Financial Econometrics - COMMCS8404

Plan Summary


	Faculty: COMM - Australian School of Business
	Schools:
	School of Economics
	School of Banking and Finance
	Contact: Australian School of Business Student Centre
	Program: 8404 - Commerce and Economics
	Award(s):
	Master of Commerce (Specialisation)

Master of Commerce (MCom) students must complete:
• 4 core courses
• 6 specialisation courses (made up of 2 specialist core courses and 4 specialisation elective courses)
• 2 elective courses - students can choose electives to deepen their specialisations or can choose any other Master of Commerce course where prerequisites are met.

Master of Commerce (Extension) (MCom(Ext)) students with only one specialisation must complete:
• 4 core courses
• 6 specialisation courses (made up of 2 specialist core courses and 4 specialisation elective courses)
• 6 elective courses - students can choose electives to deepen their specialisations or can choose any other Master of Commerce course where prerequisites are met.

Master of Commerce (Extension) (MCom(Ext)) students with two specialisations must complete:
• 4 core courses
• 6 specialisation courses from the first specialisation
• 6 specialisation courses from the second specialisation
• No electives

Plan Structure

In order to complete the Master of Commerce program with a Financial Econometrics specialisation, students must complete 4 core courses

COMM5001 Bus Comm, Ethics & Practice (6 UOC)
COMM5002 Managing for Value Creation 1 (6 UOC)
COMM5003 Managing for Value Creation 2 (6 UOC)
COMM5005 Quant Methods for Business (6 UOC)

(It is recommended that all core cores are taken in the first semester)

plus 2 specialist core courses

ECON5203 Statistics for Business (6 UOC)
FINS5513 Investments & Portfolio Sel. (6 UOC)

and 4 specialist courses

2 courses to be selected from the following list

2 courses from the following list

FINS5514 Capital Budgeting&Fin Decision (6 UOC)
FINS5517 Applied Portfolio Mgt. & Model (6 UOC)
FINS5535 Derivatives & Risk Mgt. Techs. (6 UOC)
FINS5536 Fixed Income Sec. & Int. Rate (6 UOC)

and up to 6 elective courses selected from MCom offerings depending on the program and number of specialisations chosen. Please refer to the Plan Outline for further information.

Further Information

Please note that these requirements may be subject to change.
Students are advised to follow requirements according to the year they commenced. Please refer to previous editions of the Online Handbook for your program requirements.

Contact the Australian School of Business Student Centre for advice.
tel: + 61 2 9385 3189
location: Ground Floor, West Wing, Australian School of Business Building
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