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Economics (ECON) 300

Financial Economics (Revision 3)
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Open

Course start date:

If you are a:

  • Non-funded student: register by the 10th of the month, start on the 1st of the next.
  • Funded student: please check the next enrolment deadline and course start date.

Delivery mode:

Individualized study online or Grouped study

Credits:

3

Areas of study:

Applied Studies (Business and Administrative Studies) or Social Science. ECON 300 can be used to fulfill the Applied Studies (Business and Administrative Studies) area of study by credential students only.

Prerequisites:

Either ACCT250 or ACCT253 as well as either MGSC301 or MATH215 or equivalents or with professor's approval.

Precluded:

FNCE 234 and/or FNCE 300. ECON 300 is cross-listed—listed under two different disciplines—with FNCE 300. ECON 300 may not be taken for credit if credit has already been obtained for FNCE 300 or FNCE 234.

Challenge:

ECON 300 has a challenge for credit option.

Faculty:

Faculty of Business

Overview

ECON 300: Financial Economics is a three-credit course that introduces basic principles of finance. Students will develop a fundamental understanding of the finance world, which will build a base for pursuing a career in the financial services industry

Outline

  • Lesson 1: Financial Environment
  • Lesson 2: Money and the Monetary System
  • Lesson 3: Banks and Other Financial Institutions
  • Lesson 4: International Finance and Trade
  • Lesson 5: Savings and Investment Process
  • Lesson 6: Time Value of Money
  • Lesson 7: Bonds and Stocks: Characteristics and Valuation
  • Lesson 8: Securities and Markets
  • Lesson 9: Business Organization and Financial Data
  • Lesson 10: Financial Analysis, Long-Term Financial Planning, and Managing Working Capital
  • Lesson 11: Capital Budgeting Analysis

Evaluation

To receive credit in ECON 300, you must achieve a composite course grade of at least a D (50 percent) and a grade of at least 50 percent on the final examination. The weighting of the composite course grade is as follows:

Activity Weight
Assignment 1 20%
Assignment 2 20%
Assignment 3 20%
Final Exam 40%
Total 100%

The final examination for this course must be taken online with an AU-approved exam invigilator at an approved invigilation centre. It is your responsibility to ensure your chosen invigilation centre can accommodate online exams. For a list of invigilators who can accommodate online exams, visit the Exam Invigilation Network.

To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University’s online Calendar.

Materials

Melicher, R. W., & Norton, E. A. (2020). Introduction to finance: Markets, investments and financial management (17th ed.). John Wiley & Sons Inc. ISBN: 978-1-119-56117-0 (eText)

Challenge for credit

Overview

The challenge for credit process allows you to demonstrate that you have acquired a command of the general subject matter, knowledge, intellectual and/or other skills that would normally be found in a university-level course.

Full information about challenge for credit can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.

Evaluation

To receive credit for the ECON 300 challenge registration, you must achieve a grade of at least D (50 percent) on the examination.

Challenge for credit course registration form

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Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized study counterparts.

Opened in Revision 3, March 8, 2023

Updated March 8, 2023

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