Finance - 8406
Program Summary
Faculty: UNSW Business School
Contact: UNSW Business School Student Centre
Campus: Sydney
Career: Postgraduate
Typical UOC Per Semester: 24
Min UOC Per Semester: 6
Max UOC Per Semester: 24
Min UOC For Award: 48
Award(s):
Master of Finance (Specialisation)
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Program Description
If you are a prospective student researching your study options, please visit UNSW Business School website for more information.
The Master of Finance is a specialist degree suitable if you are a graduate who has completed a finance major in your undergraduate degree program and you are looking to develop your finance skills by studying more advanced finance topics.
The Master of Finance has been developed and is managed in close consultation with the finance sector. The program offers advanced disciplinary depth, exposing you to latest thinking and current research in finance. Applied learning activities, both in and out of classroom, ensuring you are familiar with and can undertake critical analysis of the latest theories, techniques and practices in a chosen area.
Program Objectives and Graduate Attributes
- understand and apply advanced concepts of finance
- extend your knowledge of the finance discipline into more specialised areas
- apply critical thinking and problem solving skills to a financial problem or issue
- communicate ideas and information logically, concisely and accurately in written and oral formats
- work both autonomously and collaboratively
- apply analytical skills to identify and solve agency and corporate governance problems
- demonstrate an ability to identify and quantify excessive risk taking
Program Structure
The elective courses are offered in the following streams:
- Corporate Finance
- Finance (General)
- Funds Management
- International Finance
- Investment Banking
A work-based research project may be undertaken as an elective, subject to approval by the Head of School, Banking & Finance.
Academic Rules
1. A candidate for the degree shall be required to undertake such formal courses and pass such assessment as is prescribed.
2. If you require a progression check for your degree, complete an online request at www.business.unsw.edu.au/onlineforms
Fees
Entry Requirements
- A recognised bachelor degree (or equivalent qualification) with a credit average as determined by the UNSW Postgraduate Coursework Entry Calculator; and
- A major (at least seven courses) in finance within the bachelor degree; and
- A credit average within the finance major, as determined by the UNSW Postgraduate Coursework Entry Calculator
- Please refer to the UNSW Business School website for further detail.
Professional Accreditation
The Master of Finance provides sufficient knowledge to enable you to sit for the CFA exams.
Further Information
The rules and program structures relevant to you are directly related to those outlined in the year when you commenced your program. Please refer to the previous handbook editions for these structures and rules.
If you are a current student seeking support from the program coordinator please refer to the Program Coordinators list on the UNSW Business School Website:
Current Students
Contact the UNSW Business School Student Centre for advice.
Tel: + 61 2 9385 3189
Location: Level 1, room 1028, Quadrangle Building
Forms, policies and procedures
Frequently asked questions
Prospective Students
Contact UNSW Business School Student Recruitment Team for program advice:
Tel: +61 2 9385 3507
Email: studybusinessinfo@unsw.edu.au
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Area(s) of Specialisation