Master of Financial Analysis/Master of Islamic Banking and Finance
Course code/s: LYFAIB Melbourne
Course Description
This course provides a pathway to the internationally-recognised Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter and international professional recognition of the specialised field of Islamic finance. This course is aligned with the CIFP curriculum and gains students advanced standing for CIFP part 1.Graduates gain expertise in financial analysis while specialising in the expanding field of Islamic finance.
Admission requirements
A La Trobe University three-year bachelor degree or an approved equivalent undergraduate or postgraduate degree with an average in excess of 60% in the final year.
Degree requirements
The course requires twenty, 15 credit point subjects completed in five six-month semesters of full-time study.
Course structure
The course structure is built on four modules of study. The course structure is built on four modules of study. The four modules are: foundation module, MFA core module, LMIBF core module, and elective module.
Foundation Module
| Subject Title | Subject code |
|---|---|
| Accounting for Managers | ACC5AFM |
| Principles of Economics | ECO5POE |
| Principles of Finance | FIN5POF |
| Statistics for Business and Finance | ECO5SBF |
MFA Core Module
| Subject Title | Subject code |
|---|---|
| Debt Securities | FIN5DBS |
| Derivative Securities | FIN5DER |
| Econometric Methods | ECO5EME |
| Portfolio Management | FIN5PMT |
MIBF Core Module
| Subject title | Subject code |
|---|---|
| Islamic Banking | FIN5BNK |
| Islamic Capital Markets | FIN5CAP |
| Islamic Commercial Law | LST5CLI |
| Islamic Insurance | FIN5INS |
Elective module
Choose eight from:
| Subject title | Subject code |
|---|---|
| Alternative Securities | FIN5ALS |
| Case Studies in Financial Planning | FIN5CFP |
| Equity Securities | FIN5EQS |
| Financial Management | FIN5FMA |
| Financial Planning | FIN5FPL |
| Financial Risk Management | FIN5FRM |
| Financial Statement Analysis | FIN5FSA |
| International Financial Management | FIN5IFM |
| Market and Portfolio Risk Management | |
| Operational and Credit Risk Management | |
| Portfolio Performance Measures | |
| Retirement and Estate Planning | FIN5REP |
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FPD (online subject), |
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| A relevant subject approved by the Program Director |