Extended Major Overview
- Description
This Financial Economics extended major aims to provide students with a deep knowledge of domestic and international banking and financial markets, and develops high-level qualitative and quantitative skills that are highly valued by employers in the financial sector.
A core component of this major is an industry-based experiential project or internship for students, who will gain practical, hands-on experience in their final year of study.
- Outcomes
Students are able to:
- demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of banking, financial and economic theories and applications.
- apply qualitative and quantitative economic techniques to evaluate key information on money, finance and economics to inform effective decision-making.
- communicate clearly, effectively and appropriately to a variety of stakeholders across a range of banking , financial and economic contexts.
- be effective team members and work effectively and collaboratively with others
- apply reflective and critical thinking skills to economic and financial problems across diverse contexts with responsibility and accountability.
- demonstrate awareness of ethical, cultural, social and sustainability issues relevant to the discipline.
- Broadening guidelines
All students studying towards a Bachelor's Degree at UWA are required to Broaden their studies by completing a minimum of four units (24 points) of study outside their degree specific major. Broadening is your opportunity to explore other areas of interest, investigate new disciplines and knowledge paradigms and to shape your degree to suit your own aspirations and interests. Many of you will be able to undertake more than this minimum amount of broadening study and we encourage you to do so and to pursue as many areas of interest as you can during your course of study. At the same time, we know that many of you value the University's guidance and assistance in planning your enrolment throughout your course, so we offer the following suggestions for your consideration as possible avenues to broaden your degree. Do always remember, however, that there is no wrong way to broaden your studies as long as you complete at least four units not associated with your Degree Specific Major.
- Prerequisites
Mathematic Applications or equivalent.
- Incompatibilities
MJD-ECNSM Economics
MJD-FINCE Finance
- Courses
Financial Economics can only be taken as a degree-specific major in the following degree courses:
No study plans found for this major. See study plans for more information.
Units
Key to availability of units:
- S1
- Semester 1
- S2
- Semester 2
- N/A
- not available in 2024 – may be available in 2025 or 2026
- NS
- non-standard teaching period
Level 1
Degree-specific major units
Take all units (24 points):
Level 2
Degree-specific major units
Take all units (30 points):
| Availability | Unit code | Unit name | unit requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| S2 | ECON2210 | Monetary Economics |
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| S1 | ECON2233 | Microeconomics: Policy and Applications | |
| S2 | ECON2234 | Macroeconomics: Policy and Applications | |
| S2 | FINA2204 | Derivative Products and Markets |
|
| S1 | FINA2205 | Practical Finance Analytics |
|
Level 3
Degree-specific major units
Take all units (24 points):
| Availability | Unit code | Unit name | unit requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | ECON3236 | International Finance |
|
| S1 | ECON3350 | Money, Banking and Financial Markets | |
| S1 | FINA3304 | Banking: Theory and Practice | |
| S2 | FINA3307 | Trading in Securities Markets |
|
Degree-specific major units
Take unit(s) to the value of 12 points:
| Availability | Unit code | Unit name | unit requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | ECON3206 | Economic Analysis Project |
|
| S2 | ECON3235 | International Trade |
|
| S2 | ECON3301 | Game Theory and Strategic Thinking |
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| S1 | ECON3371 | Applied Econometric Methods and Data Analysis |
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| S2 | FINA3326 | Applied Financial Management | |
| NS, S1, S2 | WILG3001 | Work Integrated Learning Internship Program |
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