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.
Students with weighted average mark above 70 in finance subjects are eligible for admission to the Finance strand in the Bachelor of Business (Honours). The program provides advanced training in financial econometrics and a range of specialised fields. It develops research skills through the writing of an honours thesis.
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.
Anti-requisites: MAJ08060 Extended Finance, SMJ08123 Finance
Completion requirements
25556 The Financial System | 6cp | ||
25624 Financial Metrics for Decision Making | 6cp | ||
25503 Investment Analysis | 6cp | ||
25410 Applied Financial Decision Making (Capstone) | 6cp | ||
25557 Corporate Finance: Theory and Practice | 6cp | ||
Select 18 credit points of options: | 18cp | ||
79014 Applied Company Law | 6cp | ||
25579 Applied Portfolio Management | 6cp | ||
25999 Business Internship | 6cp | ||
25574 Commercial Bank Management | 6cp | ||
25620 Derivative Securities | 6cp | ||
25602 Ethics in Finance | 6cp | ||
25575 Investment Banking | 6cp | ||
25500 Strategic Investment Management | 6cp | ||
23507 Time Series Econometrics | 6cp | ||
Total | 48cp |