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Single degree program(s) in which this specialisation is available:

Bachelor of Commerce (Co-op) - BCom(Co-op)3554 - Commerce (Co-op)

Specialisation Structure
84 Units of Credit:

Students must complete 84 UOC.

Core Courses

Students must take 30 UOC of the following courses.

FINS1612
6 UOC
Capital Markets and Institutions
FINS1613
6 UOC
Business Finance
FINS2624
6 UOC
Portfolio Management
FINS3616
6 UOC
International Business Finance
FINS3775
6 UOC
Research Methods in Finance 1

Industry Placement

Students must take 36 UOC of the following courses.

FINS2101
12 UOC
Industry Placement 1
FINS3202
6 UOC
Industry Placement 2
FINS3303
6 UOC
Industry Placement 3

Prescribed Electives

Students must take 18 UOC of the following courses.

Note: ACCT3563 is included for the benefit of students undertaking majors in both Accounting and Finance to allow compliance with the requirements of the professional Accounting bodies. Students with majors in Accounting and Finance may count this course towards the Finance major AND the Accounting major.

FINS2622
6 UOC
Asia-Pacific Capital Markets
FINS2643
6 UOC
Wealth Management
FINS3623
6 UOC
Venture Capital
FINS3625
6 UOC
Applied Corporate Finance
FINS3626
6 UOC
International Corporate Governance
FINS3630
6 UOC
Bank Financial Management
FINS3633
6 UOC
Real Estate Finance
FINS3634
6 UOC
Credit Analysis and Lending
FINS3635
6 UOC
Options, Futures and Risk Management
FINS3636
6 UOC
Interest Rate Risk Management
FINS3637
6 UOC
Wealth Management Advice
FINS3639
6 UOC
Estate Planning and Asset Protection
FINS3640
6 UOC
Investment Management Modeling
FINS3641
6 UOC
Security Analysis and Valuation
FINS3648
6 UOC
Banking, Finance and Technology
FINS3650
6 UOC
International Banking
FINS3655
6 UOC
Behavioural Finance
FINS3631
6 UOC
Risk and Insurance
FINS3666
6 UOC
Trading and Market Making

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Please note that this Handbook is a comprehensive catalogue of our offerings and includes courses that can be taken to satisfy program requirements irrespective as to their availability for a particular year. Availability of courses is best checked using filters on this site or on the class timetable site.

You are responsible for ensuring that you enrol in courses according to your program requirements and by following the advice of your Program Authority. myUNSW enrolment checks that you have met enrolment requirements such as pre-requisites for individual courses but not that you are enrolling in courses that will count towards your program requirements.

Additional Information

Professional Recognition

Please refer to the information in this page: FINSIA

Current Industry Sponsors

Current sponsors of the Finance Co-op Program at UNSW include:

Australian Securities Exchange
Deutsche Bank Australia
JP Morgan
UBS Investment Bank
Rothschild Australia Limited
Citigroup
Creditsuisse

Further Information

For further information about the Co-op Program and Co-op Scholarships, refer to the Co-op program office.

UNSW Co-op Program Office
email:cooprog@unsw.edu.au
tel: + 61 2 9385 5116
fax: + 61 2 9313 6774
location: Room 1096 Rupert Myers Building (South Wing) (Enter Gate 14 Barker Street)

Mailing Address:
UNSW Co-op Program
UNSW Sydney
NSW 2052

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 pre-2019 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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