C07023v3 Graduate Diploma in Quantitative Finance
Award(s): Graduate Diploma in Quantitative Finance (GradDipQF)Load credit points: 48
Course EFTSL: 1
Location: City campus
Note(s)
This course is not offered to international students.
Overview
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 Quantitative Finance program provides the opportunity to acquire the detailed specialised knowledge and the professional competency required to work as a quantitative finance analyst in the modern finance industry.
The Graduate Diploma in Quantitative Finance provides the core knowledge of the modern financial instruments and the fundamentals of the specialised quantitative finance skills required for a basic professional competency in quantitative finance.
Admission requirements
The admission requirement for this course is either a cognate degree in finance or a degree with a strong mathematical background from a recognised university or equivalent institution. Entry to the course is at the discretion of the course director.
Recognition of prior learning
Students may be granted a maximum of five subject exemptions in the Graduate Diploma in Finance, of which two core subjects may be approved from prior undergraduate study.
Course duration and attendance
The Graduate Diploma in Quantitative Finance is a one-and-a-half-years part-time course.
Course structure
The Graduate Diploma in Quantitative Finance comprises 48 credit points of core subjects.
Course completion requirements
STM90318 Core subjects | 48cp | |
Total | 48cp |
Course program
The course program is shown below.
25832 Financial Markets Instruments | 6cp | |
35364 Statistics for Quantitative Finance | 6cp | |
25833 Derivatives | 6cp | |
25834 Portfolio Analysis | 6cp | |
25835 Computational Finance | 6cp | |
25836 Financial Decision Making Under Uncertainty | 6cp | |
25837 Financial Econometrics | 6cp | |
35365 Stochastic Calculus in Finance | 6cp |
Articulation with UTS courses
Students who successfully complete this course may apply for admission to the Master of Quantitative Finance (C04052).
Other information
Further information is available from the Graduate School of Business on:
