FNCE20005 Corporate Financial Decision Making (University of Melbourne): rated 3.7/5 overall, difficulty 1.8/5 (higher is harder), would-recommend 0.0/5 across 47 reviews collected on UniMelb Wall.
FNCE20005 is a University of Melbourne course taught by the Faculty of Business and Economics in Finance. This page brings together its handbook details and what UniMelb students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 公司金融制作
Type: Undergraduate subject
Subject area: Finance
Faculty: Faculty of Business and Economics
Level: Undergraduate Level 2
Handbook year: 2026
This subject examines capital budgeting techniques, the capital structure decision, the distribution decision and corporate risk management at a more advanced level to that covered in FNCE10002 Principles of Finance. Topics include: the Modigliani-Miller theorems, the impact of taxes under a clas.
FNCE20005 has 47 scored reviews: overall 3.7/5 · usefulness 4.5 · difficulty 1.8 · would-recommend 0.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 review by UniMelb students on UniMelb Wall (5.0/5 overall); the Actuarial Students' Society Subject Review 2025 course guide; 15 StudentVIP reviews (average 4.5 stars); 30 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.2/5).
Actuarial Students' Society Subject Review 2025: "I enjoyed this subject as the topics I learnt felt incredibly relevant to the real-world and were highly applicable to a career in finance. However, I personally think it would have been a more pleasant experience had I taken the subject during other semesters as the volume of content was quite a l…"
On Reddit: "CFDM definitely. Hands down one of the most interesting subjects I've done and one of the few insights you'll get into corporate finance through uni subjects"
On Reddit: "I've done CFDM with Sean Pinder. Really enjoyed Sean as a lecturer. I thought that the subject covered a good range of interesting topics in the finance world and would recommend it. In terms of difficulty I thought that the exam was very fair and if you are interested in the fi…"
The course panel on UniMelb Wall shows every review and discussion in full.
Q: Is FNCE20005 hard?
A: Students rate FNCE20005's difficulty 1.8/5 on average (higher is harder), which makes it on the easier side.
Q: Is FNCE20005 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 47 reviews: would-recommend 0.0/5, usefulness 4.5/5, overall 3.7/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches FNCE20005, and when is it offered?
A: FNCE20005 is taught by the Faculty of Business and Economics. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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