FINS1613 Business Finance - 2018

Subject Code
FINS1613
Study Level
Undergraduate
Commencing Term
Semester 1
Total Units of Credit (UOC)
6
Delivery Mode
On Campus
School
Banking & Finance

1. Course Details

Summary of Course

The course is worth 6 units of credit. There are 3 contact hours per week. This is an introductory corporate finance course that looks at the essential aspects of financial decision-making in firms. The course revolves around analysing (i) how businesses decide which projects to pursue and (ii) how businesses raise capital to fund projects and distribute profits to owners.

 

The course begins by examining the different ways companies can be structured and the types of corporate ownership that exist. Next, the principles of financial mathematics are introduced. Students develop a financial mathematics toolkit that is useful in later courses, learning how to value the types of financing available to a firm (primarily equity and debt capital). Specific attention is placed on the relationships among value, risk, and time.

 

The course then examines how financial managers should decide which projects to pursue. Net present value is introduced as a tool to help managers make decisions, and its strength over other decision methods is emphasised. Then, students learn how to determine the financial cash flows generated by a project. This discussion emphasises the importance of cash flows to firm value and the difference between cash flows and accounting measures of firm performance.

 

The course then shifts to an examination of firms from the perspective of financial markets. Students learn how financial markets determine the overall cost of capital for a firm, using portfolio theory to examine the relationship between expected risk and returns in financial investments. Dividend payouts and the choices between debt and equity financing are also covered.

 

The presentation of topics ensures that students recognize the relationship between firms and financial markets. The course illustrates (i) how a firm’s selection of projects affects the cashflows it distributes to investors and (ii) how the cashflows received by investors influence their valuation of the firm and feed back to the firm’s project selection decision.

 

The course develops distinct conceptual frameworks and specialised tools for solving real-world financial problems. Illustrations from real-life corporate practices highlight the importance and relevance of financial management to the realisation of personal and corporate financial objectives. Examples include project valuation and selection, personal financial planning, funds management, capital raisings, portfolio selection of financial securities, private equity, public floats, and the pricing of assets in the stock market.


Teaching Times and Locations

Please note that teaching times and locations are subject to change. Students are strongly advised to refer to the Class Timetable website for the most up-to-date teaching times and locations.

View course timetable

Course Policies & Support

The Business School expects that you are familiar with the contents of this course outline and the UNSW and Business School learning expectations, rules, policies and support services as listed below:

  • Program Learning Goals and Outcomes
  • Academic Integrity and Plagiarism
  • Student Responsibilities and Conduct
  • Special Consideration
  • Protocol for Viewing Final Exam Scripts
  • Student Learning Support Services

View course Policies and Support

Course Aims and Relationship to Other Courses

FINS1613 is one of two gateway courses (along with FINS1612) to the undergraduate electives offered by the School of Banking and Finance. It provides a foundation for understanding financial decision-making that you will need for advanced finance classes and to contribute as a finance professional upon graduation

Student Learning Outcomes

The Course Learning Outcomes are what you should be able to DO by the end of this course if you participate fully in learning activities and successfully complete the assessment items.

The Learning Outcomes in this course also help you to achieve some of the overall Program Learning Goals and Outcomes for all undergraduate and postgraduate coursework students in the Business School. Program Learning Goals are what we want you to BE or HAVE by the time you successfully complete your degree (e.g. ‘be an effective team player’). You demonstrate this by achieving specific Program Learning Outcomes - what you are able to DO by the end of your degree (e.g. ‘participate collaboratively and responsibly in teams’).

For more information on Program Learning Goals and Outcomes, refer to the course Policies and Support.

The following table shows how your Course Learning Outcomes relate to the overall Program Learning Goals and Outcomes, and indicates where these are assessed (they may also be developed in tutorials and other activities):

Program Learning Goals and Outcomes Course Learning Outcomes Course Assessment Item
This course helps you to achieve the following learning goals for all Business undergraduate/postgraduate coursework students:

On successful completion of the course, you should be able to:

This learning outcome will be assessed in the following items:

1 - Knowledge

Compute the discounted value of a series of cash flows;

 

Value different types of securities (bonds, equities, and preference shares);

 

Analyse capital budgeting projects and use the net present value decision rule to decide if a firm should pursue a project;

 

Understand the relation between risk and return, and be able to estimate the cost of capital;

 

Understand the relevant theory underlying a firm’s choice of capital structure and its dividend policy.

  • Tutorial Problems

  • In-tutorial Quizzes

  • Final Exam

2 - Critical thinking and problem solving

Understand and solve problems involving financial mathematics;

 

Explain the link between corporate decision making and financial markets.

  • Tutorial Problems
  • In-tutorial Quizzes
  • Final Exam
3a - Written communication

Communicate finance related ideas in a theoretically and applicably sound manner.

Not specifically assessed

3b - Oral communication

Communicate ideas in a succinct and clear manner.

  • Part of tutorial participation mark but not separately assessed.
4 - Teamwork

N/A

Not specifically assessed

5a - Ethical, social and environmental responsibility

N/A

Not specifically assessed

5b - Social and cultural awareness

N/A

Not specifically assessed

2. Staff Contact Details

Position Title Name Email Location Phone Consultation Times
Lecturer-in-chargeDrRoom 340, Business School building – Ref E12+61 2 9385 5850Tuesdays 2 to 4 PM (or by appointment). To be revised for the examination period.
LecturerDrRobert TumarkinRoom 348, Business School building-Ref E12+61 2 9385 6730Tuesday 13:00-15:00
A full list of tutors will be posted on Course Moodle site.

3. Learning and Teaching Activities

Approach to Learning and Teaching in the Course

​This course consists of weekly two-hour lectures and one-hour tutorials. High levels of preparation and interaction are required for the course. The course provides the necessary foundation for success in both subsequent BCOM elective courses and the workplace.

Lectures develop both theoretical and practical knowledge of course topics, with an emphasis placed on explaining fundamental concepts. Example problems are used to ensure students can apply their understanding. When possible, we will seek to incorporate current events and topical research.


Learning Activities and Teaching Strategies

​Tutorials review lecture material and work through problems. Students are required to contribute to group discussions. The tutorials are designed to be interactive and help build understanding through application of knowledge. They provide an opportunity to discuss any difficult concepts with the tutor and peers, and hence gain an indication of one’s own progress.

Each tutorial will require submission of an online assignment consisting of questions related to the previous week’s lecture topic. The homework helps ensure students learn key concepts and aides the tutor in identifying areas where students require more direct instruction. Students will have unlimited attempts at homework, with the last submitted mark counting towards their overall grade. Additional ungraded questions may be used to illustrate complex application of course materials. Homework should be submitted by 9:00 am, the day of tutorial. Any additional questions will be distributed through the Tutorials section of the course website.

 

Students will be given continuous feedback on their progress throughout the semester in the tutorial sessions and through tutorial quizzes. In addition, students will be graded on both individual participation during the tutorials, as well as on their performance during the final exam.

 

Students are strongly encouraged to devote regular study time to this course. In addition to reviewing lecture and tutorial materials and set readings, students may use the Peer Assisted Support Scheme (PASS).


5. Course Resources

Lecture and Tutorial Materials

Materials for the class are provided on the course website via Moodle, https://moodle.telt.unsw.edu.au. Lecture slides will be made available before the first lecture session for each of the course’s four topics. Tutorial assignments will generally be made available before the first lecture session for the week in which the topic is discussed. Given that tutorials occur one week after the lecture topic, students will have approximately one week to prepare for each tutorial.

Text and Online Resources

Textbook options

Fundamentals of Corporate Finance (3rd Australian Edition), by Berk, DeMarzo, Harford, Ford, and Mollica, Pearson Australia, 2018. Fundamentals of Corporate Finance (3rd Australian Edition), by Berk, DeMarzo, Harford, Ford, and Mollica, Pearson Australia, 2018. Students may buy a physical textbook or acquire an eBook. The physical textbook (ISBN 1488611009) is available at the UNSW Bookshop for $137.59. A downloadable, perpetual license eBook (ISBN 9781488620072) may be purchased online from http://www.pearson.com.au/9781488620072 for $50. All prices are as of January 2018.

MyFinanceLab

UNSW Business School provides all students with access to MyFinanceLab, an online tool for homework and self-study. Problems provided in MyFinanceLab have a hint system to enable students to identify areas where understanding can be improved. It is possible to work through a problem multiple times as questions regenerate with random numbers.

Peer Assisted Support Scheme (PASS)

Additional support for students is available through the PASS program. This consists of student study groups run by student volunteers who previously excelled in the course. A schedule of PASS sessions will be made available on Moodle near the start of the semester.

Newspapers and Magazines

Students may wish to keep informed of business and financial matters by reading the financial press or reviewing information provided by government regulators and securities exchanges. The following sites should be of interest to you in finance:

  • Australian Financial Review www.afr.com.au

  • Business Review Weekly www.brw.com.au

  • Wall Street Journal www.wsj.com

  • Business Week www.businessweek.com

  • CNN Financial Network www.cnnfn.com

  • New York Times Dealbook https://www.nytimes.com/section/business/dealbook

Regulators

  • Australian Securities & Investments Commission www.asic.gov.au

  • U.S. Securities Exchange Commission www.sec.gov

  • Securities Exchanges

    • Australian Securities Exchange www.asx.com.au

    • New York Stock Exchange www.nyse.com

    • Chicago Board of Trade www.cbot.com

    • Chicago Mercantile Exchange www.cme.com
      General Finance Resources:


 

6. Course Evaluation & Development

Each year feedback is sought from students about the courses offered in the School and continual improvements are made based on this feedback. In this course, we will seek your feedback through course and instructor evaluations. Students are also encouraged to speak with the lecturers and tutors directly. Previous student feedback has been incorporated into course deliveries resulting in significantly improved learning experiences to the students of the School. Your feedback expressed in the course and instructor evaluations are of utmost importance in improving the quality of education offered at the School.

7. Course Schedule

Week 1: 26 Feb
Topic

Introduction

The Time Value of Money

Assessment/Other

Ch. 1, 3.3, 3.4, 5.1

 

***Lectures start in Week 1 and finish in Week 12. Tutorials start in Week 2 and finish in Week 13.

Week 2: 05 Mar
Topic

Net Present Value,

Interest Rates

Assessment/Other

Ch. 3.1, 3.2, 4

Week 3: 12 Mar
Topic

Bonds

Assessment/Other

Ch. 5.3, 5.4, 6

Week 4: 19 Mar
Topic

Equity

Assessment/Other

Ch. 7

Week 5: 26 Mar
Topic

Investment decision rules

Assessment/Other

Ch. 8

Mid Semester Break: 02 Apr
Week 6: 09 Apr
Topic

Capital budgeting I

Assessment/Other

Ch. 2, 9

Week 7: 16 Apr
Topic

Capital budgeting II

Assessment/Other

Ch. 2, 9

Week 8: 23 Apr
Topic

Capital budgeting revision/Intro to valuation

Assessment/Other

Ch. 2, 9, 11

 

***All lectures and tutorials are cancelled on Anzac Day, 25 April. A recorded lecture will be posted on Moodle.

Week 9: 30 Apr
Topic

Capital asset pricing model

Assessment/Other

Ch. 11, 12

Week 10: 07 May
Topic

Cost of capital

Assessment/Other

Ch. 13

Week 11: 14 May
Topic

Capital structure

Assessment/Other

Ch. 16

Week 12: 21 May
Topic

Payout policy & Free cash flow valuation models

Assessment/Other

Ch. 17, 10.1

Week 13: 28 May

8. Policies

Information about UNSW Business School protocols, University policies, student responsibilities and education quality and support.

Program Learning Goals and Outcomes

The Business School Program Learning Goals reflect what we want all students to BE or HAVE by the time they successfully complete their degree, regardless of their individual majors or specialisations. For example, we want all our graduates to HAVE a high level of business knowledge and a sound awareness of ethical, social, cultural and environmental implications of business. As well, we want all our graduates to BE effective problem-solvers, communicators and team participants.

You can demonstrate your achievement of these goals by the specific outcomes you achieve by the end of your degree (i.e. Program Learning Outcomes—henceforth PLOs). These PLOs articulate what you need to know and be able to do as a result of engaging in learning. They embody the knowledge, skills and capabilities that are identified, mapped, taught, practised and assessed within each Business School program.

All UNSW programs and courses are designed to assess the attainment of program and/or course level learning outcomes, as outlined in the UNSW Assessment Design Procedure. It is therefore important that you become familiar with the Business School PLOs, as they constitute the framework which informs and shapes the course components and assessments of the courses within your program of study.

Program Learning Outcomes

  • Undergraduate
  • Postgraduate Coursework
Knowledge You should be able to identify and apply disciplinary knowledge to business situations in a local and global environment.
Critical thinking and problem solving You should be able to identify and research issues in business situations, analyse the issues, and propose appropriate and well-justified solutions.
Written communication You should be able to prepare written documents that are clear, concise and coherent, using appropriate style and presentation for the intended audience, purpose and context.
Oral communication You should be able to prepare and deliver oral presentations that are clear, focussed, well-structured, and delivered in a professional manner.
Teamwork You should be able to participate collaboratively and responsibly in teams, and reflect on your own teamwork, and on the team’s processes and ability to achieve outcomes.
Ethical, social and environmental responsibility
  1. You should be able to identify and assess ethical, environmental and/or sustainability considerations in business decision-making and practice.
  2. You should be able to identify social and cultural implications of business.
Workplace skills (Co-op programs only) You should be able to conduct yourself in a professional manner in the work environment, communicate effectively in diverse workplace situations and be able to apply discipline knowledge and understanding to real business problems with initiative and self-direction.
Related PLO Documents View the Undergraduate Honours PLOs (pdf)
Knowledge You should be able to identify and apply current knowledge of disciplinary or interdisciplinary theory and professional practice to business in local and global environments.
Critical thinking and problem solving You should be able to identify, research and analyse complex issues and problems in business and/or management, and propose appropriate and well-justified solutions.
Written communication You should be able to produce written documents that communicate complex disciplinary ideas and information effectively for the intended audience and purpose.
Oral communication You should be able to produce oral presentations that communicate complex disciplinary ideas and information effectively for the intended audience and purpose.
Teamwork You should be able to participate collaboratively and responsibly in teams, and reflect on your own teamwork, and on the team’s processes and ability to achieve outcomes.
Ethical, social and environmental responsibility
  1. You should be able to identify and assess ethical, environmental and/or sustainability considerations in business decision-making and practice.
  2. You should be able to identify social and cultural implications of business.
Related PLO Documents View the Master of Philosophy PLOs (pdf)
 View the Doctor of Philosophy PLOs (pdf)

UNSW Graduate Capabilities

The Business School PLOs also incorporate UNSW graduate capabilities, a set of generic abilities and skills that all students are expected to achieve by graduation. These capabilities articulate the University’s institutional values, as well as future employer expectations.

UNSW Graduate CapabilitiesBusiness School PLOs
Scholars capable of independent and collaborative enquiry, rigorous in their analysis, critique and reflection, and able to innovate by applying their knowledge and skills to the solution of novel as well as routine problems.
  • Critical thinking and problem solving
  • Knowledge
  • Oral communication
  • Research capability
  • Teamwork
  • Workplace skills
  • Written communication
Entrepreneurial leaders capable of initiating and embracing innovation and change, as well as engaging and enabling others to contribute to change
  • Critical thinking and problem solving
  • Knowledge
  • Oral communication
  • Workplace skills
  • Written communication
Professionals capable of ethical, self- directed practice and independent lifelong learning
  • Ethical, social and environmental responsibility
  • Workplace skills
Global citizens who are culturally adept and capable of respecting diversity and acting in a socially just and responsible way.
  • Ethical, social and environmental responsibility
  • Oral communication
  • Written communication

The Business School strongly advises you to choose a range of courses that assist your development against these PLOs and graduate capabilities, and to keep a record of your achievements as part of your portfolio. You could use these records for work or further study. For support with selecting your courses contact the UNSW Business School Student Centre.

Academic Integrity and Plagiarism

Academic Integrity is honest and responsible scholarship. This form of ethical scholarship is highly valued at UNSW. Terms like Academic Integrity, misconduct, referencing, conventions, plagiarism, academic practices, citations and evidence based learning are all considered basic concepts that successful university students understand. Learning how to communicate original ideas, refer sources, work independently, and report results accurately and honestly are skills that you will be able to carry beyond your studies.

The definition of academic misconduct is broad. It covers practices such as cheating, copying and using another person’s work without appropriate acknowledgement. Incidents of academic misconduct may have serious consequences for students.

Plagiarism

UNSW regards plagiarism as a form of academic misconduct. UNSW has very strict rules regarding plagiarism. Plagiarism at UNSW is using the words or ideas of others and passing them off as your own. All Schools in the Business School have a Student Ethics Officer who will investigate incidents of plagiarism and may result in a student’s name being placed on the Plagiarism and Student Misconduct Registers.

Below are examples of plagiarism including self-plagiarism:

Copying: Using the same or very similar words to the original text or idea without acknowledging the source or using quotation marks. This includes copying materials, ideas or concepts from a book, article, report or other written document, presentation, composition, artwork, design, drawing, circuitry, computer program or software, website, internet, other electronic resource, or another person's assignment, without appropriate acknowledgement of authorship.

Inappropriate Paraphrasing: Changing a few words and phrases while mostly retaining the original structure and/or progression of ideas of the original, and information without acknowledgement. This also applies in presentations where someone paraphrases another’s ideas or words without credit and to piecing together quotes and paraphrases into a new whole, without appropriate referencing.

Collusion: Presenting work as independent work when it has been produced in whole or part in collusion with other people. Collusion includes:

  • Students providing their work to another student before the due date, or for the purpose of them plagiarising at any time
  • Paying another person to perform an academic task and passing it off as your own
  • Stealing or acquiring another person’s academic work and copying it
  • Offering to complete another person’s work or seeking payment for completing academic work

Collusion should not be confused with academic collaboration (i.e., shared contribution towards a group task).

Inappropriate Citation: Citing sources which have not been read, without acknowledging the 'secondary' source from which knowledge of them has been obtained.

Self-Plagiarism: ‘Self-plagiarism’ occurs where an author republishes their own previously written work and presents it as new findings without referencing the earlier work, either in its entirety or partially. Self-plagiarism is also referred to as 'recycling', 'duplication', or 'multiple submissions of research findings' without disclosure. In the student context, self-plagiarism includes re-using parts of, or all of, a body of work that has already been submitted for assessment without proper citation.

To see if you understand plagiarism, do this short quiz: https://student.unsw.edu.au/plagiarism-quiz

Cheating

The University also regards cheating as a form of academic misconduct. Cheating is knowingly submitting the work of others as their own and includes contract cheating (work produced by an external agent or third party that is submitted under the pretences of being a student’s original piece of work). Cheating is not acceptable at UNSW.

If you need to revise or clarify any terms associated with academic integrity you should explore the 'Working with Academic Integrity' self-paced lessons available at: https://student.unsw.edu.au/aim.

For UNSW policies, penalties, and information to help you avoid plagiarism see: https://student.unsw.edu.au/plagiarism as well as the guidelines in the online ELISE tutorials for all new UNSW students: http://subjectguides.library.unsw.edu.au/elise. For information on student conduct see: https://student.unsw.edu.au/conduct.

For information on how to acknowledge your sources and reference correctly, see: https://student.unsw.edu.au/referencing. If you are unsure what referencing style to use in this course, you should ask the lecturer in charge.

Student Responsibilities and Conduct

Students are expected to be familiar with and adhere to university policies in relation to class attendance and general conduct and behaviour, including maintaining a safe, respectful environment; and to understand their obligations in relation to workload, assessment and keeping informed.

Information and policies on these topics can be found on the 'Managing your Program' website

Workload

It is expected that you will spend at least nine to ten hours per week studying for a course except for Summer Term courses which have a minimum weekly workload of eighteen to twenty hours. This time should be made up of reading, research, working on exercises and problems, online activities and attending classes. In periods where you need to complete assignments or prepare for examinations, the workload may be greater. Over-commitment has been a cause of failure for many students. You should take the required workload into account when planning how to balance study with employment and other activities.

We strongly encourage you to connect with your Moodle course websites in the first week of semester. Local and international research indicates that students who engage early and often with their course website are more likely to pass their course.

View more information on expected workload

Attendance

Your regular and punctual attendance at lectures and seminars or in online learning activities is expected in this course. The Business School reserves the right to refuse final assessment to those students who attend less than 80% of scheduled classes where attendance and participation is required as part of the learning process (e.g., tutorials, flipped classroom sessions, seminars, labs, etc.).

View more information on attendance

General Conduct and Behaviour

You are expected to conduct yourself with consideration and respect for the needs of your fellow students and teaching staff. Conduct which unduly disrupts or interferes with a class, such as ringing or talking on mobile phones, is not acceptable and students may be asked to leave the class.

View more information on student conduct

Health and Safety

UNSW Policy requires each person to work safely and responsibly, in order to avoid personal injury and to protect the safety of others.

View more information on Health and Safety

Keeping Informed

You should take note of all announcements made in lectures, tutorials or on the course web site. From time to time, the University will send important announcements to your university e-mail address without providing you with a paper copy. You will be deemed to have received this information. It is also your responsibility to keep the University informed of all changes to your contact details.

Special Consideration

You must submit all assignments and attend all examinations scheduled for your course. You can apply for special consideration when illness or other circumstances beyond your control, interfere with your performance in a specific assessment task or tasks. Special Consideration is primarily intended to provide you with an extra opportunity to demonstrate the level of performance of which you are capable.

General information on special consideration for undergraduate and postgraduate courses can be found in the Assessment Implementation Procedure and the Current Students page.

Please note the following:

  1. Applications will not be accepted by teaching staff. The lecturer-in-charge will be automatically notified when you lodge an online application for special consideration
  2. Decisions and recommendations are only made by lecturers-in-charge (or by the Faculty Panel in the case of final exam special considerations), not by tutors
  3. Applying for special consideration does not automatically mean that you will be granted a supplementary exam or other concession
  4. Special consideration requests do not allow lecturers-in-charge to award students additional marks

Business School Protocol on requests for Special Consideration

The lecturer-in-charge will need to be satisfied on each of the following before supporting a request for special consideration:

  1. Does the medical certificate contain all relevant information? For a medical certificate to be accepted, the degree of illness and its impact on the student must be stated by the medical practitioner (severe, moderate, mild). A certificate without this will not be valid. Students should also note that only medical certificates issued after physically visiting a registered medical practitioner will be accepted. Medical certificates submitted for Special Consideration should always be requested from a registered medical practitioner that you have seen at a medical practice. Certificates obtained online or via social media may be fraudulent and if relied upon could result in a breach of the UNSW Student Code.
  2. Has the student performed satisfactorily in the other assessment items? To understand what Satisfactory Performance means in this course, please refer to the 'Formal Requirements' section in Part A of your Course Outline

Special Consideration and the Final Exam in undergraduate and postgraduate courses

Applications for special consideration in relation to the final exam are considered by a Business School Faculty panel to which lecturers-in-charge provide their recommendations for each request. If the Faculty panel grants a special consideration request, this will entitle the student to sit a supplementary examination. No other form of consideration will be granted. The following procedures will apply:

  1. Supplementary exams will be scheduled centrally and will be held approximately two weeks after the formal examination period.

    Supplementary exams for Semester 1, 2018 will be held during the period 14 - 21 July, 2018. Students wishing to sit a supplementary exam will need to be available during this period.

    The date for all Business School supplementary exams for Summer Term 2017/2018 is Wednesday, 21 February, 2018. If a student lodges a special consideration for the final exam, they are stating they will be available on this date. Supplementary exams will not be held at any other time.

  2. Where a student is granted a supplementary examination as a result of a request for special consideration, the student’s original exam (if completed) will be ignored and only the mark achieved in the supplementary examination will count towards the final grade. Absence from a supplementary exam without prior notification does not entitle the student to have the original exam paper marked, and may result in a zero mark for the final exam.

The Supplementary Exam Protocol for Business School students is available at: http://www.business.unsw.edu.au/suppexamprotocol

For special consideration for assessments other than the final exam refer to the ‘Assessment Section’ in your course outline.

Protocol for Viewing Final Exam Scripts

The UNSW Business School has set a protocol under which students may view their final exam script. Please check the protocol here.

Given individual schools within the Faculty may set up a local process for viewing final exam scripts, it is important that you check with your School whether they have any additional information on this process. Please note that this information might also be included in your course outline.


Student Support and Resources

The University and the Business School provide a wide range of support services and resources for students, including:

Business School EQS Consultation Program
The Consultation Program offers academic writing, literacy and numeracy consultations, study skills, exam preparation for Business students. Services include workshops, online resources, individual and group consultations.
Level 1, Room 1035, Quadrangle Building.
BUS.EQS.Consultations@unsw.edu.au
02 9385 4508

Business School Student Centre
The Business School Student Centre provides advice and direction on all aspects of admission, enrolment and graduation.
Level 1, Room 1028 in the Quadrangle Building
02 9385 3189

UNSW Learning Centre
The UNSW Learning Centre provides academic skills support services, including workshops and resources, for all UNSW students. See their website for details.
Lower Ground Floor, North Wing Chancellery Building.
learningcentre@unsw.edu.au
02 9385 2060

Educational Support Service
Educational Support Advisors work with all students to promote the development of skills needed to succeed at university, whilst also providing personal support throughout the process. Check their website to request an appointment or to register in the Academic Success Program.
John Goodsell Building, Ground Floor.
advisors@unsw.edu.au
02 9385 4734

Library services and facilities for students
The UNSW Library offers a range of collections, services and facilities both on-campus and online.
Main Library, F21.
02 9385 2650

Moodle eLearning Support
Moodle is the University’s learning management system. You should ensure that you log into Moodle regularly.
externalteltsupport@unsw.edu.au
02 9385 3331

UNSW IT
UNSW IT provides support and services for students such as password access, email services, wireless services and technical support.
UNSW Library Annexe (Ground floor).
itservicecentre@unsw.edu.au
02 9385 1333

Disability Support Services
UNSW Disability Support Services provides assistance to students who are trying to manage the demands of university as well as a health condition, learning disability or who have personal circumstances that are having an impact on their studies. Disability Advisers can arrange to put in place services and educational adjustments to make things more manageable so that students are able to complete their course requirements. To receive educational adjustments for disability support, students must first register with Disability Services.
Ground Floor, John Goodsell Building.
disabilities@unsw.edu.au
02 9385 4734

UNSW Counselling and Psychological Services
Provides support and services if you need help with your personal life, getting your academic life back on track or just want to know how to stay safe, including free, confidential counselling.
Level 2, East Wing, Quadrangle Building.
counselling@unsw.edu.au
02 9385 5418


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