Postgraduate handbook 2005 - Business and Economics

Master of Business (Banking and Finance)

Course code: 0504 + Course abbreviation: MBus(Bkg&Fin) + Course director: Mr Terry Boulter + Total credit points required: 96 + 4 semesters full-time, 8 semesters part-time + On-campus (Caulfield)

Course description

The Master of Business (Banking and Finance) by coursework and minor thesis offers specialised studies in the banking and finance industry. The program aims to provide students with the conceptual and managerial decision-making skills necessary for effective management in the continuously changing domestic and international financial market environment.

Entry requirements

Applicants need to have completed:

• a degree from a recognised tertiary institution with an average grade of credit or above
• an honours degree in a relevant discipline, or the Graduate Diploma in Banking and Finance, or an equivalent qualification from a recognised tertiary institution with an average grade of credit for entry to the second year of the program.

Advanced standing

No credit for work done previously is available in this masters degree.

Course structure

(a) Students must complete four core units (24 credit points):

• AFF9260 Australian capital markets
• AFF9270 Treasury management for financial institutions
• AFF9350 Portfolio management and theory
• AFX9641 Business finance or AFF9250 Financial management

(b) Students must complete four units (24 credit points) as follows:
(i) Four units from the following list:

• AFF9020 Introduction to risk principles
• AFF9040 Asian banking and finance
• AFF9120 e-Finance
• AFF9130 Financial planning environment
• AFF9140 Bank lending
• AFF9150 Options, futures and risk management
• AFF9160 International banking and finance
• AFF9180 Financial institutions planning and strategy
• AFF9770 Risk financing and treasury management
• AFF9870 International studies program (summer)
• BTF9380 Banking law and practice
• ETX9520 Quantitative methods for risk analysis
• MKF9790 Banking and financial services marketing

or
(ii) Four 9000-level units from the Department of Accounting and Finance, in a finance discipline, subject to approval by the course director.
Students who study AFX9641 must have an accounting background.
(c) Students must complete eight units (48 credit points) at 4000 and 5000 level from the Department of Accounting and Finance, in a finance discipline, subject to approval from the course director.
Students interested in a minor thesis in year two must consult with the course director in the first instance.

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