H1 (84). Finance for Built Environment was pretty easy as someone with a background in accounting from VCE and loose knowledge on finance already. The first assessment is an online test which covers basic finance and accounting terms and theory. Some questions were poorly worded and some answers for mcq's were not as clear as they should have been (still remember a question about what Assets is equal to and the correct answer was Assets = Debt + Equity but semantically speaking it should be liabilities not just debts). The second assessment involved analysing different asset classes (shares, corporate and government bonds, commercial and residential real estate) according to set figures in order to determine and strategically recommend the direction of investment for a fictional client based on your perception of their risk profile. The final assignment was a group assignment that involved analysing and determining whether a fictional retail mall project should be pursued based on provided figures and relevant assumptions, and involved comparing the results to comparable alternative investments in Australian Government Bonds or the S&P ASX/200 index returns. The first two assessments are easy to do well in so long as you extensively cover criteria, but the final assignment is a bit more difficult so pray for a good group. Only pet peeve on this subject was the strange structure of the final assessment which involved an initial ungraded submission, and a peer review process, prior to the final submission a week later. This was strange and not really needed. I never attended lectures nor watched them online. but ppt slides were vital and would be imperative to look over especially without prior experience in finance or accounting. Tutorials were pointless but keep in mind you need to find group members for the final assignment; no attendance marked is a plus. My tutor made content even less clear than when studying alone but this may have differed for others. Unfortunately, the assignments were poorly worded and often times you just had to fill in the blanks with assumptions and ask questions when possible; thankfully though no exam made this subject far more manageable. I recommend this to anyone with an interest and/or background in investing, accounting, finance, or property but even for such folks, this is not really a WAM booster.

Anonymous, Semester 1, 2024

Don't take this if you want a chill subject. It was a not-too-bad-but-not-too-good subject for me. Definitely have to keep on track with all the lectures because you won't really study anything in the tutorial class. We just went to the tutorial classes to do the exercises given out in the lecture (no attendance as well). The group work was kinda tough for me but still don't know how we ended up with a H1 score for that lol. Find a good group mate then you will be fine. The exam questions were a bit different to all the practice ones but I think they reuse the question from the previous year so if you have friends who did the subject before, try to ask them for some questions to practice for the exam. p/s: This subject is named Finance for Built Environment in the handbook.

Anonymous, Semester 1, 2022