Finance

The Bachelor of Finance requires three years of full-time study (or the equivalent part-time) and the Honours degree an additional year (or the equivalent part-time).

The Bachelor of Finance is a 108 unit program offered by the College of Business, Government and Law.

To qualify for the Bachelor of Finance a student must complete 108 units with a grade of P or better or NGP in each topic. This must include:

• 67.5 units of core topics
• 18 units of BUSN option topics
• 22.5 units of electives topics

Elective topics may be selected from any offered by the University, provided course and topic prerequisites requirements are met. No more than 45 units of First Level topics may be included in the 108 units.

Not all topics necessarily are available in a given year.

Except with the permission of the Dean (Education), the course must be completed within ten consecutive years. Failure to do so may constitute evidence of unsatisfactory progress. Where permission is given to complete in more than ten consecutive years, there may be a requirement for additional coursework in order to ensure relevant and up-to-date knowledge.

Core - Year 1 topics

31.5 units comprising:

BUSN1001 Accounting Principles (4.5 units) BUSN1009 Quantitative Methods (4.5 units) BUSN1012 Management, People and Organisations (4.5 units) BUSN1013 Economics for Business (4.5 units) BUSN1014 Financial Markets (4.5 units) BUSN1015 Foundations of Finance (4.5 units) BUSN1019 Law for Business (4.5 units)

Elective - Year 1 topics

Plus a 4.5 unit elective topic from across the University where entry requirements are met

Core - Year 2 topics

18 units comprising:

BUSN2021 Management of Financial Institutions (4.5 units) BUSN2027 International Finance (4.5 units) BUSN2034 Interpersonal Skills for Professionals (4.5 units) BUSN2037 Financial Management (4.5 units)

Option - Year 2 topics

4.5 units of BUSN topics where pre-requisites are met

Elective – Year 2 topics

Plus 13.5 units of elective topics from across the University where entry requirements are met

Core - Year 3 topics

18 units comprising:

BUSN3029 Investments and Portfolio Management (4.5 units) BUSN3043 Governance, Sustainability and Ethics (4.5 units) BUSN3049 Corporate Finance (4.5 units)

Choose 4.5 units from

BUSN2040 Macroeconomics (4.5 units) BUSN3028 Personal Financial Planning (4.5 units) BUSN3031 Derivatives and Risk Management (4.5 units)

Option - Year 3 topics

Plus 13.5 units of BUSN topics where prerequisites are met.

Elective - Year 3 topics

Plus a 4.5 unit elective topic from across the University where entry requirements are met

Honours

Refer to Bachelor of Commerce (Honours)

Combined degrees

The Bachelor of Finance may also be studied in a combined degrees program with a:

• Bachelor of Arts - from 1 January 2021
• Bachelor of Arts - prior to 31 December 2020
• Bachelor of Business
• Bachelor of International Relations and Political Science
• Bachelor of Laws
• Bachelor of Laws (Honours)
• Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice
• Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (Honours)

The minimum requirements for consideration for entry to all undergraduate courses are specified in detail in the University Entry Requirements.

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• critically apply broad theoretical and technical accounting, finance, economic and management knowledge and skills to inform financial control, financial management and financial planning for organisations
• analyse financial control, financial management and financial planning practices and decisions using theoretical and technical knowledge of regulatory, governance, compliance and legal requirements
• apply theoretical knowledge, technical competencies and critical judgement to provide solutions to routine financial control, financial management and financial planning problems
• explain the impact of socially responsible, ethical, economic, regulatory, sustainability, governance and global perspectives on financial control and financial management planning and practices
• communicate technical advice and ideas to specialists and non-specialists, in written and spoken forms
• manage time, self and tasks effectively as an individual and to collaborate with a diverse team
• use computer-based information systems or applications to solve or document business problems