Economics (ECON) 300

Financial Economics (Revision 3)

Status:

Open

Delivery mode:

Individualized study online or Grouped study

Credits:

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.

Course start date:

If you are a:

Self-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.

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

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 requested in advance and written under the supervision of an AU-approved exam invigilator. Invigilators include either ProctorU or an approved in-person invigilation centre that can accommodate online exams. Students are responsible for payment of any invigilation fees. Information on exam request deadlines, invigilators, and other exam-related questions, can be found at the Exams and grades section of the Calendar.

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

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

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 August 14, 2023

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Economics (ECON) 300

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