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Office location: Nexus 10, Level 3, Room 3.34

Each student is expected to attend two one hour lectures each week, and a one hour tutorial. A full timetable of the lectures and tutorials can be found on the Course Planner at:

The lectures will be used to explain the concepts, theories and models relevant to financial institutions and financial markets, whilst the tutorial time will be used to apply the acquired knowledge to practice questions. The tutorial questions will consist of a mix of real world and theoretical, quantitative and analytical, questions which will be posted on MyUni prior to the tutorials.

Students are expected to study the course materials carefully and to actively engage in class discussions. All work discussed in both the lectures and the tutorials and any submitted material will form the basis for the final examination.

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Identify and explain the main functions of the principal financial markets and institutions in a typical modern financial system.
2. Apply balance sheet principles to describe and analyse the business of banking, the financial relationships which exist between different financial institutions, and those between the financial system and the rest of the economy.
3. Identify the objectives of monetary policy, and to describe both orthodox and unconventional approaches used around the world to monetary policy implementation.
4. Describe how the foreign exchange market works, identify the main determinants of movements in floating exchange rates, and to relate exchange rate policy to monetary policy.
5. Identify and describe futures and options contracts, and to explain the main determinants of the value of an options contract.

Required Text: Tymoigne, E (2016) The Financial System and the Economy: Principles of Money and Banking


This text is available for download on  



for the whole book


or

for individual chapters.

Other resources will be supplied on the Canvas course web-site.

All of the material related to the course, e.g. supportive readings, tutorial questions, lecture slides, supplementary materials, mock examinations, and the full details of each assessment task will be available on MyUni.

To encourage collaborative learning, the course will also make use of discussion groups and a chat function on the MyUni webpage.

These forums will be monitored regularly and managed by the course co-ordinator.

The purpose of the forums is to encourage student’s collaborative learning and provide all students with equal access to information related to the course.

Course Website:

The course is based on a mix of lectures, tutorials, on-line resources, and both formative and summative assessments.

The University expects full-time students (i.e. those taking 12 units per semester) to devote a total of 48 hours per week to their studies. Students in this course are expected to attend all lectures throughout the semester plus one tutorial class each week.

It is expected that students will devote 12 hours learning activities per week for this course if they expect to receive a pass mark.

Classes will be held weekly commencing as per study schedule below. Note that tutorials commence in Week 2.

Membership of tutorial classes is to be finalised by the end of the third week of semester. Students wishing to swap between tutorial classes after this time are required to present their case to the lecturer-in-charge, but should be aware that such a request may not be approved.

Tutorials are an important component of your learning in this course. The communication skills developed in tutorials by regularly and actively participating in discussions are considered to be most important by the School and are highly regarded by employers and professional bodies.

Consultation and Communication

Check your student email and MyUni as course-related announcements are communicated via email.

Lecturer’s and tutors’ consultation times and locations are available also on .

NOTE the following time scheduled is not completely fixed and some deviations from the schedule might occur. This is ONLY the proposed time schedule. You will be informed of any deviations from this proposed schedule by attending the lectures and checking any relevant information and announcements on .

Week	Lecture Topic	Tutorial Topic
1	Introduction to Financial Institutions and Markets	No Tutorial
2	Introduction to Central Banking	Introduction to Financial Institutions and Markets
3	Introduction to Monetary Policy and Interest Rates	Introduction to Central Banking
4	Governments and Central Banks	Introduction to Monetary Policy and Interest Rates
5	Commercial Banking and Leverage	Governments and Central Banks
6	Money Creation and Banking Regulation	Commercial Banking and Leverage
	Mid Semester Break
7	Economic Growth, Inflation and the Financial System	Money Creation and Banking Regulation
8	Financial Crises and Macroeconomics	Economic Growth, Inflation and the Financial System
9	Financial Instruments, Securities and Monetary Systems	Financial Crises and Macroeconomics
10	Equity and Currency Markets	Financial Instruments, Securities and Monetary Systems
11	Futures and Options Markets	Equity and Currency Markets
12	Overview	Futures and Options Markets

To gain a pass mark in this course, at least 50 per cent must be obtained overall.

Assessment Task	Due date (week)	Weighting	Learning Outcomes
Active Participation in Tutorials	Based on Weeks 2-12	5%	1-5
On Line Quiz One	Week 5	5%	1
On Line Quiz Two	Week 9	5%	2-3
On-Line Quiz Three	Week 13	5%	4-5
On-Line Individual Assignments	Week 2/4/6/8/10/12	30%	1-5
Final exam	Week 15	50%	1-5
Total		100%

Please note that there is a Hurdle Requirement on this course, to ensure that those who pass the course have demonstrated competence in meeting the specified Course Learning Outcomes.

In order to secure a Pass grade overall, it is necessary to achieve a mark of at least 35% in the final examination, as well as a mark of at least 50% overall.

Should a student's overall marks sum to more than 50%, while they have secured a mark of below 35% in the final examination, they will be awarded a final mark of 49%.

As an example, a student whose weighted average mark across the coursework and the exam came to 52%, but who only secured a mark of 30% in the final examination, would be awarded an overall score of 49%, as the student would not have met the hurdle requirement.

This will be discussed at the beginning of the course, in the first lecture.

• To gain a pass mark in this course, at least 50 per cent must be obtained overall, and a mark of at least 35 per cent must be otanined in the final examination, as specified in the hurdle requirement above.
• Legible hand-writing and the quality of English expression are considered to be an integral part of the assessment process.
• Marks will not be awarded for answers that cannot be read.
• Each of the three quizzes are redeemable in the final examination, but the in-course assignments are not (from 2019), due to University regulations. This will be explained during the first week of the semester.

Active Tutorial Participation: 5%

Students will be expected to not only attend tutorials, but to participate actively in tutorials on a weekly basis. Tutors will award a mark out of 5, based on active participation across the course. To gain a mark of 5 out of 5, students will be required to not only attend at least 9 out of the 11 tutorials, but also to participate actively in at least 5 of those tutorials.


Tutorial Assignments 30% :

Students will be asked to submit on line bi- weekly assignments, which will be available to download from MyUni on a weekly basis. These are due for completion by Friday at 12 midnight, starting in week 2. There will be a total of 6 tutorial assignments of which the best 5 will be counted for assessment. The questions for the tutorial assignments will relate to material that was covered in the lectures in the previous weeks.

Due Date: Friday 12 midnight in week 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12.

No late submissions will be accepted, so you are advised NOT to leave it to Friday afternoon to submit your assignments.

Three On-Line Quizzes 3 x  5% = 15% :

The tests will be administered online during weeks 5, 9 and 13. The tests will consist of multiple choice questions. The first test will cover the lecture material from weeks 1-3; the second test will cover the lecture material from weeks 4-7; the final test will cover the lecture material from weeks 8-11.

Date: Online in weeks 5, 9  and 13 (precise dates to be confirmed)

Final Examination 50% :

There will be a two hour final examination for this course which will be held during the examination period. You will be advised of the date, time and venue in due course.

Please note the hurdle requirement relating to the final examination, which is that a student must secure at least 35 per cent of the available marks on the final examination in order to pass the course overall.

Further information will be published on MyUni and discussed in the lectures.

Due Date: available on Access Adelaide during the semester, when the Exam Timetable has been published.

Tutorial assignments must be submitted on line by Friday at 12 midnight in weeks 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12. Late submission of the tutorial assignments will not be accepted, except when authorised by the course co-ordinator.