Financial Management Honours

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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. 6
6. UPGRADING FROM THE HONOUR’S TO MASTER’S DEGREE All candidates, who do not have Honours equivalent degrees, will be required to register for the B Com (Hons) degree initially. All candidates will then pursue the abovementioned course-work in the first and second semesters (that is, in the first year of their studies). At the end of the course-work component, the Department will select candidates who will be offered the option of upgrading to the Master’s degree; those candidates who are not offered this option, or those who may be offered this option but who elect not to accept the offer, will then proceed with their Technical Reports for the completion of the B Com (Hons) degree. Those who accept the upgrade option will proceed with the preparation and writing of their Master’s thesis in 2009 under supervision or will proceed to undertake the 2 nd structured programme (ACC5021W). In order to upgrade to the Master’s degree, a student will be required to achieve a weighted average mark of 60% for the examinations component of the first year’s programme. 7. PROGRAMME DIRECTORS The programme director will be Professor Carlos Correia; all enquiries should be directed to him on (021) 650 3144 or 650 2265. The fax number is (021) 689 7582. The e-mail address is arete@telkomsa.net 0r Carlos.Correia@uct.ac.za. Dr Glen Holman is director of the second year of the programme and his email address is Glen.Holman@uct.ac.za. All enquiries in respect to the supervision of your thesis and research methodology should be directed to Dr Richard Chivaka at 650-4391 or Richard.Chivaka@uct.ac.za. 7
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