is developed with extensive reference to
specific ‘real-word’ examples from many areas of the economy: for example, the role of
advertising, superannuation, investment strategies and risk premia, and the production
decisions of actual firms in a range of industries.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 2x1-hr lectures, 1-hr workshop weekly (13 wks)
Prerequisites BEA110
Assessment mode continuous assessment (30%), final exam (70%)
Required texts etc
tba
Courses [C3C] [C3E] [R3O]
Faculty website <http://www.comlaw.utas.edu.au/>
Australian Political Economy
Enrolment code: BEA210
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
Special note: this unit may be approved as a Group 1 first-year unit
Introduces the wide range of economic ideas which are deployed in debates on economic
issues in Australia today. The unit provides students with the economic literacy enabling
them to appraise media discussion of economic questions; examines the various doctrines
on the role of the market and the state; and draws on topical issues such as education,
environmental pollution, protection, foreign debt, financial deregulation, microeconomic
reform, immigration, unemployment, and industrial relations. The unit is nontechnical in
its treatment of these issues.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 2x1-hr lectures, 1-hr workshop weekly (13 wks)
Assessment mode continuous assessment (40%), final exam (60%)
Courses [C3E]
Faculty website <http://www.comlaw.utas.edu.au/>
The Asia-Pacific Economies: Tigers
Enrolment code: BEA211
Offered: not offered in 2002
Special note: this unit may be approved as a Group 1 level 100 unit;
Analyses the development, current institutional structure and strong growth of the
Asia-Pacific economies such as Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, Korea, Thailand
and Indonesia as well as the transition to market economies by China and Vietnam. The
unit emphasises the significance of historical, institutional and cultural influences on the
development of the Asia-Pacific economies and identifies common explanations of the
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growth of the region. Students also address the recent currency crisis in Asia and the
question: Is the Asian miracle over?
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 2x1-hr lectures, 1-hr workshop weekly (13 wks)
Mutual exclusions HMA222/322
Assessment mode continuous assessment (40%), final exam (60%)
Majors HMA
Courses [C3E] [R3A]
Faculty website <http://www.comlaw.utas.edu.au/>
The Information Economy
Enrolment code: BEA212
Offered: Launceston: to be advised
Special note: this unit may be approved as a Group 1 first-year unit; please contact School of
Economics for details concerning availability of this unit
Builds on the introduction to the information economy (IE) provided in BEA110 Economics
for Business. The unit analyses the market structures underpinning the IE. It examines in
greater detail the demand for information goods with special reference to the pricing of
information commodities, in particular the internet. The unit offers an introduction to the
economics of networks and lock-in effects. The final component involves an analysis of
information policy and the appropriateness of current regulations.
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 2 x 1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial weekly, (13 wks)
Prerequisites BEA110
Assessment mode continuous assessment (50%), final exam (50%)
Required texts etc
tba
Recommended texts etc
tba
Courses [C3C]
Faculty website <http://www.comlaw.utas.edu.au/>
Intermediate Macroeconomics
Enrolment code: BEA220
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
Equips students with the macroeconomic theories used by economists in the ‘real world’,
eg by Treasury officials in formulating the Government Budget, or by business economists
forecasting GDP and inflation. The unit expounds the Keynesian, Classical and Monetarist
models of national product, investment, interest rates, exchange rates, inflation and
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unemployment. The study of these models is complemented by topical examples drawn
from current developments in economic policy in Australia.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 2 x 1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial weekly, (13 wks)
Prerequisites BEA110
Assessment mode continuous assessment (30%), final exam (70%)
Courses [C3E] [R3O]
Faculty website <http://www.comlaw.utas.edu.au/>
Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge
Enrolment code: BEA235
Offered: not offered in 2002
Strategic thinking is the art of outdoing an adversary, knowing that the adversary is trying
to do the same to you. All of us must practice strategic thinking at work as well as in
everyday life. As a business manager, political adviser, lawyer and in the day-to-day
pursuits of life (such as buying a car) you will be trying to win the competition. This unit is
about the basic principles students can adopt in the attempt to become a better competitive
strategist in business and daily life. The unit draws these principles from the fields of
business, politics, law, sports, warfare, fiction and modern art form such as the movies.
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 2 x 1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial weekly, (13 wks)
Assessment mode internal (30%), final exam (65%), participation and attendance (5%)
Courses [C3C] [C3E]
Faculty website <http://www.comlaw.utas.edu.au/>
Quantitative Methods 2
Enrolment code: BEA240
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
Develops quantitative and analytical skills, while focusing on the application of
mathematical tools to the analysis of problems in economics and commerce. The main
topics covered in the unit are linear algebra and differential calculus. A wide variety of
economic applications are examined.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 2 x 1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial weekly, (13 wks)
Prerequisites students take BEA240 as part of their first year of studies; see Sub-Dean of
School of Economics for further details
Assessment mode continuous assessment (40%), final exam (60%)
Courses [C3E]
Faculty website <http://www.comlaw.utas.edu.au/>
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Research Methods for Finance
Enrolment code: BEA241
Offered: Hobart: summer school OR semester 2
Provides the quantitative, analytical basis for students enrolled in the Finance programs of
the Faculty’s degree courses. The unit is also of interest to students who wish to further
their studies of quantitative techniques. The unit builds on the statistical and financial
mathematics foundations developed in first-year units and applies these techniques to a
wide range of financial issues and problems. It extends students’ first-year foundations to
consideration of techniques required for financial decision-making in relation to two broad
models, namely expected utility maximisation and portfolio selection. Regression
modelling techniques are applied in particular to determining the position of the yield
curve and measurement of exposure to risk. Other measures of exposure to interest rate,
currency and default risk are also analysed.
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 2 x 1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial weekly, (13 wks)
Prerequisites BEA140
Assessment mode continuous assessment (30%), final exam (70%)
Courses [C3C] [C3E] [R3O]
Faculty website <http://www.comlaw.utas.edu.au/>
Introduction to Econometrics
Enrolment code: BEA242
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
Introduces estimation and hypothesis-testing in a single-equation framework. The unit
covers both simple and multiple regression, extending the analysis to account for
multicollinearity, heteroskedasticity and autocorrelation. The emphasis in this unit is on
the use of statistical techniques in a variety of applications in economics, marketing and
finance areas.
Staff Prof R Ray
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 2 x 1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial weekly, (13 wks)
Prerequisites BEA140
Assessment mode continuous assessment (20%), final exam (80%)
Recommended texts etc
Gujarati DN, Essentials of Econometrics, ISBN 0073032654
Courses [C3C] [C3E] [R3O]
Faculty website <http://www.comlaw.utas.edu.au/>
Investment Analysis
Enrolment code: BEA286
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
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A survey of the theory and practice of security analysis and portfolio management. Topics
include risk and return, efficient market concepts, valuation, investment strategies,
exchange-traded options, financial futures, portfolio composition, and portfolio
performance evaluation.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern flexible (13 wks)
Prerequisites BFA181 or BFA281, BEA140
Assessment mode continuous assessment (40%); exam (60%)
Required texts etc
Gitman LV et al, Fundamentals of Investing, Aust edn, ISBN 0733908578
Recommended texts etc
English JW, Australian Stockmarket Investor, 2nd edn. ISBN 1865083038
Courses [C3C] [C3E]
Faculty website <http://www.comlaw.utas.edu.au/>
Microeconomic Theory and Policy
Enrolment code: BEA300
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
Develops microeconomic theory and its application to a range of policy issues. The unit
brings together aspects of welfare economics, cost-benefit analysis and public sector
economics. The central issues of the policy debate are explored: efficiency versus equity;
government intervention in an imperfect world; intertemporal resource allocation; the
impact of expenditure and taxation programs, and information failure.
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 2 x 1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial weekly, (13 wks)
Prerequisites BEA200, BEA240
Assessment mode continuous assessment (40%), final exam (60%)
Courses [C3E] [C4E]
Faculty website <http://www.comlaw.utas.edu.au/>
Environmental and Resource Economics
Enrolment code: BEA301
Offered: not offered in 2002
Provides students with the framework and tools required to analyse critically many
topical natural resource and environmental debates from an economic perspective. Basic
economic concepts and tools are developed and applied to a number of natural resource
problems including the management of mineral, fish and forest resources, land
degradation and recycling. While the role of capital theory in analysing resource use
questions is emphasised many other aspects of environmental and resource use issues are
explored. Case studies and the analysis of economic policies are key features of the unit.
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Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 2 x 1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial weekly, (13 wks)
Prerequisites BEA110
Assessment mode continuous assessment (40%), final exam (760%)
Required texts etc
tba
Majors HGE
Courses [C3C] [C3E] [R3A] [S3A] [S3Gc4]
Faculty website <http://www.comlaw.utas.edu.au/>
Economics, Management and Organisation
Enrolment code: BEA302
Offered: not offered in 2002
Special note: this unit may be approved as a Group 2 second-year unit;
Introduces students to the economic analysis of the managerial aspects of firms and
organisations. The unit focuses on the solutions to the economic problems faced by
managers, the determinants of managerial decisions and their impact both within the firm
and in the market. The internal structure of the firm is examined by introducing the
economic analysis of organisations. Recent advances in industrial organisation are used in
analysing the modern firm’s competition policy with respect to pricing, investment,
marketing, research and development, strategic alliances, etc. The unit also examines the
question of how important the type of financing is to the firm.
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 2 x 1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial weekly, (13 wks)
Prerequisites BEA110
Assessment mode continuous assessment (40%), final exam (60%)
Courses [C3C] [C3E]
Faculty website <http://www.comlaw.utas.edu.au/>
Australia and the Asia-Pacific Economies: Trade
Principles and Policy
Enrolment code: BEA303
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
Offers students an understanding of international economics issues by applying trade
theory to Australia’s trade with the Asia-Pacific economies. These include the effects of
Australian tariff policy; economic integration in the Asia-Pacific region and the
implications of freer trade and financial deregulation for the current account deficit and
economic stability.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
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Teaching pattern 2 lectures, 1 tutorial weekly
Assessment mode continuous assessment (30%), final exam (70%)
Courses [C3C] [C3E] [C4E]
Faculty website <http://www.comlaw.utas.edu.au/>
Financial Economics
Enrolment code: BEA304
Offered: not offered in 2002
Deals with the pricing of financial assets, covering such central topics in finance as the
Capital Asset Pricing Model and the Efficient Markets Hypothesis.
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 2 x 1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial weekly, (13 wks)
Prerequisites BEA241 or BEA242
Assessment mode continuous assessment (30%), final exam (70%)
Required texts etc
tba
Courses [C3C] [C3E]
Faculty website <http://www.comlaw.utas.edu.au/>
Industrial Organisation
Enrolment code: BEA305
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
Develops an analytical basis for evaluating the impact of policy on the economic
performance of industries; examines government policies toward industry in Australia,
particularly competition policy; and considers the impact of firms’ strategic decisions (eg
pricing, advertising, R&D decisions) on its market, and vice versa.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 2 x 1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial weekly, (13 wks)
Prerequisites BEA110
Assessment mode continuous assessment (40%), final exam (60%)
Courses [C3C] [C3E]
Faculty website <http://www.comlaw.utas.edu.au/>
Economics of Human Resources
Enrolment code: BEA306
Offered: not offered in 2002
Examines in a non-technical way the essential characteristics of the labour market and the
actions of the people participating in it. The unit includes an individual’s decision to invest
in education and training, the hiring, promotion and dismissal decisions of firms, wage
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determination, performance monitoring and employee incentive schemes, collective
bargaining and trade unions. An important objective of the unit is to give students the
training to understand and contribute to current policy debates in the Australian labour
market.
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 2 x 1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial weekly, (13 wks)
Prerequisites BEA110
Mutual exclusions HGE233/333
Assessment mode internal assessment (30%), final exam (70%)
Majors HGE
Courses [C3C] [C3E]
Faculty website <http://www.comlaw.utas.edu.au/>
Globalisation and the Information Economy
Enrolment code: BEA310
Offered: not offered in 2002
Special note: please contact School of Economics for details concerning availability of this unit
Examines the implications of the information revolution for the globalisation of financial
markets. Topics include: the New Economy; the internet and online banking and share
trading; role of media in moving international stock and bond markets; a critical
evaluation of key ‘indicators’ (Dow Jones, S&P 500, FTSE 100, Nikei, Moody’s); the
phenomenon and significance of information cascades; asymmetric information in
financial markets; and information ambiguity
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 2 x 1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks)
Courses [C3C]
Faculty website <http://www.comlaw.utas.edu.au/>
Macroeconomic Theory and Policy
Enrolment code: BEA320
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
Offers students an understanding of macroeconomic issues by providing a solid
theoretical framework. The unit begins with a neoclassical analysis of national product,
investment, consumption, real wages, growth, work hours, asset prices, inflation and
government debt. It then presents Keynesian analysis of business cycles and inflation.
Issues of the ‘open economy’, especially exchange rates and current account deficits are
also dealt with. Policy problems involving taxation and deficits are treated extensively.
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 2 x 1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial weekly, (13 wks)
Prerequisites BEA200, BEA220, BEA240
Assessment mode continuous assessment (30%), final exam (70%)
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Courses [C3E] [C4E]
Faculty website <http://www.comlaw.utas.edu.au/>
Banking and Financial Institutions
Enrolment code: BEA321
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
Special note: this unit may be approved as a Group 2 second-year unit; core unit in the BCom
Finance major
Examines the institutional structure of the Australian and International Financial systems.
The unit covers the role of intermediaries; moral hazard and adverse selection; theories of
banking institutions, asymmetry; long and short term debt securities; the non-bank
institutions; the managed funds system; the regulatory framework and RBA supervision.
It treats risk management from an institutional perspective and analyses risk management
instruments and practices. The international institutes analysed include the World Bank,
IMF and the key financial agreements underpinning world capital markets. Case studies
feature prominently in continuous assessment.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 2 x 1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial weekly, (13 wks)
Prerequisites BEA110
Assessment mode continuous assessment (30%), final exam (70%)
Required texts etc
tba
Courses [C3C] [C3E]
Faculty website <http://www.comlaw.utas.edu.au/>
Prices and Profits
Enrolment code: BEA325
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
Even if someone designed and built the best mousetrap on the market, its profitability
could depend critically on how it was priced. This unit introduces the student to some of
the key concepts and strategic alternatives that are relevant for pricing decisions, and
gives a foundation for disguising profitable pricing policies in practice.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 2 x 1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial weekly, (13 wks)
Prerequisites BEA200
Assessment mode internal (30%), final exam (70%)
Courses [C3C] [C3E]
Faculty website <http://www.comlaw.utas.edu.au/>
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Field Operation
Enrolment code: BEA336
Offered: not offered in 2002
Provides an opportunity for students to apply the conceptual, technical and personal skills
gained during the course in a ‘real-time’ environment. Each student is placed in a business
organisation to contribute to a specific project or activity that requires enterprise
development skills, either in helping to design or implement some new/redesigned aspect
of the business. Students may be ‘placed’ in their own business activity (either as owner or
employee) with someone responsible for reporting on the activities involved.
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern tba
Prerequisites BEA103 and BEA326
Assessment mode activity pro-forma (30%), weekly student activity diary (40%), project
report (30%)
Courses [C3W]
Faculty website <http://www.comlaw.utas.edu.au/>
Econometrics
Enrolment code: BEA342
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
Builds on BEA242; analyses the general linear model and associated hypothesis-testing in
matrix form; and extends the discussion to include SURE, limited dependent variable
models, dynamic models and time series models. An empirical project, using econometric
techniques, forms an integrated part of the unit.
Staff Prof R Ray
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 2x1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks)
Prerequisites BEA140, BEA240, BEA242
Assessment mode continuous assessment (40%), final exam (60%)
Required texts etc
tba
Courses [C3E] [C4E]
Faculty website <http://www.comlaw.utas.edu.au/>
Corporate Finance
Enrolment code: BEA343
Offered:
For details of this unit please contact the Faculty of Commerce.
Faculty website <http://www.comlaw.utas.edu.au/>
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International Finance
Enrolment code: BEA384
Offered: Hobart: to be advised
Examines the environment in which international financial management decisions take
place and describes and evaluates the impact of an international perspective on the firm’s
financing decisions, investment decisions, and working capital management.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern flexible (13 wks)
Prerequisites BFA281
Assessment mode tba
Required texts etc
tba
Courses [C3C] [C3E]
Faculty website <http://www.comlaw.utas.edu.au/>
Financial Risk Management
Enrolment code: BEA385
Offered: not offered in 2002
Develops an understanding of the use of derivative securities: risk management, portfolio
management, arbitrage and speculation. Various environments are considered: exchange
rate hedging, commodity markets, fixed income, and the sharemarket. Both the theory and
practice of pricing derivative securities are examined.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern flexible (13 wks)
Prerequisites BFA285
Assessment mode tba
Courses [C3C] [C3E]
Faculty website <http://www.comlaw.utas.edu.au/>
Advanced Finance
Enrolment code: BEA424
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
Focuses on contemporary capital markets research. The unit consists of a thorough
examination of the research literature with a view to developing students’ skills in
understanding and critically evaluating capital market research.
Staff tba
Unit weight 0%
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Teaching pattern flexible (13 wks)
Assessment mode seminar presentations (50%), term paper (30%), participation (20%)
Courses [C4E]
Faculty website <http://www.comlaw.utas.edu.au/>
Bachelor of Economics (Honours)
Enrolment code: BEA498 or BEA499
Offered: Hobart: semesters 1 & 2
These are the master course codes for the honours program which consists of a number of
units as outlined in Schedule B on page xx.
Information on the honours units listed below may be obtained from the School of
Economics.
Unit weight 50%/100%
Teaching pattern flexible
Courses [C4E]
Faculty website <http://www.comlaw.utas.edu.au/>
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University of Tasmania unit details
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