Found 227 study abroad units
EFN412 Advanced Managerial Finance
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- School/discipline
- School of Economics and Finance
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
This is an intermediate level unit which extends the study of financial management introduced in Managerial Finance. It provides an in-depth analysis of valuation and of the financial management of a business organisation. It develops further the framework necessary for the analysis of other and more advanced aspects of domestic and international business finance. With the growing sophistication of global financial markets, this unit provides an excellent base for students wishing to pursue a career in the field.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this postgraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
EFN414 International Finance
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- School/discipline
- School of Economics and Finance
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
This unit extends the knowledge and skills students have gained in prior units by exploring the influences, issues and challenges of the international environment. Students will investigate financial management issues arising in international settings and develop problem-solving and decision-making skills essential for financial practice.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this postgraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
EFN415 Security Analysis and Portfolio Management
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- School/discipline
- School of Economics and Finance
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
This developmental unit extends the knowledge and skill base of all finance students, drawing particularly on the earlier unit EFN406. This unit focuses on the theories and techniques found in security analysis and investment management which have a profound effect on professional behaviour and practice in the real world. For example, fund managers must understand the needs of their clients, design portfolios consisting of different assets to suit those needs, and ensure the returns from the funds and the associated risk are as per expectations. The required knowledge and skills for effective practice can mean the difference between the success and failure of any type of investment portfolio.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this postgraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
EFN420 Data Analysis for Financial Managers
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- School/discipline
- School of Economics and Finance
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February) and Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
The field of finance is broad and dynamic. It directly affects the lives of every person and every organisation, financial or non-financial, private or public, large or small, profit-maximising or not-for-profit. In order to make optimal financial decisions, some basic financial skills are necessary. This unit introduces students to key knowledge and skills necessary for financial managers functioning in an increasingly complex and demanding environment. Subsequent units will build on and extend the knowledge and skills gained in this unit.
EFN422 Economics and Data Analysis
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- School/discipline
- School of Economics and Finance
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February) and Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
To make sound business decisions managers must understand the forces that shape the economic environment and their decision making should, where appropriate, use relevant data analysis. This unit provides the analytical framework needed to understand how market conditions are determined at the micro and macro levels and how market conditions affect business performance. It also provides an essential grounding in statistical literacy and an introduction to basic techniques and concepts in the statistical treatment and analysis of data relevant to the business environment.
EFN425 Financial Markets and Institutions
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- School/discipline
- School of Economics and Finance
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
This unit introduces students to a range of key concepts and ideas in finance, giving students grounding in how financial markets operate and also the ability to critically apply knowledge and skills to address real world problems and issues arising in financial markets. Subsequent units in this course build on and integrate the foundational knowledge and skills introduced in this unit.
EFN426 Applied Research in Finance
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- School/discipline
- School of Economics and Finance
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This unit provides students with skills for approaching a research problem from an econometric approach. These skills are crucial in the use of a range of research methods and business applications. The knowledge and technical skills gained in this unit will enable students to work effectively with a variety of data and business problems and will have further application in addressing problems they encounter in the subsequent units of this course.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this postgraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
EFN427 Behavioural Finance
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- School/discipline
- School of Economics and Finance
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
As a natural complement to the formal economic theory of financial decisions and financial markets, this unit builds on earlier units that address finance theory in this program. As a recognised area of expertise in the world of finance this unit will give students knowledge and skills that play a key role in explaining and supporting financial decision making.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this postgraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
EFN428 Behavioural Economics: Developments and Applications
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- School/discipline
- School of Economics and Finance
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This unit introduces students to current concepts and practical applications of behavioural economics. Students will learn about and critically apply foundational tools of thought and exploration used in the behavioural economics approach to real-world contexts and problems. It provides a framework incorporating rationality, the psychology of thinking, emotions, heuristics, the brain, and (cultural) evolution, through which human nature and decision-making in organisations may be decoded.
EFN429 Investments Management
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- School/discipline
- School of Economics and Finance
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
A key component of financial planning advice is understanding how client investments are managed. The purpose of this unit is to develop students’ understanding of foundational financial concepts and issues, and introduce knowledge on managing client investments, setting client investment goals and risk profiles. Knowledge and skills in these areas are essential for graduates working in financial service industries, and establish the foundation for more advanced finance and financial planning units to build upon.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this postgraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
EFN507 Advanced Capital Budgeting
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- School/discipline
- School of Economics and Finance
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
Capital budgeting is an important aspect of a firm's financial management. As capital budgeting concerns the firm's long-lived assets, decisions made in this area are likely to impact upon the firm well into the future and have much to do with its long-term performance. This unit builds on the foundational finance knowledge, extending it to the context of making capital budgeting decisions.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this postgraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
EFN516 Insurance and Risk Management
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- School/discipline
- School of Economics and Finance
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This unit is designed for students to develop an advanced level of understanding about insurance and risk management, their relationship and other related factors on which financial planning practitioners advise clients and employers. The knowledge and professional skills students practise in this unit will help to prepare them for working as financial planning professionals.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this postgraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
EFN517 Fixed Income and Alternative Investments
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- School/discipline
- School of Economics and Finance
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This unit has an applied focus with an emphasis on investigating real world investment practice and problems, while working with real datasets. This is an intermediate level finance unit which builds on the theory and practice covered in introductory units. In this unit, students will develop a deeper understanding of fixed income securities, along with strategies for portfolio management, and technical skills for managing their risk. Students will also gain an understanding of alternative assets that extend beyond the traditional focus on equities and fixed income to real estate, commodities, and hedge funds.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this postgraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
LLB101 Introduction to Law
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- School/discipline
- School of Law
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February) and Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
Introduction to Law provides a necessary foundation for legal studies by introducing you to core legal knowledge and the skills of legal reasoning, problem solving, legal writing and research.
LLB102 Torts
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- School/discipline
- School of Law
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February) and Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
In this unit, you will apply the skills you are developing in LLB101 Introduction to Law and be introduced to the skills of legal problem solving and legal interviewing and questioning as you look at how the law of torts operates in a real world context. The knowledge and skills that you develop in this unit provide a foundation for more advanced units in later years. The study of torts law is required for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia.
LLB104 Contemporary Law and Justice
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- School/discipline
- School of Law
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
This unit provides a foundation for the development of your legal oral communication, critical thinking, and collaboration skills that will be further developed in later units including LLB203 Constitutional Law, LLB204 Commercial and Personal Property Law, and LLB303 Evidence. A key emphasis of the unit is on the interaction of Australia's first peoples with the Australian legal system and introducing you to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledges and perspectives of law, which will be further examined in LLB106 Criminal Law, LLB301 Real Property Law, and LLB303 Evidence.
LLB106 Criminal Law
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- School/discipline
- School of Law
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This core unit introduces you to the criminal law of Queensland. Knowledge of criminal law offences and defences/excuses is essential for understanding the type of behaviour that is permitted by the state. Criminal law content knowledge is required for your admission to legal practice.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
LLB107 Statutory Interpretation
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- School/discipline
- School of Law
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This unit introduces the foundational concepts of public law, the institutions of government and the rules and principles of statutory interpretation in Australia. Knowledge and skills relating to statutory interpretation are essential in legal practice. This unit provides a foundation for the development of your skills in statutory interpretation that will be honed further in more advanced units. This unit also develops your skills in legal research, written communication and problem solving that were introduced to you in LLB101 Introduction to Law.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
LLB108 Law, Governance and Sustainability
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- School/discipline
- School of Law
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This core unit requires you to consider the law, and your role in it, within a broader global system. Australian lawyers must be aware of, and consider the global implications of their practice, including different legal and regulatory systems that may be relevant to their practice. The fundamental concepts in this unit are taught through the lens of sustainability. You will learn about different levels of governance, the world’s legal systems, and different methods of resolving disputes by critically analysing current and emerging sustainability issues. This unit provides a foundation for several core skills, including oral communication, negotiation, critical thinking and reflective practice.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
LLB140 Human Rights Law
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- School/discipline
- School of Law
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
This unit is a general law elective that provides students with the knowledge and skills to effectively apply human rights. It places equal emphasis on the concepts, institutions and principles that human rights law comprises of, as well as the implementation and research of human rights law. This unit engages with both international human rights law and Australian human rights law as well as substantive human rights issues.
LLB142 Regulation of Business
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- School/discipline
- School of Law
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This elective unit commences the process of educating you in matters of business and commercial law. It is intended to provide an overview of a number of critical areas in the study of business law and regulation. Further, this unit will provide you with theoretical and critical analysis skills. Law graduates are increasingly required to have a strong knowledge base and understanding of business and commerce, and more specifically an understanding of how business operates within the context of the Australian legal system. This unit is intended to provide foundation skills and knowledge that are essential for an understanding of law and regulation as it applies to business.
LLB150 Behavioural Law and Economics
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- School/discipline
- School of Law
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
Law and economics incorporates economic analysis to predict human responses in legal environments. Traditionally, neo-classical economic theories were used to evaluate how rational actors would respond to law. Behavioural law and economics adopts a different approach, as it is based on common human characteristics identified through studies of behaviour. Behavioural economics is used to strengthen the predictive and analytical power of policymakers and economists to determine how people will respond to laws and regulations. In this unit, students will explore how law moderates behaviour, and how behavioural factors can be used to achieve legal outcomes, like deterring undesirable, or encouraging positive, behaviours. Beginning with a study of traditional economic principles and exploring traditional law and economic scholarship, students will gain insights into the differences offered by behavioural law and economics to aid in the development of meaningful legal interventions.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
LLB202 Contract Law
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- School/discipline
- School of Law
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February) and Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
In this unit, you will examine how contract law operates in a contemporary real world context and practise skills of contract interpretation and drafting, and legal problem solving. The knowledge and skills you develop in this unit also provide a foundation for later year units in the course, for example, LLB204 Commercial and Personal Property Law, LLB301 Real Property Law, LLB304 Commercial Remedies, and commercial law electives. An understanding of contract law is a requirement for admission to legal practice in Australia.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
LLB203 Constitutional Law
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Law
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
Building on key principles of public law that were introduced in LLB107 Statutory Interpretation, this unit examines the structure, operation and main features of the Commonwealth and State constitutions. The unit considers how the principles of representative and responsible government, federalism, the separation of powers and the rule of law operate in Australia's constitutional system of government. It examines the relationships between the legislature, executive and judiciary in Australia and between the Commonwealth and the States. It also examines the scope of Commonwealth and State legislative power, Commonwealth executive power and the exercise of judicial power by federal and State courts. The unit also explores how the Australian Constitution limits the powers of the Commonwealth and the States. An understanding of constitutional law is required for admission into legal practice in Australia.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
LLB204 Commercial and Personal Property Law
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Law
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
The knowledge and skills you develop in this unit provide a foundation for later year units in the course, for example, LLH305 Corporate Law, and electives in the commercial area. The study of the content in this unit is required for admission to legal practice in Australia.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
LLB205 Equity and Trusts
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- School/discipline
- School of Law
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This unit builds on LLB202 Contract Law and your studies in other common law units, with a focus on developing your critical analysis and legal writing skills. An understanding of equity and trusts is also required for admission to legal practice.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
LLB243 Family Law
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- School/discipline
- School of Law
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
Family law professionals are involved in referring clients to, and representing them in, dispute resolution processes. They also help clients to reach resolution in a way that minimises the conflict experienced by family members, particularly where there are children. They assist clients with their parenting and financial issues and in applications to seek protection from family violence. This unit is important if you are considering working anywhere within the family law system or in general practice. It is a general law elective in the law degree.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
LLB245 Sports Law
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- School/discipline
- School of Law
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
Sports Law covers the application of a wide range of legal principles to a sporting context. You will have studied some of the principles at a general level in core units, allowing you to consolidate your knowledge, while other areas of the unit will be new. Sport-specific legal principles (for example, regarding doping) will also be covered. Sport is an area that is becoming increasingly business-orientated and litigious. If you plan to work as a manager, administrator or lawyer in the area of sports you will, in the course of your day-to-day activities, encounter a wide variety of situations that could have potential legal consequences. The unit will draw upon your knowledge of legal systems and torts law and your research skills.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
LLB250 Law, Privacy and Data Ethics
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- School/discipline
- School of Law
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
We live in an era where major advances in data-driven technologies are fundamentally changing many aspects of society. These technologies are not only becoming crucial to many businesses, which seek new avenues for creating competitive advantages and value, but also increasingly enmeshed in aspects of our everyday lives. This unit, therefore, explores the legal, ethical and social challenges raised by data-driven technologies in two main parts. The first centres on the information privacy law issues that arise from large-scale collection and aggregation of person information the second relates to the application of data analytics. Exploration of the challenges raised by different technologies across both parts of this unit are guided by broader considerations of fairness, accountability and transparency (FAT).
Approval required
You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
LLB251 Law and Design Thinking
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- School/discipline
- School of Law
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
The rapidly evolving legal landscape is changing the nature of law and increasing the need for lawyers to acquire new skills and capabilities suited to the future of work. This includes a growing demand for lawyers who can think differently about the law and who are able to develop empathic, creative, and innovative responses to complex legal problems. This unit introduces students to design thinking (or legal design) as both a mindset and a methodology. It enables them to develop creative confidence and respond to legal challenges from a human-centred perspective. Students will develop a deep understanding of client(s) needs, ideate responses using constraints to promote creativity, and prototype and test their ideas. They will use both analogue and technology-based tools during in-person or online workshops. All students will participate in a 2-day, in-person, Legal Design Sprint (hackathon) where they will work in collaborative teams to respond to a complex legal problem.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.