Finance

The Finance specialisation within the Master of Commerce prepares students for careers in asset management, investment banking, risk management, corporate strategy and regulation. The specialisation covers critical concepts in corporate finance and investments within its core units. The specialisation’s electives allow students to shape their advanced learning around existing experience and build deep knowledge and technical skills in the key fields of industry. These include corporate valuation, derivative securities, risk management, mergers and acquisitions, portfolio theory, asset pricing and banking. Ethical and social considerations are discussed throughout the specialisation. Learning is supported through interactive tutorials and current content.

The Discipline of Finance has strong engagement with practitioners and regulators, locally and internationally, and has research activities spanning all areas of finance. This ensures that our student-focused curriculum remains highly relevant to the careers of our students.

Requirements for a Finance specialisation

To achieve a specialisation in Finance within the Master of Commerce or Master of Commerce (Extension), students must complete:

• 6 credit points of foundational units of study in the same area as the specialisation; and
• 24 credit points of Finance specialisation are units of study comprising:
  • 6 credit points of Finance core units of study; and
  • 18 credit points of Finance selective units of study.

Students completing this specialisation to meet the requirements for the Master of Commerce or as their compulsory specialisation for the Master of Commerce (Extension) would complete a 6 credit point capstone unit from Capstone units of study for their degree in the same subject area as their specialisation.

Students completing this specialisation as their optional second specialisation for the Master of Commerce (Extension) are not required to complete the capstone unit of study for their secondary specialisation.

Further information

For further information regarding study in finance in the Commerce coursework programs, please contact the Discipline of Finance.