Bachelor of Finance (Quantitative)

If you have an interest in financial analysis and modelling then you may find this pathway appealing. There is a growing need for Quantitative analysts to provide risk management to both companies and government, develop financial models to estimate and forecast the ever-more complex financial instruments that are now trading, and assist in the development and functioning of computerised trading systems.

As part of this named degree students can complete courses in financial modelling, mathematical Finance, time series analysis, as well as some actuarial-based studies such as life contingencies.

All students are admitted to the general Bachelor of Finance program in the first instance. Applicants seeking entry into the Bachelor of Finance or either of the named Finance degrees use the SATAC code 314401.

Bachelor of Finance (Quantitative) Study Plan

Level I S1 International Financial Institutions & Markets I Principles of Macroeconomics I
First Semester Maths

(either Maths IA or Maths IMA)
Level I Elective

S2 Statistical Practice I Principles of Microeconomics I
Second Semester Maths

(either Maths IB or Maths IMA)
Accounting for Decision Makers I

Level II S1 Business Finance II Statistical Practice II and Introduction to Mathematical Statistics II Level II Elective

S2 Financial Economics II Mathematics IIM or Financial Computing II Level II Elective

Level III S1 Portfolio Theory & Management III
Level III Elective
Level III Elective

S2 Financial Modelling Techniques III Mathematics of Finance III* Time Series III Level III Elective

Students must have SACE Stage 2 Mathematical Studies or equivalent to commence the Quantitative pathway.

*Offered in alternate years, not offered in 2007.