Postgraduate handbook 2005 - Business and Economics

Graduate Diploma in Risk Management

Course code: 3152 + Course abbreviation: GradDipRiskMgt + Total credit points required: 48 + 2 semesters full-time, 4 semesters part-time + On-campus (Caulfield), off-campus (Caulfield)
Course director: Mr Michael Vincent

Course description

This course recognises the fundamental importance of risk management in today's commercial world and seeks to provide graduates with extended skills in these areas.
Studies undertaken in this course will greatly assist those seeking employment in managerial positions where risk management is an expending field of practice.

Course structure

(a) Students must complete six core units (36 credit points):

• BTF9760 Risk control and the law
• AFF9770 Risk financing and treasury management
• ETX9520 Quantitative methods for risk analysis
• AFF9020 Introduction to risk principles
• BTF4031 Insurance law
• AFF4031 Principles of risk transfer

(b) Students must complete two units (12 credit points) from the 4000-level units chosen from any discipline, within any faculty, subject to approval of the course director.
Students who successfully complete the Graduate Diploma in Risk Management may apply for admission to the Master of Risk Management course.

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