Finance

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Year

2010

Award

Bachelor of Finance

Length

3 years full-time or part-time equivalent

Campuses

Melbourne (Bundoora)

Course description

This course is specifically designed to meet the academic and vocational requirements for a career in the finance industry and provides a comprehensive understanding of all areas of finance. The course offers a thorough grasp of the types of issues that are faced when working for a finance-related organisation such as a listed trading bank, a stockbroking firm, an insurance or financial planning company, a financial consulting organisation or the Reserve Bank of Australia.

Students are trained in corporate and international finance, investment and portfolio management, and risk management. The course also covers financial and estate planning, derivative securities, mergers and acquisitions, and security and firm valuation.

Course structure

First year: five compulsory subjects and three electives.
Second year: seven compulsory subjects and one elective.
Third year: four compulsory subjects and four electives.

Handbook

Melbourne (Bundoora)

Major areas of study

Banking, corporate finance, economics, finance, management, international finance, investment and portfolio management, financial and estate planning, risk management.

Overseas study opportunities

Overseas study opportunities are available.
Please see www.latrobe.edu.au/international/exchange for more information

Application

Apply through VTAC for first-semester entry, or to the University for Mid-Year Entry (visit www.latrobe.edu.au/study/apply/mid-year).

Fee type

Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP)

Scholarships

Applicants who are Australian citizens or who hold permanent humanitarian visas are eligible for a range of University-wide scholarships, including Commonwealth Scholarships. For details please see http://www.latrobe.edu.au/scholarships/prospective/uniwide/index.html

Middle Band

Completion of Economics facilitates an additional aggregate point. Performances in prerequisite studies and business studies (any) also considered.

Selection

ENTER 78.25

Extra requirements

Non-Year 12 applicants must complete and submit a VTAC Pi form for work experience to be considered.

Prerequisites

VCE Units 3 and 4: Study score of at least 20 in English (any) and Mathematics (any).

Semester starts

Semester 1 and 2 (March and July)

Additional information

Hear our 2009 Open Day session about economics and finance at La Trobe on iTunes

Career opportunities

Graduates are equipped to pursue careers in corporate finance (for example, mergers and acquisitions), new issues, foreign exchange, securities portfolios, syndicated loans, and money marketing operations. In any of these areas, graduates may be employed as analysts (e.g. dealing with forecasting financial markets, pricing financial products and developing trading strategies), as dealers (in foreign exchange, bond, stock and money markets), and as salespeople who market financial products.

Professional recognition

The appropriate choice of subjects can lead to membership of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA).

Contact information

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All students may pay a Voluntary General Service Fee.
Most international students must pay for Overseas Student Health Cover