Courses and programs offered
Bachelor of Finance (LBF)
Admission requirements
Admission requirements are VCE units 3 and 4 of English (any) and mathematics (any) with a study score of at least 20 in each. Applicants with comparable qualifications will be considered. A limited number of students may also be considered under Special Entry Schemes.
Degree requirements
Students must complete a course of subjects accumulating at least 360 credit points, at least 300 of which must be subjects offered by the Faculty of Law and Management. The course is designed to be completed within three years of full-time study, although part-time study is possible. Maximum course duration is 10 years. Students should undertake 120 credit points at each year level and must undertake at least 120 credit points at third year level including 90 credit points at third year level from the Faculty of Law and Management. Variations to this structure are subject to approval by a Faculty of Law and Management course adviser.
Course structure
Students must pass the compulsory and elective subjects listed below. All subjects are worth 15 credit points.
First year
| Teaching period |
Subject title | Subject code |
|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 or TE-SEM-2 |
Accounting for Management Decisions | ACC1AMD |
| TE-SEM-1 or TE-SEM-2 |
Introductory Financial Accounting | ACC1IFA |
| TE-SEM-1 or TE-SEM-2 |
Introductory Statistics for Business | ECO1ISB |
| TE-SEM-1 or TE-SEM-2 |
Macroeconomics | ECO1IMA |
| TE-SEM-1 or TE-SEM-2 |
Microeconomics | ECO1IMI |
| TE-SEM-1 or TE-SEM-2 |
Two first year elective subjects** | |
| plus one of: | ||
| TE-SEM-2 | Introduction to Quantitative Analysis* | ECO2IQA |
| TE-SEM-1 | Calculus and Functions for Economics* | MAT1CFE |
Key: * Students with a strong background in mathematics, including VCE Mathematical Methods or Specialist Mathematics, are urged to consider taking MAT1CFE instead of ECO2IQA and to take MAT1CLA as a first year elective.
** See section on Professional Recognition below.
Second year
| Teaching period |
Subject title | Subject code |
|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | Intermediate Statistics for Business | ECO2ISB |
| TE-SEM-1 | Microeconomic Theory | ECO2MIT |
| TE-SEM-2 | Macroeconomic Theory | ECO2MAT |
| TE-SEM-1 or TE-SEM-2 |
Finance | FIN2FIN |
| TE-SEM-2 | Financial Instruments | FIN2FII |
| TE-SEM-2 | Banking and Finance Law*** | LAW2BFL |
| TE-SEM-1 or TE-SEM-2 |
Two second year elective subjects |
Third year
| Teaching period |
Subject title | Subject code |
|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | Corporate Finance | FIN3CFI |
| TE-SEM-1 | International Financial Management | FIN3IFM |
| TE-SEM-2 | Financial Risk Management | FIN3FRM |
| TE-SEM-2 | Investment and Portfolio Management | FIN3IPM |
| plus four of: | ||
| TE-SEM-1 | Derivatives | FIN3DER |
| TE-SEM-1 | Econometric Methods | ECO3EME |
| TE-SEM-1 | Financial Institutions Management | FIN3FIM |
| TE-SEM-1 | Financial Planning | FIN2FPL |
| TE-SEM-1 | Microeconomic Analysis | ECO3MIA |
| TE-SEM-1 or TE-SEM-2 |
Taxation | ACC3TAX |
| TE-SEM-2 | Case Studies in Finance | FIN3CSF |
| TE-SEM-2 | Case Studies in Financial Planning | FIN3CFP |
| TE-SEM-2 | Computational Finance | FIN3CLF |
| TE-SEM-2 | Financial History | FIN3FHY |
| TE-SEM-2 | Introduction to time series econometrics | ECO3ITE |
| TE-SEM-2 | Macroeconomic Analysis | ECO3MAA |
| TE-SEM-2 | Mergers and Acquisitions | FIN3MAQ |
| TE-SEM-2 | Retirement and Estate Planning | FIN3REP |
| TE-SEM-2 | Security Valuation | FIN3SEV |
Key: *** Bachelor of Finance students are not required to complete the prerequisite, Business Law LST2BSL, but are strongly encouraged to do so.
Professional recognition
In order to satisfy the educational requirements of Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA), Foundations of Management MGT1FOM and Foundations of Marketing MKT1FMK must be taken as elective subjects.
Students seeking employment in the finance industry or in a position which requires them to provide advice to retail clients about financial planning or financial products must complete an Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC PS146) compliant course of study. This includes: ECO1IMA, FIN2FII, FIN2FPL, and FIN3CFP.
NB: FIN3REP is a co-requisite for FIN3CFP
Finance Electives
| Subject title | Subject code |
|---|---|
| Financial Planning | |
| Financial Planning | FIN2FPL |
| Taxation | ACC3TAX |
| Retirement and Estate Planning | **FIN3REP |
| Case Studies in Financial Planning | FIN3CFP |
| Corporate Finance | |
| Commodity Derivatives | FIN3DER |
| Security Valuation | FIN3SEV |
| Mergers and Acquisitions | FIN3MAQ |
| Case Studies in Finance | FIN3CSF |
| Other | |
| Financial Institutions Management | FIN3FIM |
| Econometric Methods | ECO2EME |
| Microeconomic Analysis | ECO3MIA |
| Computational Finance | FIN3CLF |
| Financial History | FIN3FHY |
| Introduction to Time-Series Econometrics | ECO3ITE |
| Macroeconomic Analysis | ECO3MAA |
| Financial Statement Analysis | FIN3FSA |
| Ethics and Professional Practice | FIN3EPP |
For a full description of these subjects, including the subject name, subject code, credit points, campus/location, subject coordinator, class requirements, assessment, prerequisites and readings, students should access the Subject Database at www.latrobe.edu.au/udb_public.