has been affected by illness or circumstances beyond your control, or if you

missed the examination because of illness or other compelling reasons, you may
apply for special consideration. Such an application may lead to the granting of
additional assessment.
APPLICATIONS FOR SPECIAL CONSIDERATION IN MATH1231, MATH1241 AND
MATH1251 SEMESTER 2 2015
3. If you miss a class test due to illness or other problems, then you should
provide the appropriate documentation to your tutor who will record an M. DO
NOT apply on-line for special consideration for class tests or for on-line or
computing tests.
If you feel that your performance in, or attendance at, a final examination
The course then shifts to an examination of firms from the perspective of
financial markets. Students learn how financial markets determine the overall
cost of capital for a firm, using portfolio theory to examine the relationship
between expected risk and returns in financial investments. Dividend payouts
and the choices between debt and equity financing are also covered.
The presentation of topics ensures that students recognize the relationship
between firms and financial markets. The course illustrates (i) how a firms
selection of projects affects the cashflows it distributes to investors and (ii) how
the cashflows received by investors influence their valuation of the firm and feed
back to the firms project selection decision.