International Finance and Law
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 36 Hours
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.
Prerequisites
150 credit points from a Bachelor Degree
and completion of both
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Aims and objectives
The aims of this unit are twofold: the first is to equip students with the necessary skills required to understand, apply, interpret and evaluate key international trade financing concepts. The second is to enable students to gain an understanding of international commercial laws which affect and underpin the legal operations of global business.
5. Work collaboratively as a member of leader of a diverse group.
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Utilise theoretical and analytical skills necessary to identify, understand, interpret and apply key international trade and finance principles in a global business environment.
2. Apply the concepts of international trade and finance to facilitate successful global business operations.
3. Demonstrate sound knowledge of international commercial laws (including bilateral, multilateral and other relevant international laws), which impact on international business.
4. Appraise and assess relevant extra territorial legal principles in conduct of international business.
Courses with unit
A unit of study in the Bachelor of Business suite of courses.
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
Face to Face Mode:
Scheduled hours: Lectures (12 x 1 hour), Tutorials (12 x 2 hours)
For all teaching and learning structures (both face to face and online), students are expected to spend an average of 150 hours per unit in total over the duration of the study period
This includes all:
• Scheduled teaching and learning events and activities (contact hours timetabled in a face-to-face teaching space) and scheduled online learning events (contact hours scheduled in an online teaching space), and
• Non-scheduled learning events and activities (including directed online learning activities, assessments, independent study, student group meetings, and research)
• Read all prescribed materials and/or view videos in preparation for each class
• Attend and engage in all scheduled classes (face to face or online)
• Start assessment tasks well ahead of the due date, and submit assessments promptly
• Read / listen to all feedback carefully, and consider it for future assessment
• Engage with fellow students and teaching staff (don’t hesitate to ask questions)
Assessment
1. Assignment (Group) 20 - 30%
2. Test (Individual) 15 - 25%
3. In-Class Assessments (Individual) 5 - 15%
4. Examination (Individual) 40 - 60%
2. Test (Individual) 15 - 25%
3. In-Class Assessments (Individual) 5 - 15%
4. Examination (Individual) 40 - 60%
FROM Semester 1 2020
1. Assignment (Group) 20 - 30%
2. Test (Individual) 15 - 25%
3. In-Class Assessments (Individual) 5 - 15%
4. Case Study Analysis (Individual) 40 - 60%
2. Test (Individual) 15 - 25%
3. In-Class Assessments (Individual) 5 - 15%
4. Case Study Analysis (Individual) 40 - 60%
General skills outcomes
During this unit students will receive feedback on the following key generic skills:
• problem solving skills
• analysis skills
• communication skills
• ability to tackle unfamiliar problems
• ability to work independently
Content
• International trade and financial management
• World financial markets and institutions
• The foreign exchange markets
• Foreign exchange exposures and management
• Fundamentals of the legal environment of international business
• Law and Commerce
• Legal regulations in the workplace
• Regulatory environment of international business
• World financial markets and institutions
• The foreign exchange markets
• Foreign exchange exposures and management
• Fundamentals of the legal environment of international business
• Law and Commerce
• Legal regulations in the workplace
• Regulatory environment of international business
Study resources
- Reading materials.
Reading materials
Students are advised to check the unit outline in the relevant teaching period for appropriate textbooks and further reading.