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Finance - FINSA13521

Plan Summary

 
Faculty: COMM - Australian School of Business
 
  
   
 
Program: 3521 - Commerce/Economics
 
 
Award(s):
 
 
Bachelor of Commerce (Major)
 
  

Plan Outline

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.

Plan Structure

Students must complete:
  • 48 units of credit from the Finance list to fulfil requirements for a single Major.
  • 42 units of credit from the Finance list to fulfil requirements for a double Major.
  • FINS1612, FINS1613, FINS2624 and FINS3616 to fulfil requirements for a minor.

Required Course List

Options List
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

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

Further Information

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

Please contact the Business Student Centre for advice.

Business Student Centre
e-mail: ugbusiness@unsw.edu.au
tel: + 61 2 9385 3189
location: Ground Floor, West Wing, Australian School of Business Building

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