Financial Management Honours

eporting in the local financial press. It is included in the objective of the course that
participants should develop the ability to find relevant reference material from the library and
other sources.
The prescribed texts which should preferably be purchased are:
• Brigham, Eugene F, & Davies Phillip R, Intermediate Financial Management, Seventh
or Eighth Edition. Otherwise, order any Intermediate Financial Management or
Corporate Finance Textbook. Damodaran’s Corporate Finance – Theory & Practice is
recommended.
• Correia, Flynn, Uliana & Wormald, Financial Management, 6 th ed., Juta & Co.
• Bruner, Robert F, Case Studies in Finance - Managing for Corporate Value Creation,
Irwin McGraw-Hill, 5 th Edition
• Van Zyl, C. Botha, Z. & Skerrit, P. Understanding South African financial markets,
2006, 2 nd ed., Van Schaik Publishers
5. COURSE ASSESSMENT FOR HONOURS & MASTERS
The coursework component, which includes case study submissions, examinations and tests,
and assignments, will count 50% of the total grade over the two years and the half-thesis
(ACC5003W) or the 2 nd year structured programme (ACC5021W) will count 50%. The
assessment will be structured as follows for the Honours and Masters students;
2008 Honours Masters Masters
ACC4009/5002 ACC4009W/Z ACC5003 ACC5021
Examinations 36.0% 27.0% 18.0% 18.0%
Valuation research project 34.0% 25.5% 17.0% 17.0%
Group Casework submissions 30.0% 22.5% 15.0% 15.0%
100.0% 75.0% 50.0% 50.0%
Technical report 25.0%
Half-thesis 50.0%
Module 1 10.0%
Module 2 10.0%
Module 3 10.0%
Research paper 20.0%
100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
The following criteria must be met in order to be awarded the degree:
• In each category of assessment a sub-minimum of 45% must be achieved.
• An aggregate of 50% overall must be achieved.
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