Finance
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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).
Table A - The University of Sydney Business School
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Finance |
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Finance major |
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| Achievement of a major in Finance requires 48 credit points from this table including: | |||
| (i) 12 credit points of 1000-level core units | |||
| (ii) 12 credit points of 2000-level core units | |||
| (iii) 12 credit points of 3000-level core units | |||
| (iv) 12 credit points of 3000-level selective units. | |||
Units of study |
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| The relevant units of study are listed below. | |||
1000-level units of study |
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Core* |
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| BUSS1020 Quantitative Business Analysis |
6 | A Mathematics (equivalent of band 4 in the NSW HSC subject Mathematics or band E3 in Mathematics Extension 1 or 2) OR MATH1111 N ECMT1010 or MATH1005 or MATH1905 or MATH1015 or STAT1021 or ENVX1001 or ENVX1002 or DATA1001 or MATH1115 |
Intensive February Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| BUSS1040 Economics for Business Decision Making |
6 | A Mathematics (equivalent of band 4 in the NSW HSC subject Mathematics or band E3 in Mathematics Extension 1 or 2) OR MATH1111 N ECON1001 OR ECON1040 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| * Students not enrolled in the Bachelor of Commerce (or Bachelor of Commerce combined degrees) who wish to complete this major as a Table S (Shared Pool) major can instead of BUSS1020, substitute one of the following units or combination of units to meet this core requirement: DATA1001; ECMT1010; ENVX1002; ((MATH1005 or MATH1015) and MATH1115); or 6 credit points of MATH units (which must include MATH1905). | |||
2000-level units of study |
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Core |
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| FINC2011 Corporate Finance I |
6 | A BUSS1030 P {(BUSS1020 or ECMT1010 or ENVX1001 or ENVX1002 or DATA1001) or [(MATH1005 or MATH1015) and MATH1115)] or 6 credit points in MATH units including MATH1905)} and (BUSS1040 or ECON1001 or ECON1002) |
Intensive February Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| FINC2012 Corporate Finance II |
6 | P FINC2011 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
3000-level units of study |
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Core |
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| FINC3017 Investments and Portfolio Management |
6 | A Introductory statistics, calculus and microeconomics P FINC2012 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| FINC3600 Finance in Practice |
6 | A All other requirements for the major or program associated with this capstone must be completed prior to or concurrently with (if enrolment rules permit) this unit of study. Capstones must be completed at the University of Sydney Business School only. P completion of at least 120 credit points including FINC2011 and FINC2012 C FINC3017 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Selective |
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| BANK3011 Bank Financial Management |
6 | P BANK2011 or ECOS2004 or FINC2011 N FINC3018 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| FINC3011 International Financial Management |
6 | P FINC2012 |
Semester 1 |
| FINC3012 Derivative Securities |
6 | P FINC2012 |
Semester 2 |
| FINC3013 Mergers and Acquisitions |
6 | A Calculation of free cash flows, trading multiples, discounted cash flow valuation methodology, valuation sensitivities, regression analysis P FINC2012 |
Semester 2 |
| FINC3014 Trading and Dealing in Security Markets |
6 | P FINC2012 |
Semester 2 |
| FINC3015 Financial Valuation: Case Study Approach |
6 | P FINC2012 N FINC3005 |
Semester 1 |
| FINC3019 Fixed Income Securities |
6 | P FINC2012 |
Semester 2 |
| FINC3020 Financial Risk Management |
6 | A FINC3017 P FINC2012 |
Semester 2 |
| FINC3301 Applied Portfolio Management A |
6 | P FINC2012 C FINC3015 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Note: Entry to this unit is a competitive process students must apply application https://business.sydney.edu.au/students/applied-portfolio-management, only approved students may apply via Department permission. |
Semester 1 |
| FINC3302 Applied Portfolio Management B |
6 | P FINC3301 C FINC3017 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Note: Entry to this unit is a competitive process students must apply application https://business.sydney.edu.au/students/applied-portfolio-management, only approved students may apply via Department permission. |
Semester 2 |
| FINC3400 Industry and Community Project |
6 | A (BUSS1020 or DATA1001 or ECMT1010 or ENVX1002 or ((MATH1005 or MATH1015) and MATH1115) or 6 credit points of MATH coded 1000-level units including MATH1905) and (BUSS1040 or ECON1001 or ECON1002) and FINC2011 P 72 credit points N BUSS3110 or ACCT3400 or BANK3400 or CLAW3400 or IBUS3400 or INFS3400 or MKTG3400 or QBUS3400 or WORK3400 or WORK3401 |
Intensive February Intensive July Semester 1 Semester 2 |