Course director: Associate Professor Robin Edwards
The course
This one-year full-time or two-year part-time course offers specialised studies in banking and finance for people working in the financial services and corporate treasury sectors. The aim of the program is to provide candidates with the conceptual and managerial decision-making skills necessary for effective management in the continuously changing domestic and international financial market environment. Intake into this course occurs in the middle of the calendar year.
Objectives
This course has been designed to provide:
* an advanced course of formal study of the continuously changing domestic and international financial markets and environment in which `tomorrow's bankers and international finance managers must function';
* graduates with conceptual and managerial decision making skills in the operational areas of - funds management and pricing of financial services strategic planning of financial services - international banking operations - portfolio management, options and futures market operations - corporate finance, investment banking operations;
* graduates with increased operational knowledge and skills in conducting business internationally by evaluation of the social, political, economic and regulatory environmental issues which are unique to banking and financial operations;
* a vocational outcome which will increase the range of skills employed in the financial services industry by the acquisition of advanced conceptual and managerial decision making skills, and provide for effective management of resources in the Australian financial system.
Professional accreditation
The Australian Institute of Bankers recognises this program as satisfying the educational requirements for advancement to senior associate status. Prospective applicants should contact the Australian Institute of Bankers for details.
Venue
Evening only classes are offered at the Caulfield campus.
Credit for work done elsewhere
Please refer to the course regulations for the Graduate Diploma in Banking and Finance for details relating to credit transfers.
Course structure
The course commences each July and is conducted in the evening from 6 pm to 9 pm on the Caulfield campus. The program is based on an eight-unit structure, with two subjects of three class contact hours each week per thirteen-week semester of part-time study (two years of study) or four subjects semester for full-time studies (one year of study). The part-time sequence is shown below. Full-time students take ACC6250, FIN6260, FIN6270 and FIN6160 in second semester 1995 and FIN6380, FIN6140, FIN6350 and FIN6180 in first semester 1996.
Year one
First semester
* ACC6250 Financial management and theory
* FIN6260 Australian capital markets
Second semester
* FIN6380 Banking law and practice
* FIN6140 Bank lending
Year two
First semester
* FIN6270 Treasury management for financial institutions
* FIN6160 International banking and finance
Second semester
* FIN6350 Portfolio management and theory
* FIN6180 Financial institutions' planning and strategy