Start Date
February
July

Campus
City West

Duration
2 year(s) full-time

Program Code
DMFC

Study as
Full-time or part-time

Fees
$AU 25,000 per 1.0 EFTSL for students enrolled in 2015

Aim

The Master of Finance (Economics) is designed to equip students with advanced knowledge and critical skills associated with the application of economic analysis to aspects of the global business environment. The Master of Finance (Economics) will prepare students to apply the methods of economic analysis to contemporary issues in the areas of international trade and finance, economic growth and development of economies, applied microeconomics, public economics and policy, financial markets and central bank policy, and applied research. The Economics specialisation complements the core finance courses as it enables students to acquire a strong understanding of a related discipline area associated with global financial markets from an economic and policy perspective.

Content & Structure

The program requires the completion of 16 courses totalling 72 units including four Business School core courses, four core finance courses, a four course economics specialisation, two research courses and an elective.

The core finance courses are:

  • Corporate Finance
  • Financial Theory and Financial Markets
  • International Finance and
  • Investment Management.

The Economics specialisation courses are:

  • International Finance and Trade
  • Applied Microeconomics
  • Money, Banking and Financial Markets and
  • Finance and Development.

What courses you'll study

Course name Area and cat no. Units Reference  
FIRST YEAR
First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
Accounting for Management M ACCT 5011 4.5 Rule(s): 4
Commercial Law M COML 5009 4.5 Rule(s): 4
Statistics for Data Science MATH 4044 4.5 Rule(s): 4
Economic Principles for Business ECON 5020 4.5 Rule(s): 4
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
Corporate Finance BUSS 5233 4.5
Financial Theory and Financial Markets BANK 5014 4.5
International Finance BANK 5028 4.5
Investment Management BANK 5013 4.5
SECOND YEAR
First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
International Finance and Trade ECON 5023 4.5
Applied Microeconomics ECON 5021 4.5
Money, Banking and Financial Markets ECON 5024 4.5
Research 1 BANK 5035 4.5
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
Growth, Finance and Development ECON 5022 4.5
The Econometrics of Financial Markets BANK 5038 4.5
Elective 4.5 Rule(s): 1
Research 2 BANK 5036 4.5

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