BCom (Finance) - University of Southern Queensland (Part-time)

The final year for the degree of Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) is specifically designed to provide students with a sound theoretical and practical knowledge of all the key business-related areas in Finance. Graduates will be equipped for a career in stockbroking, financial services and business.

PROGRAMME OBJECTIVE

• To equips students with the skills to apply scientifically-based techniques to finance-related problems.
• Students learn to understand a broad range of finance areas including business finance, stockbroking, investment management, international financial management and financial economics. identify, analyse and solve problems in different decision contexts.
• To think constructively and logically in finance industry.
• Able to learn and make effective and creative use of modern technologies in the financial sectors.

 
MODULES

• Company Accounting
• International Finance
• Data Analysis
• e-Finance
• Finance Theory and Applications
• Information Systems Concepts
• Introduction to Law
• Managing Financial Institutions
• Portfolio Management

 
CAREER PROSPECTS

• Banker
• Financial planner
• Fund manager
• Investment banker
• Investment analyst
• Finance officer

 
DELIVERY METHOD    
Generally the curriculums for all levels are taught over 4 terms of 12 weeks. Modules are conducted in formal instructor-led classroom sessions where students are introduced to the course discipline. Each term will cover 2-3 modules with 50 contact hours per module. Lectures are 2-hour sessions and Tutorial 3-hour sessions weekly.