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MAJ08440 Finance

Finance has evolved as a major field of business practiced by either business executives in the management of company funds or by executives in the financial sector who may work in financial markets, financial institutions, information technology or consultancy firms that provide financial advice and services to businesses and individuals. The subjects in the Finance major provide graduates with professional skills, knowledge and understanding necessary for a career in finance and the financial sector.

To be eligible for admission to the Finance strand in the Bachelor of Business (Honours), students are required to complete 25573 Time Series Econometrics and either 25620 Derivative Securities or 25558 Issues in Corporate Finance.

UTS is a CFA Program Partner Institution based on the Bachelor of Business with a major in finance. CFA Institute has partnerships with select universities around the world that have embedded a significant percentage (70 per cent) of the CFA® (Chartered Financial Analyst®) Program Candidate Body of Knowledge into their degree programs.

The subjects in this major are offered at both City and Kuring-gai campuses.

Anti-requisites: MAJ08060 Extended Finance, SMJ08123 Finance

Completion requirements

25556  The Financial System  6cp
25622  Quantitative Business Analysis  6cp
25503  Investment Analysis  6cp
25410  Corporate Financial Analysis (Capstone)  6cp
25557  Corporate Finance: Theory and Practice  6cp
Select 18 credit points of options:  18cp
25579  Applied Portfolio Management 6cp 
25999  Business Internship 6cp 
25574  Commercial Bank Management 6cp 
25620  Derivative Securities 6cp 
25602  Ethics in Finance 6cp 
25421  International Financial Management 6cp 
25575  Investment Banking 6cp 
25558  Issues in Corporate Finance 6cp 
25573  Time Series Econometrics 6cp 
Total  48cp