To complete a Major in Finance, students undertake 48 units of credit in Finance courses, both compulsory courses and elective options.

Finance is a study of financial and capital markets. It is concerned with decision making within those markets, and how values or prices of financial assets are determined. Finance is also concerned with investment decisions (for example, selection among alternative projects, selection of securities to include in a portfolio), financing decisions of a firm (dividend policy, debt and equity structures, and lease purchase decisions), and the development of risk-hedging strategies so as to minimise the damaging effects of adverse movements in share prices, interest rates, exchange rates, and other uncertainties in domestic and international financial markets.

Students must complete:

Students wishing to undertake a major in Finance complete the four required courses, and additional optional courses to make up 48 units of credit for a single major (42 units of credit are required for a double major) from the following, of which no more than 12 units may be Level 1 courses:

Note: Students should take the four compulsory Finance courses in the first 2 years of their study (preferably in first year and the first semester of the second year) so that they can complete as many Finance courses as possible in the areas of Banking, Corporate Finance, Funds Management and International Finance during their second and third years.

Honours Level study is also available in Finance. Students interested in studying at Honours Level should refer to the Honours plan record for entry requirements.