Stream

Finance - FINSA23778

Stream Summary

Faculty: COMM - UNSW Business School

School: School of Banking and Finance

Contact:  UNSW Business School Student Centre

Program: 3778 - Computer Science

Award(s):

Bachelor of Science (Minor)

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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 with a FINS course code . The minor does not form part of the nominated major.

Compulsory courses

Elective courses
Students should choose 3 courses (18UOC) from the list below:

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 UNSW Business School Student Centre for advice.
tel: + 61 2 9385 3189
location: Level 1, room 1028, Quadrangle Building
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