Program Overview

Program Overview

The Business Analysis (Capstone) program is a comprehensive framework for business analysis and valuation, designed for practical applications in corporate and investment decisions. This program prepares students for various career opportunities, particularly in business consulting, investment banking, forensic accounting, and auditing.

Program Details

Subject Description

This subject equips students with a comprehensive framework for business analysis and valuation, enabling them to integrate financial and non-financial information to assess business strategy, performance, and value. Students will develop strong business acumen through in-depth case studies and critical evaluation of real-world business scenarios.

Availabilities

The program is available in various locations, attendance modes, and sessions.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this subject, graduates will be able to:

• Apply business environment and strategy analysis
• Explain the governance and risk management of a business
• Interpret financial and non-financial information of a business
• Apply the techniques of financial analysis and business valuation
• Demonstrate strong business acumen via linking business analysis, accounting analysis, financial
  on-financial analysis, and prospective analysis

Learning and Teaching Activities

The subject will be taught using a combination of large lectures and smaller tutorials. Lectures provide the structure of the topic area, discussion of the theory, and some practical examples. Tutorials provide an opportunity to discuss ideas, issues, and make practical application of the theory, as well as encouraging students to think in a creative manner to solve real-world problems.

• Students' Preparation for Learning: Each week, students are expected to undertake pre-work, which starts with readings on business valuation and financial analysis.
• Lectures: Lecturers provide students with both theories and practical applications about performing financial statement analysis in the real world.
• Active learning in tutorials: Each week, students are expected to debate over the pre-work that they have done prior to coming to the seminar.
• Online learning: Extensive use is made of the UTS Learning Management System, which will be used to share information, provide feedback, and encourage interaction between staff and students.
• Ongoing feedback: Structured feedback is provided individually about weekly tutorial activities, formative assessment tasks, and the assignment progress.

Assessment Information

Assessment details are available upon selecting the location, attendance mode, and session options.

Requisites

Before enrolling in this subject, students must ensure they have met its requisites, which can be viewed on the access conditions page.

Program Structure

Faculty

The program is offered by the Business faculty.

Subject Type

The program is a subject.

Study Level

The program is available at the undergraduate level.

Result Type

The result type is grade and marks.

Total Workload Hours

The total workload hours for the program are 150.