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C07021v5 Graduate Diploma in Finance

Award(s): Graduate Diploma in Finance (GradDipFin)
CRICOS code: 020210B
Load credit points: 48
Course EFTSL: 1
Location: City campus

Overview
Course aims
Career options
Admission requirements
Recognition of prior learning
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Course program
Articulation with UTS courses
Other information

Overview

The Graduate Diploma in Finance provides a core of financial institution knowledge and decision-making skills for executives in financial institutions, corporations and financial consultancies.

Course aims

The Finance program provides participants with the opportunity to acquire knowledge of finance theory and techniques for leading-edge professional practice purposes.

Career options

Career options include management-level positions in industry or government.

Admission requirements

Applicants require one of the following:

  • a degree from a UTS-recognised university or other tertiary education institution, or
  • satisfactory completion of a relevant graduate certificate.

Recognition of prior learning

Students may be granted a maximum of five subject exemptions, of which two core subjects may be approved from prior undergraduate study.

Course duration and attendance

The Graduate Diploma in Finance may be completed in one year of full-time, or two years of part-time study.

Course structure

The Graduate Diploma in Finance comprises 48 credit points of core subjects.

Course completion requirements

STM90334 Core subjects 48cp
Total 48cp

Course program

The core subjects are shown below.

 
25706 Economics for Management 6cp
22747 Accounting for Managerial Decisions 6cp
25742 Financial Management 6cp
25741 Capital Markets 6cp
25705 Financial Modelling and Forecasting 6cp
25721 Investment Management 6cp
25765 Corporate Finance 6cp
25762 Synthetic Financial Products 6cp

Articulation with UTS courses

This course is part of an articulated program comprising the Graduate Certificate in Finance (C11027), the Graduate Diploma in Finance and the Master of Business in Finance (C04048).

Professional recognition

Graduate Diploma in Finance covers a broad range of the specialist knowledge areas required to be ASIC RG146 registered.

Other information

Further information is available from the Graduate School of Business on: