Degree-specific major
Finance can be taken as a degree-specific major in the following degree courses:
BP002 Bachelor of Commerce
BH005 Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours)
Overview of unit sequence
Finance is a degree-specific single major comprising:
- two Level 1 units
- three Level 2 units
- three Level 3 units
- four Level 1 complementary units
| Key to availability of units: |
S1 = Semester 1; S2 = Semester 2; S3 = summer teaching period; N/A = not available in 2013;
NS = non-standard teaching period; OS = offshore teaching period; * = to be advised |
Note: Units that are indicated as N/A may be available in 2014 or 2015.
Level 1
| Take the following core units: |
|---|
| Availability | Unit code | Unit name | Unit rules |
| S1, S2 | ACCT1101 | Financial Accounting | None |
| S1 (Crawley only), S2 (Crawley and Albany) | FINA1221 | Introduction to Finance | Incompatibility: FINA2221 Introduction to Finance |
| Take the following complementary units: |
|---|
| Availability | Unit code | Unit name | Unit rules |
| S1, S2 | ECON1101 | Microeconomics: Prices and Markets | None |
| S1, S2 | MGMT1135 | Organisational Behaviour | Incompatibility: MGMT2235 Organisational Behaviour |
| S1 (Crawley only), S2 (Crawley and Albany) | MKTG1203 | Marketing Management | Incompatibility: MKTG2203 Marketing Management |
| S1, S2 | STAT1520 | Economic and Business Statistics | Prerequisites: WACE Mathematics 3A/3B or WACE Mathematics 3C/3D or WACE Mathematics Specialist 3A/3B or WACE Mathematics Specialist 3C/3D or TEE Applicable Mathematics or TEE Calculus or ECON1111 Quantitative Methods for Business and Economics
Incompatibility: STAT1400 Statistics for Science, STAT1510 Statistics A, STAT1530 Statistics B, STAT2210 Biometrics 1, MATH1020 Calculus, Statistics and Probability |
Level 2
| Take the following core unit: |
|---|
| Availability | Unit code | Unit name | Unit rules |
| S1, S2 | FINA2222 | Corporate Financial Policy | Prerequisites: FINA1221/2221 Introduction to Finance |
| Take two options: |
|---|
| Availability | Unit code | Unit name | Unit rules |
| S1 | FINA2204 | Derivative Products and Markets | Prerequisites: (STAT1520 Economic and Business Statistics or equivalent) and FINA1221/2221 Introduction to Finance |
| S1 | FINA2205 | Quantitative Methods for Finance | Prerequisites: STAT1520 Economic and Business Statistics (or equivalent) and FINA1221 Introduction to Finance (or equivalent); for pre-2012 courses: STAT1520 Economic and Business Statistics (or equivalent) and six points of calculus |
| S1 | FINA2207 | Business Analysis and Valuation | Prerequisites: FINA1221/2221 Introduction to Finance
Incompatibility: ACCT3302 Financial Statement Analysis |
| S2 | FINA2209 | Financial Planning | Prerequisites: FINA1221/2221 Introduction to Finance |
Level 3
| Take the following core unit: |
|---|
| Availability | Unit code | Unit name | Unit rules |
| S1 | FINA3324 | Investment Analysis | Prerequisites: any Level 2 Finance unit; for pre-2012 courses: FINA2221 Introduction to Finance |
| Take two options: |
|---|
| Availability | Unit code | Unit name | Unit rules |
| N/A | ECON3236 | International Finance | Prerequisites: ECON2234 Macroeconomics: Policy and Applications or any Level 2 Finance unit
Incompatibility: ECON2236 International Finance |
| S2 | FINA3304 | Banking: Theory and Practice | Prerequisites: FINA2222 Corporate Financial Policy (or equivalent); for pre-2012 courses: ACCT1101 Financial Accounting (or equivalent) |
| S2 | FINA3306 | Derivative Strategies and Pricing | Prerequisites: FINA2204 Derivative Products and Markets and FINA2205 Quantitative Methods for Finance |
| S2 | FINA3307 | Trading in Securities Markets | Prerequisites: FINA3324 Investment Analysis |
| S2 | FINA3326 | Applied Financial Management | Prerequisites: FINA2222 Corporate Financial Policy |
Choosing your degree-specific major
You must satisfy the requirements of a degree-specific major before you complete your course. The flexible structure of an undergraduate course allows you to try out a number of different subjects to see what interests you before nominating your degree-specific major. You have the choice to either nominate your degree-specific major when you first enrol in the course or delay nominating it until your second year.
To plan the first year of your study without nominating a degree-specific major, you are advised to choose units that will pave the way to two or more degree-specific majors that are of interest to you. For examples of the choice of units available in first year, search the first-year study plans.
To fully understand the structure of an undergraduate course, read the course structure information and the Undergraduate Degree Course Rules.
The following example illustrates how the Finance degree-specific major can be included in the Bachelor of Commerce course.
Example: Course Study Plan: CSP002-FINCE 
There are more choices open to you. For more examples, search the
study plans.
Choosing a second major
You also have the option to choose a second major from those available in the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Design or Bachelor of Science course, giving you the opportunity to pursue your interests no matter how different they are.
The following example illustrates how the Finance degree-specific major can be combined with a second major in the Bachelor of Commerce course.
Example: Course Study Plan: CSP002-FINCE-Generic
For more examples of combinations of majors, search the study plans.
Finance can also be taken as a
second major.
Second major
Finance can be taken as a second major in the following degree courses:
BP001 Bachelor of Arts
BP002 Bachelor of Commerce
BP003 Bachelor of Design
BP004 Bachelor of Science
BH005 Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours)
Overview of unit sequence
The Finance second major is a single major comprising:
- two Level 1 units
- three Level 2 units
- three Level 3 units
| Key to availability of units: |
S1 = Semester 1; S2 = Semester 2; S3 = summer teaching period; N/A = not available in 2013;
NS = non-standard teaching period; OS = offshore teaching period; * = to be advised |
Note: Units that are indicated as N/A may be available in 2014 or 2015.
Level 1
| Take the following core units: |
|---|
| Availability | Unit code | Unit name | Unit rules |
| S1, S2 | ACCT1101 | Financial Accounting | None |
| S1 (Crawley only), S2 (Crawley and Albany) | FINA1221 | Introduction to Finance | Incompatibility: FINA2221 Introduction to Finance |
Level 2
| Take the following core unit: |
|---|
| Availability | Unit code | Unit name | Unit rules |
| S1, S2 | FINA2222 | Corporate Financial Policy | Prerequisites: FINA1221/2221 Introduction to Finance |
| Take two options: |
|---|
| Availability | Unit code | Unit name | Unit rules |
| S1 | FINA2204 | Derivative Products and Markets | Prerequisites: (STAT1520 Economic and Business Statistics or equivalent) and FINA1221/2221 Introduction to Finance |
| S1 | FINA2205 | Quantitative Methods for Finance | Prerequisites: STAT1520 Economic and Business Statistics (or equivalent) and FINA1221 Introduction to Finance (or equivalent); for pre-2012 courses: STAT1520 Economic and Business Statistics (or equivalent) and six points of calculus |
| S1 | FINA2207 | Business Analysis and Valuation | Prerequisites: FINA1221/2221 Introduction to Finance
Incompatibility: ACCT3302 Financial Statement Analysis |
| S2 | FINA2209 | Financial Planning | Prerequisites: FINA1221/2221 Introduction to Finance |
Level 3
| Take the following core unit: |
|---|
| Availability | Unit code | Unit name | Unit rules |
| S1 | FINA3324 | Investment Analysis | Prerequisites: any Level 2 Finance unit; for pre-2012 courses: FINA2221 Introduction to Finance |
| Take two options: |
|---|
| Availability | Unit code | Unit name | Unit rules |
| N/A | ECON3236 | International Finance | Prerequisites: ECON2234 Macroeconomics: Policy and Applications or any Level 2 Finance unit
Incompatibility: ECON2236 International Finance |
| S2 | FINA3304 | Banking: Theory and Practice | Prerequisites: FINA2222 Corporate Financial Policy (or equivalent); for pre-2012 courses: ACCT1101 Financial Accounting (or equivalent) |
| S2 | FINA3306 | Derivative Strategies and Pricing | Prerequisites: FINA2204 Derivative Products and Markets and FINA2205 Quantitative Methods for Finance |
| S2 | FINA3307 | Trading in Securities Markets | Prerequisites: FINA3324 Investment Analysis |
| S2 | FINA3326 | Applied Financial Management | Prerequisites: FINA2222 Corporate Financial Policy |
Choosing a second major
The flexible structure of an undergraduate course allows you the option of including a second major. You have the choice to either nominate your second major when you first enrol in the course or delay it until your second year. For a major to be recorded on your academic record it must be nominated before the requirements of the course are completed.
To fully understand the structure of an undergraduate course, read the course structure information and the Undergraduate Degree Course Rules.
The following example illustrates how Finance can be included as a second major in an undergraduate degree course.
Example: Course Study Plan: CSPGeneric-DSMGeneric-FINCE
For more examples of combinations of majors, search the study plans.
Finance can also be taken as a
degree-specific major.
