Start date

Campus
Offshore

Duration
3 year(s) full-time

Program Code
OBBF

Prerequisites
None

Assumed Knowledge
None

English Language Requirements
  • IELTS total [6.0]
  • IELTS reading [6.0]
  • IELTS writing [6.0]
Equivalent English qualifications (PDF)

Aim

The Bachelor of Applied Finance provides graduates with specialist knowledge in applied finance that is appropriate to the needs of managerial personnel in financial institutions or in areas of business such as treasury, financial planning and small business management, and the potential to proceed to the honours program and other postgraduate study.

Content & Structure

Students undertake the Division Core and then a major in applied finance. In addition, students can undertake the professional sequence in applied finance and must complete 108 units to satisfy the requirements of the program.

What courses you'll study

Course name Area and cat no. Units Reference  
FIRST YEAR
First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
Marketing Principles: Trading and Exchange MARK 1010 4.5
Management Principles BUSS 1054 4.5
Accounting for Business ACCT 1008 4.5
Principles of Economics ECON 1008 4.5
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
Business and Society BUSS 1057 4.5
Quantitative Methods for Business MATH 1053 4.5
Derivatives and Securities Markets BANK 1005 4.5
Macroeconomics ECON 1007 4.5
SECOND YEAR
First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
Finance and Investment BANK 2005 4.5
Foundations of Business Law COML 1001 4.5
Financial Planning BANK 2008 4.5
Forecasting and Business Analysis ECON 2007 4.5
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
International Currency and Banking Markets BANK 2006 4.5
Communication and Information Systems in Business BUSS 1058 4.5 Note(s): 6
or
Managing Communication in Business COMM 1054 4.5 Note(s): 6
Elective 4.5
Elective 4.5
THIRD YEAR
First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
Portfolio and Fund Management BANK 3004 4.5
Elective 4.5
Elective 4.5
Elective 4.5
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
Corporate Valuation and Risk Management BANK 3009 4.5
Elective 4.5
Elective 4.5
Elective 4.5

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