Courses and programs offered
Bachelor of Finance Honours (LHF)
Admission requirements
The entry requirements are successful completion of a bachelor degree with a major in finance and a B (70%) or better average result in at least six second and third year core subjects in finance. Students must complete all requirements of their undergraduate degree before taking up honours.
Degree requirements
The honours program requires a further year of full-time study or two years of part-time study following completion of the Bachelor degree.
Course structure
Students will be required to complete five coursework subjects and a thesis of 15,000 words. The thesis will be completed under the direct supervision of an academic staff member. Approval of a research topic is subject to the availability of a supervisor in the designated discipline area.
| Teaching period |
Subject title | Subject code |
|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | Financial Management | FIN4FMA |
| TE-SEM-1 | International Financial Management | FIN4IFM |
| TE-SEM-1 | Finance Honours Thesis Option A | FIN4HTA |
| TE-SEM-2 | Finance Honours Thesis Option B | FIN4HTB |
| and | Three approved fourth year subjects to be chosen from the following | |
| TE-SEM-1 | Advanced Quantitative Analysis | ECO4AQA |
| TE-SEM-1 | Advanced Time-Series Econometrics | ECO4ATE |
| TE-SEM-1 | Directed Readings | ECO4DRE |
| TE-SEM-1 | Macroeconomics | ECO4MAE |
| TE-SEM-1 | Microeconomics | ECO4MIE |
| TE-SEM-1 | Microeconometrics | ECO4MES |
| TE-SEM-2 | Directed Readings | ECO4DRE |
| TE-SEM-2 | Environmental Economics and Policy | ECO4EEP |
| TE-SEM-2 | Growth and Decline in the Global Economy | ECO4GDE |
| TE-SEM-2 | International Monetary Economics | ECO4IME |
| TE-SEM-2 | International Trade | ECO4ITR |
| TE-SEM-2 | Monetary Economics | ECO4MNE |
| TE-SEM-2 | Public Policy | ECO4PPO |
| TE-SEM-2 | Financial Economics | FIN4FIE |