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Banking

The units of study listed in the following table are those available for the current year. Students may also include any units of study, which are additional to those currently listed, which appear under these subject areas in the Business School handbook/website in subsequent years (subject to any prerequisite or prohibition rules).

Timetabling information for the current year is available on the Business School website. Students should note that units of study are run subject to demand.

Table of postgraduate units of study: Commerce

Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition Session

Banking

Achievement of a specialisation in Banking requires 30 credit points from this table comprising:
(i) 6 credit points in foundational units of study
(ii) 18 credit points in compulsory units of study
(iii) 6 credit points in elective units of study.

Units of study for the specialisation

Foundational unit of study

FINC5001
Capital Markets and Corporate Finance
6      Intensive January
Intensive July
Semester 1
Semester 2

Compulsory units of study

BANK6002
Bank Management
6    C FINC5001
Semester 1
Semester 2
BANK6003
Global Supervision of Bank Risks
6    C FINC5001
Semester 1
Semester 2
BANK6005
International Banking
6    C FINC5001
Semester 1
Semester 2

Elective units of study

ACCT6003
Fundamental Analysis for Equity Investment
6    A QBUS5001 or QBUS5002
P ACCT5001 and FINC5001


ACCT6003 assumes knowledge of basic statistics and econometrics that are covered in QBUS5001/5002. ACCT6003 requires the analysis of data, ratios, normal distribution, expectations, variance, data graphs. ACCT6003 also assumes solid knowledge of time value of money concepts.
Semester 1
Semester 2
CLAW6031
International Financial Crime
6      Semester 1
FINC6001
Intermediate Corporate Finance
6    P FINC5001
Intensive January
Intensive July
Semester 1
Semester 2
FINC6009
Portfolio Theory and its Applications
6    P FINC5001 or FINC5002 or FINC6000
Semester 2
FINC6010
Derivative Securities
6    P FINC5001
Semester 2
FINC6013
International Business Finance
6    P FINC5001
Semester 1
FINC6014
Fixed Income Securities
6    P FINC5001
Semester 2
FINC6017
Mergers and Acquisitions
6    P FINC5001
N ACCT6011
Semester 2
FINC6021
Corporate Valuation
6    P FINC5001
Semester 1
FINC6024
Real Estate Finance and Investment
6    P FINC5001
Semester 1