School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Credit and Lending Decisions
  • Unit Code

    ECF6120
  • Year

    2019
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Prof Robert POWELL

Description

Students will develop the practical knowledge and skills required to make sound lending decisions which balance risk and return, and which meet the needs of both lenders and borrowers. Core lending principles are examined, focussing on analysis of the first and second ways out (cash flow and security). Students will learn how to prepare lending proposals which critically appraise key risks and strengths in a lending transaction, and which persuasively communicate recommendations for the approval or decline of a proposal. The unit also incorporates more advanced lending aspects such as risk mitigants, international finance, ethical lending, sensitivity analysis, loans to farmers, small business lending and project finance.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Evaluate the financial position (first way out) and available security (second way out) in a lending proposition through the application of critical thinking and lending principles to a range of different borrowers such as individuals, corporates, small businesses, projects and farmers.
  2. Formulate opinions or interpretations on the ethical principles used in lending decisions.
  3. Formulate strategies for mitigating key risks involved in lending proposals.
  4. Compile a comprehensive lending submission which recommends the approval or decline of requests for finance and communicates your recommendations in a structured, logical and persuasive manner.

Unit Content

  1. Overview of lending in the Australian banking system.
  2. Principles of good lending.
  3. Lending from the borrowers and lenders perspectives.
  4. Managing the lending portfolio: structures, policies, reviews and default models.
  5. Detailed assessment of the first way out (cash flow), including ratios, projections and covenants.
  6. Detailed assessment of the second way out (security).
  7. Risk analysis, mitigants and the writing of a lending submission.
  8. Specialised lending: project finance, international lending & ethics, farmers and small businesses.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Students attend weekly three hour seminars. There is a strong focus in this unit on practical case studies which involve making realistic lending decisions which reflect industry practice and requirements. Class times involve group discussions and sharing of ideas to arrive at credit decisions. Banking research undertaken by the University's MASRC (Markets and Services Research Centre) is integrated into the unit material to ensure leading edge, research informed learning.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Tutorial PresentationGroup Tutorial Presentation10%
Case StudyCase Study Test20%
Case StudyCase Study Assignment30%
ExaminationFinal Examination40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Credit and Lending Decisions
  • Unit Code

    ECF6120
  • Year

    2019
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Prof Robert POWELL

Description

Students will develop the practical knowledge and skills required to make sound lending decisions which balance risk and return, and which meet the needs of both lenders and borrowers. Core lending principles are examined, focusing on analysis of the first and second ways out (cash flow and security). Students will learn how to prepare lending proposals which critically appraise key risks and strengths in a lending transaction, and which persuasively communicate recommendations for the approval or decline of a proposal. The unit also incorporates more advanced lending aspects such as risk mitigants, international finance, ethical lending, sensitivity analysis, loans to farmers, small business lending and project finance.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Evaluate the financial position (first way out) and available security (second way out) in a lending proposition through the application of critical thinking and lending principles to a range of different borrowers such as individuals, corporates, small businesses, projects and farmers.
  2. Formulate opinions or interpretations on the ethical principles used in lending decisions.
  3. Formulate strategies for mitigating key risks involved in lending proposals.
  4. Compile a comprehensive lending submission which recommends the approval or decline of requests for finance and communicates your recommendations in a structured, logical and persuasive manner.

Unit Content

  1. Overview of lending in the Australian banking system.
  2. Principles of good lending.
  3. Lending from the borrowers and lenders perspectives.
  4. Managing the lending portfolio: structures, policies, reviews and lending products.
  5. Detailed assessment of the first way out (cash flow), including ratios, projections and covenants.
  6. Detailed assessment of the second way out (security).
  7. Risk analysis, mitigants and the writing of a lending submission.
  8. Specialised lending: project finance, international lending & ethics, farmers and small businesses.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

On-campus students attend a weekly three hour seminar. There is a strong focus in this unit on practical case studies which involve making realistic lending decisions which reflect industry practice and requirements. Class times involve group discussions and sharing of ideas to arrive at credit decisions. Online students will access unit materials via ECU Blackboard. Regular online access is required. Online students cover the same course content as on-campus students. The unit involves a mix of delivery modes, teaching approaches and learning styles, including digital lectures, an online ebook and online activities. Banking research undertaken by the University's MASRC (Markets and Services Research Centre) is integrated into the unit material to ensure leading edge, research informed learning.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Tutorial PresentationGroup Tutorial Presentation20%
Case StudyCase Study Test15%
Case StudyCase Study Assignment25%
ExaminationFinal Examination40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
PresentationOnline Presentation20%
Case StudyOnline Case Study Test15%
Case StudyCase Study Assignment25%
ExaminationFinal Examination40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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