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18 September 2017 18 December 2024
Monash University

Undergraduate - Area of Study

Students who commenced study in 2012 should refer to this area of study entry for direction on the requirments; to check which units are currently available for enrolment, refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your area of study.

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All areas of study information should be read in conjunction with the relevant course entry in the Handbook. The units listed for this area of study relate only to the 'Requirements' outlined in the Faculty of Business and Economics component of any bachelors double degrees.

Managing facultyFaculty of Business and Economics
Campus(es)Caulfield, Sunway

Notes

  • Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the handbook are not available for study in the current year.

Description

Banking and finance is the system that includes the circulation of money, the granting of credit, the making of investments, the acquisition of financing and the provision of banking facilities.

Units

All students complete the requirements as outlined below in the degree in which they are enrolled.

Bachelor of Business

Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance)

To complete the Banking and finance major in all the Bachelor of Business degrees, students must complete:

(a.) The following six units (36 points):

  • AFF1300 Money and capital markets
  • AFF2401 Commercial banking and finance
  • AFF2631 Financial management
  • AFF3121 Investments and portfolio management
  • AFF3841 Lending decisions
  • MGX3100 Management ethics and corporate governance

In addition:

  • students enrolled in Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance) or related double degrees complete four units from the electives listed below
  • students enrolled in the Bachelor of Business or related double degrees complete two units from the electives listed below

Electives:

  • AFF2701 Equity markets
  • AFF2851 Accounting information systems and financial modelling
  • AFF3111 Personal financial planning
  • AFF3301 Money market operations
  • AFF3331 International banking and finance, or AFX3871 International study program in banking and finance
  • AFF3351 Investment banking
  • AFF3651 Treasury management
  • AFF3751 Futures and options markets
  • BTF2601 Banking law
  • ECF1200 Macroeconomics
  • ECF2331 Macroeconomic and monetary policy
  • ETF3300 Quantitative methods for financial markets
  • ETX2121 Data analysis in business

Bachelor of Business and Commerce

To complete the Banking and Finance major in the Bachelor of Business and Commerce students must complete:

The following eight units (48 points):

  • AFW1300 Money and capital markets
  • AFW2401 Commercial banking and finance
  • AFW2631 Financial management
  • AFW2851 Accounting information systems and financial modelling
  • AFW3121 Investments and portfolio management
  • AFW3331 International banking and finance
  • AFW3651 Treasury management
  • AFW3841 Lending decisions

Related areas of study

The Faculty of Business and Economics also offers related majors in the areas of:

Contact details

Visit http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/student/contact/index.html

Relevant courses

Single degrees

  • 3806 Bachelor of Business
  • 0312 Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance)
  • 2224 Bachelor of Business and Commerce

Double degrees

  • 0553 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance)
  • 3819 Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Visual Arts
  • 1333 Bachelor of Business (Accounting) and Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance)
  • 0816 Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance) and Bachelor of Laws
  • 1941 Bachelor of Business and Commerce and Bachelor of Communication
  • 4503 Bachelor of Health Science and Bachelor of Business