Finance - FINSAD3502

Plan Summary


	Faculty: COMM - Faculty of Commerce & Econ
	School: School of Banking and Finance
	Contact: http://www.banking.unsw.edu.au
	Program: 3502 - Commerce
	Award(s):
	Bachelor of Commerce (Double Major)

Plan Outline

To complete a Double Major sequence in Finance, students undertake 42 units of credit in Finance courses, both compulsory courses and elective options.

Finance is the 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. It is also concerned with investment decisions, financing decisions of a firm, 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.

Plan Structure

Students must complete:

42 units of credit from the Finance list to fulfil requirements for a double Major
48 units of credit from the Finance list to fulfil requirements for a single Major.
FINS1613 and any three courses from Finance list to fulfil requirements for a minor

Required Courses

FINS1612 Capital Markets & Institution (6 UOC)
FINS1613 Business Finance (6 UOC)
FINS2624 Portfolio Mgmt (6 UOC)
FINS3616 International Business Finance (6 UOC)

Options List

FINS2622 Emerging Capital Markets (6 UOC)
FINS2643 Wealth Management (6 UOC)
FINS3623 Small Business Finance (6 UOC)
FINS3625 Applied Corporate Finance (6 UOC)
FINS3626 Int'l Corporate Governance (6 UOC)
FINS3630 Bank Financial Management (6 UOC)
FINS3631 Risk and Insurance (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)
FINS3640 Investment Mgmt Modeling (6 UOC)
FINS3641 Security Analysis & Valuation (6 UOC)
FINS3642 Strat for Investment Mgmt (6 UOC)
FINS3650 International Banking (6 UOC)
FINS3651 Int'l Financial Services (6 UOC)
FINS3775 Research Methods in Finance 1 (6 UOC)

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 Honours plan record for entry requirements.