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

Bachelor of Commerce (Co-op) (Honours) - BCom(Co-op)(Hons)3565 - Commerce (Co-op) (Honours)
Bachelor of Commerce (Co-op) (Honours) - BCom(Co-op)(Hons)3565 - Commerce (Co-op) (Honours)

Specialisation Structure
96 Units of Credit:

Students must complete 96 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

Year 4 Core Courses

Students must take 48 UOC of the following courses.

FINS4774
6 UOC
Empirical Asset Pricing
FINS4776
6 UOC
Asset Pricing Theory
FINS4777
6 UOC
Empirical Corporate Finance
FINS4796
6 UOC
Thesis (Finance) A
FINS4797
6 UOC
Thesis (Finance) B
FINS4799
12 UOC
Thesis (Finance) C

Elective Courses

Students must take at least 18 UOC of the following courses.

ACCT3563
6 UOC
Issues in Financial Reporting and Analysis
COMM3020
6 UOC
Global Business Practicum
COMM3030
6 UOC
Social Entrepreneurship Practicum
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
FINS3631
6 UOC
Risk and Insurance
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
FINS3644
6 UOC
Sustainable and Responsible Investing
FINS3645
6 UOC
Financial Market Data Design and Analysis
FINS3646
6 UOC
Toolkit for Finance
FINS3647
6 UOC
Bitcoin and Decentralised Finance
FINS3648
6 UOC
Banking, Finance and Technology
FINS3650
6 UOC
International Banking
FINS3655
6 UOC
Behavioural Finance
FINS3666
6 UOC
Trading and Market Making

Enrolment Disclaimer

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 (Honours) Co-op Program at UNSW include:

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

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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