Graduate Diploma of Business (Banking)


Course information

Course codes: 1744
Gippsland campus
Full fee paying course: subject fee $950
Overseas student subject fee: $1562.50
Attendance optional

Aims

The graduate diploma and the graduate certificate have been designed to provide graduates in banks and non-bank financial institutions with intensive training in banking and finance subjects. The certificate and diploma are only available through distance education mode.

Professional recognition

As these courses are primarily designed to allow graduates in the banking and finance industries to satisfy the educational requirements for entry to senior associate status with the Australian Institute of Banking and Finance, applicants should approach that organisation to obtain clear guidance -- given their educational background and experience- of the subjects to be selected to achieve this purpose. Some students may be able to satisfy these requirements by completing the certificate. Other students may need to advance to the diploma upon completion of the certificate.

Entry requirements

Graduate certificate

An applicant for admission to candidature must have a pass degree or equivalent qualification from a recognised tertiary institution. Applicants must also possess at least three years full-time appropriate experience.

Graduate diploma

As for graduate certificate or an executive certificate offered by the faculty with an average grade of credit or above.

Intake

Applicants should note that there are two intakes per year to these courses, one to commence in first semester, and the second to commence in second semester.

Special requirements

PC requirement

Access to an IBM-compatible computer is recommended for the use of wordprocessing and computer packages.

Attendance

Weekend schools are run one weekend a month for many of the graduate subjects. Attendance is optional for those students wishing to attend.

Course structure

The course

The Graduate Certificate of Business (Banking) is offered by the School of Business and Electronic Commerce and consists of the following four subjects, normally taken over one year of study as follows:

Year one

First semester
Second semester

Any elective subject from the subjects available in the degree or other graduate diplomas offered by the school, or any subject listed below for the diploma provided the necessary prerequisites are satisfied. Many students will need to take a subject in either management or marketing as their elective to satisfy the professional requirements within the framework of the certificate.
Students satisfactorily completing the Graduate Certificate of Business (Banking) may then advance to the Graduate Diploma of Business (Banking) which is offered by the Department of Accounting and Finance.
The Graduate Diploma of Business (Banking) is normally taken over four (4) semesters of study and consists of the above four subjects and the following subjects normally taken over the second year of study as follows:

Year two

First semester
Second semester

Upon satisfactory completion of the Graduate Diploma of Business (Banking) students are eligible to enrol in the masters program in banking to be offered on campus by the Department of Accounting and Finance.

Assessment

Assessment is by a combination of assignments and final examination for each subject. Generally a pass is required in the final examination to pass the subject.

Credits/exemptions

Applicants who have completed graduate-level subjects at a recognised tertiary institution, within the last five years, which are similar in content to a subject forming part of the course of study may apply for a credit exemption to a maximum of 50 per cent of the course.

Further information

For more detailed information, contact a student adviser, School of Business and Electronic Commerce, telephone (03) 9902 6642 or (03) 5122 6642, fax (03) 9902 6524 or (03) 5122 6524 or email enquiries.sobec@buseco.monash.edu.au.

Completed applications

Completed applications are to be forwarded to the general office, School of Business and Electronic Commerce, Monash University Gippsland campus, Churchill, Victoria, 3842, by mid January, 1999.

Details of subjects

  • TBG9243: Banking law and lending practice
  • AFG9144: Financial Institutions management
  • ECG9143: Economics of money and banking
  • AFG9171: International banking and finance
  • AFG9172: Portfolio management and theory
  • MGG9173: Corporate strategy for financial Institutions
  • AFG9174: Treasury management for financial Institutions