Most likely the worst finance unit out of the Level 1 and Level 2 units in terms of how it was conducted by the Unit Coordinator (Duc). I would say that he is an incredibly biased marker and that he gives an extremely unfair advantage to students that are able to attend consultations and in-person lectures, as well as to students that he favours or has preference over others within his tutorial classes. For example, in various lectures he gave physical copies of questions and/examples that were very closely related to specific test and exam questions, yet for some reason decided not to publish this onto LMS or show it on the online recording system for those students that were unable to attend the lectures in-person, and seemed to enjoy the idea of certain students not being able to access this information (as it was constantly brought up in tutorial classes and further embellished the fact that those that were in the in-person lecture at the time would have been able to access it). Duc also significantly favoured students that attended the consultations and furthermore was more positively biased towards them when approaching marking assessments or the group assignment. Whilst the content for the unit itself was certainly beneficial, the way it was conducted and the inability to maintain fairness across all the students taking the unit was significantly below expectations. Furthermore I would say that Duc put unnecessary amounts of pressure onto students in the lecture following up to the final exam, and, like other people here have mentioned he came across as extremely passive aggressive and seemed to choose carefully how he worded certain statements when addressing either the lecture cohort or the tutorial classes he was teaching to either single out particular students or to intimidate them, at least that is how it came across constantly. It was a pattern. Not just a once-off. Also, it’s all well and all to say if you put in the work, you will be rewarded, but there's also limitations to this... students unable to attend in-person lectures or consultations due to work or further extenuating circumstances which is VERY reasonable? As an example, a large proportion of students in this unit likely are working shifts throughout the week or have other events or circumstances that limit their availability and would have been unable to attend certain in-person lectures and consultations, therefore missing out on this advantage that Duc provided to a select amount of students. The group assignment was also considerably long and furthermore poorly marked due to bias, although, I will say the content within the group assignment itself was useful. The first and second test was quite poorly written they had a couple mistakes in them which were only found by the students writing the actual test during test conditions. The first test only effectively required us to read formulas and input numerical values into those formulas that were already given to us. Overall, it cannot be overstated how much of a huge disappointment this unit was based upon how it was conducted, it has huge potential to be an exceptionally beneficial unit that delivers an appreciable experience to students. I don't recommend whatsoever that students should take this unit unless it is necessary as long as the way it is run and level of unfairness remains the same, amongst many of the other serious concerns.

Horrible finance unit. Do not do unless you need to. Duc is a bad lecturer and marks in accordance to favouritism of students, as well as giving his favourite students additional resources which aren't available to the average student. The entire unit is focused on the group assignment which takes the entire semester to do. They say the assignment is up to your own interpretation of how you would like to do it but if it doesn't follow the same standard as the examples you will be marked poorly. Avoid this unit if possible.

Easily the worst unit in my degree, and most of that comes down to how Duc ran it. He speaks to students in class like they're beneath him. Marking felt inconsistent, with no rubric I could ever line my grade up against. There was constant hostility towards students and pressure that seemed deliberately ratcheted up rather than accidental. STAY AWAY!!!

Somehow, an interesting unit was turned bad by a horrendous lecturer (DUC) Everything had to be done exactly his way and even if you do it correctly using another method he will fail you.

Overall, I would say this was a bad unit experience despite the fact that I did learn a lot from it. The content itself is useful, especially for valuation and financial modelling, but the way the unit was run made it unnecessarily stressful and frustrating. The group assignment was difficult and very time-consuming, but still manageable if your group kept up with the weekly content and attended consultations. A lot of the early weeks focused on free cash flow calculations, so the final exam content itself was not impossible to prepare for. However, the issue was not really the difficulty of the content, but the way students were treated throughout the unit. One major concern was the feeling of unfair treatment. It felt like students who regularly attended consultations or were more familiar with the unit coordinator’s preferences had a clear advantage, especially because the assignment seemed to depend heavily on doing things exactly the way he wanted. While consultations were technically available to everyone, the marking and feedback process still felt quite subjective at times. The final exam experience was also unnecessarily intimidating. Comments were made along the lines of students failing if they could not do the first question, which added extra pressure in an already stressful exam setting. For a Level 2 finance unit, the expectations are understandable, but the delivery and tone made the unit feel more hostile than supportive. Overall, while the unit does teach useful skills and I came out with more knowledge, I would not recommend it based on how it was run. The workload is manageable if you put in effort, but the unfairness, pressure, and overall experience made it a bad unit.

A tough unit, but can say I came out of it with a massive amount of knowledge and better off. The group assignment was not easy, but the content week by week wasn't a massive amount and keeping up with it makes it doable. Also up to like week 5 is just FCF calculation, which (to me) meant that the final exam really did not have a huge amount of content to study for. It was really manageable, and most of it would be ingrained into your head by doing the group project. It's definitely not easy by any means but it is a level 2 finance unit so I have no clue what business a biomed student has doing it, it's expected it'd be out of their depth. I would say one thing is that the unit co Duc does have preferences for students that visit him for consults often, but I wouldn't say he gives them extra information, just guidance, which any group can go to get. However the groups visiting him and the students he favours are the ones who would be doing good regardless. He also runs many consults during the semester for students struggling with topics or the group assignment. It's a hands on unit, so it's up to you if you want to go to these sessions, if you do it'll benefit you and you will do better. Sounds like the person below me cooked the group XD. Put in the work, it's rewarding and you will be fine. I really did learn a lot and that's why I have high praise.

DO NOT DO THIS UNIT. BIG WARNING DUC VO IS THE WORST TUTOR AND UNIT COORDINATOR OF ALL TIME. THIS GUY LITERALLY HELPS WOMEN DURING THE TEST LITERALLY GOING UP TO THEM AND CHECKING THEIR PAPERS TELLING THEM IF THEY GOT SOMETHING WRONG AND LETTING THEM CORRECT IT. FURTHERMORE HE JUST GLAZES SOME STUDNETS TAHT SUCK UP TO HIM, AND GIVES THEM 100% EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T DESERVE IT. LITERALLY SAID THAT IF HE LIEKS YOU AND YOU DON'T GET A PERFECT SCORE HE WILL ROUND YOUR SCORE TO 100%. STAY THE FCK AWAY FROM THIS UNIT, DUC VO IS THE BIGGEST PIECE OF SHT, WOULD GIVE THIS ZERO STARS IF I COULD

Honestly if you are a hard worker and willing to put in the work this unit should be a breeze. Duc rewards people for showing that they care and want to learn how to value a company. As someone with industry experience in the equity research I can say that this unit does teach you the basics of valuation as well as it can in such a short time period. One thing I did not like is that Duc often makes you do things harder than they should be just so everything is to his liking. Overall if you have a look at the past years assignment examples and understand the marking rubric, the assignment won't be too difficult. Attend all lectures, consultations, and workshops (Yuyang Zhou is a great tutor). Talk to Duc about your assignment and ask for feedback at least 3 times across the semester. Spam the lecture example questions before the exam until you can do them with your eyes closed. If you have no experience in financial modelling I wouldn't expect a High Distinction in this unit but a Distinction is definitely possible. Good luck!

Warning, stay far away from this unit unless you're really into business valuation. Hardest unit I've done thus far including out of all my biomed units! Duc is a terrible lecturer. I felt like I learnt no content throughout the semester since all the lecturers are centred around how to approach the group project (which is a valuation of a particular company) but then again it's so open ended that there's not even a specific formula of going about doing it. However when it came to the marking of the project if it wasn't how he would have done it he would pretty much fail the group. He was telling us that he remarked the projects after the tutors marked them just to fail more people. Also the exam was so tough! Even after studying really hard for it, there were questions for content that had never been discussed before in class and people only knew how to answer by drawing on their knowledge from other commerce units which is so unfair. Overall a very miserable unit which will drain so much time and energy from you only to get a mid mark.

Lecture slides and content delivery very confusing, tutorials hard and not directly relevant to any assessment taks or what has bee taught in lectures. Big group project requires lots of effort but is good prep for the exam/practising what is being taught and if you understand everything in the group project you will be fine. Group project goes over 8 or so weeks, attend consultations to get feedback from Duc. You will eitgher score 75%+ or fail miserably as that is how Duc marks. Final exam is striaght forward and easy, just hard with time pressure. The content of final exam is explained in week 12 lecture and throught the semester Duc hands out worksheet problems in lectures with the final exam questions that aren't published or available anywhere so attend all lectures if possible