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Bachelor of Commerce: Finance Major / Bachelor of Advanced Commerce (Honours): Finance Major / Bachelor of Innovation: Finance Major / Bachelor of Arts: Finance Major

  • Bachelor (Honours)

Finance professionals operate globally, helping individuals and companies manage financial matters and make investment decisions. This course provides knowledge in financial markets, investment strategies, and risk management, with practical skills using industry-standard tools and opportunities for professional networking.

Key details

Degree Type
Bachelor (Honours)
Course Code
MJRU-FINCE

About this course

Overview

Finance professionals operate globally with great flexibility, helping people and companies manage financial matters, set their financial goals and make investment decisions. They work in a range of areas - including corporate finance, financial markets, managed funds, superannuation, banking, and private wealth management.

In this course you'll learn about the role, structure, and operations of financial markets, and how to make decisions on investments, funding activities and disbursement of profits. You'll become skilled in providing finance solutions and advice on starting or expanding businesses, drawing on acquired knowledge in capital budgeting, financial risk management, cash flow and profitability analyses.

You'll develop strong practical skills using industry-standard LSEG Workspace software for trading and analysis, and simulated trading through StockTrak. You could also begin building your professional network, with opportunities to engage with industry professionals through internships, guest lectures and industry events, such as the CFA Institute Research Challenge.

The finance industry is a dynamic area that offers challenging careers with high earning potential. This versatile major can be tailored to suit a particular career, or complemented with other business areas, such as Accounting or Economics, to provide broad career options.

If you want to pursue a career as a financial advisor/planner, we recommend studying our double major in Finance and Financial Planning.

What you will learn

What you'll learn

  • identify, understand, and solve complex corporate finance and investment problems to create solutions in a changing global financial environment, GC1, GC3, GC4, GC5, GC6
  • communicate complex quantitative and qualitative financial analysis professionally, clearly, and persuasively that contribute to profitable, environmentally sustainable, and ethically responsible financial decisions, GC1, GC3, GC4, GC5, GC6
  • acquire and utilise relevant financial technologies, and methodologies to critically analyse financial problems in ways that demonstrate creative thinking and responsible judgement, GC1, GC3, GC4, GC5, GC6
  • demonstrate a well-developed understanding of the role the finance industry has on ethical decision making and influencing positive sustainable development goals in culturally diverse societies, GC1, GC2, GC3, GC4, GC5, GC6
  • demonstrate industry readiness and emotional intelligence acquired individually and in groups through the use of industry-specific technologies applicable to current and future innovations in corporate, investment, and international finance, GC1, GC2, GC3, GC4, GC5, GC6

Career pathways

What jobs can the Finance course lead to?
  • Credit analyst
  • Finance manager/consultant
  • Innovation consultant/analyst
  • Investment banker/analyst
  • Portfolio manager
  • Stockbroker/trader
What jobs can a Finance double major lead to?
  • Financial planner (with Financial Planning)
  • Corporate accountant (with Accounting)
  • Economist/Economic analyst (with Economics)
  • Financial journalist/business writer (with Journalism)
  • Property/real estate investment analyst (with Property Investment and Development)
  • International trade analyst (with International Business)
  • Quantitative analyst (with Data Science or Mathematics)
  • Environmental financial analyst (with Coastal and Marine Science or Environmental Biology)

Course structure

You can study this course as part of the following degrees
  • Bachelor of Arts
  • Bachelor of Commerce
  • Bachelor of Innovation
  • Bachelor of Advanced Commerce (Honours)

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