Finance
The units of study listed in the following table are those available for the current year. Students may also include any units of study, which are additional to those currently listed, which appear under these subject areas in the Business School handbook/website in subsequent years (subject to any prerequisite or prohibition rules).
Errata
| Item | Errata | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Sessions have been changed for the following unit. Intensive July has been added: FINC5001 Capital Markets and Corporate Finance Sessions: Intensive January, |
01/06/2020 |
| 2. |
Sessions have been changed for the following unit. Semester 2 has been added: FINC6000 Quantitative Finance and Derivatives Sessions: Semester 1, Semester 2 |
01/06/2020 |
Table of postgraduate units of study: Commerce
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Finance |
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| Achievement of a specialisation in Finance requires 30 credit points from this table comprising: | |||
| (i) 6 credit points in foundational units of study | |||
| (ii) 6 credit points in compulsory units of study | |||
| (iii) 18 credit points in elective units of study. | |||
Units of study for the specialisation |
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Foundational unit of study |
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| FINC5001 Capital Markets and Corporate Finance |
6 | Intensive January Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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Compulsory units of study |
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| FINC6001 Intermediate Corporate Finance |
6 | P FINC5001 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Elective units of study |
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| BANK6002 Bank Management |
6 | C FINC5001 |
Semester 1 |
| BANK6003 Global Supervision of Bank Risks |
6 | C FINC5001 |
Semester 1 |
| BANK6005 International Banking |
6 | C FINC5001 |
Semester 2 |
| CLAW6031 International Financial Crime |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| FINC6000 Quantitative Finance and Derivatives |
6 | A This unit requires students to have some background in calculus, matrices, statistics and probability. P FINC5001 N FINC5002 |
Semester 1 |
| FINC6005 Advanced Asset Pricing |
6 | P FINC5001 or FINC6000 Only students with strong quantitative/mathematical skills should attempt this course |
Semester 1 |
| FINC6009 Portfolio Theory and its Applications |
6 | P FINC5001 or FINC6000 |
Semester 2 |
| FINC6010 Derivative Securities |
6 | P FINC5001 |
Semester 2 |
| FINC6013 International Business Finance |
6 | P FINC5001 |
Semester 1 |
| FINC6014 Fixed Income Securities |
6 | P FINC5001 |
Semester 2 |
| FINC6015 Trading in Modern Financial Markets |
6 | P FINC5001 |
Semester 2 |
| FINC6017 Mergers and Acquisitions |
6 | P FINC5001 N ACCT6011 |
Semester 2 |
| FINC6021 Corporate Valuation |
6 | P FINC5001 |
Semester 1 |
| FINC6023 Financial Risk Management |
6 | P FINC5001 |
Semester 1 |
| FINC6025 Entrepreneurial Finance |
6 | P FINC5001 |
Semester 1 |