Finance - FINSA23978
Stream Summary
Faculty: COMM - Australian School of Business
School: School of Banking & Finance
Contact: Australian School of Business Student Centre
Program: 3978 - Computer Science
Award(s):
Bachelor of Science (Minor)
Information valid for students commencing 2013.
Students who commenced prior to 2013 should go to the Handbook's Previous Editions
Stream 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.
Stream Structure
A minor in Finance consists of 30 UOC (5 courses) containing at least 18 UOC at level 2 or 3. The minor does not form part of the nominated major.
Compulsory courses
- FINS1612 Capital Markets & Institution (6 UOC)
- FINS1613 Business Finance (6 UOC)
Elective courses
Students should choose 3 courses (18UOC) from the list below:
- FINS2624 Portfolio Mgmt (6 UOC)
- FINS2643 Wealth Management (6 UOC)
- FINS3616 International Business Finance (6 UOC)
- FINS3623 Venture Capital (6 UOC)
- FINS3625 Applied Corporate Finance (6 UOC)
- FINS3626 Int'l Corporate Governance (6 UOC)
- FINS3630 Bank Financial Management (6 UOC)
- FINS3633 Real Estate Finance (6 UOC)
- FINS3634 Credit Analysis and Lending (6 UOC)
- FINS3635 Options, Futures&Risk Mgmt (6 UOC)
- FINS3636 Interest Rate Risk Management (6 UOC)
- FINS3637 Wealth Mgmt Advice (6 UOC)
- FINS3640 Investment Mgmt Modeling (6 UOC)
- FINS3641 Security Analysis & Valuation (6 UOC)
- FINS3650 International Banking (6 UOC)
- FINS3655 Behavioural Finance (6 UOC)
- FINS3775 Research Methods in Finance 1 (6 UOC)
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
Forms, policies and procedures
Frequently asked questions
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
Forms, policies and procedures
Frequently asked questions
