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Graduate Diploma in Banking and Finance

Course code: 0396 + Course abbreviation: GradDipBkg&Fin + Total credit points required: 48 + 2 semesters full-time, 4 semesters part-time

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Caulfield)

Course description

This course offers specialised studies in banking and finance. This program has been designed 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.

Course structure

1. Students must complete four core units (24 points):

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

   Students who study AFX9641 must have an accounting background.

2. Students must complete four units (24 points) as follows:

   1. Four units from the following list:

      • AFF9020 Introduction to risk principles
      • AFF9040 Asian banking and finance
      • AFF9120 Electronic finance and technology
      • 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
      • AFX9870 International study program in banking and finance
      • BTX9380 Banking law and practice
      • ETF9300 Financial econometrics
      • ETX9520 Quantitative methods for risk analysis
      • MKF9790 Banking and financial services marketing

      or

   2. Four 9000-level units related to a finance discipline offered by the Department of Accounting and Finance, subject to approval from the course director.

Students who successfully complete the Graduate Diploma in Banking and Finance with an average grade of credit or above may apply for admission to the Master of Applied Finance, the Master of Business (Banking and Finance), or the Master of Banking.

Contact details

Course director

Dr Kok Fai Phoon

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