MTH5840 - Minor industry placement - 2018

12 points, SCA Band 2, 0.250 EFTSL

Postgraduate - Unit

Refer to the specific census and withdrawal dates for the semester(s) in which this unit is offered.

Faculty

Science

Organisational Unit

School of Mathematical Sciences

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Gregoire Loeper

Coordinator(s)

Professor Gregoire Loeper

Unit guides

Offered

Clayton

  • First semester 2018 (On-campus)
  • Second semester 2018 (On-campus)
  • Summer semester A 2018 (On-campus)
  • Summer semester B 2018 (On-campus)
  • Winter semester 2018 (On-campus)

Prerequisites

MTH5210, MTH5510, MTH5520 and MTH5530

Prohibitions

MTH5810 and MTH5830

Notes

An application is required to enrol in this internship unitinternship unit (http://www.monash.edu/science/current-students/internship-units).

Synopsis

This unit is designed to provide students with industry experience and work-based learning. Through the placement, students will be able to apply financial thinking, modelling techniques and mathematical and statistical skills acquired throughout the Masters programme to solve real-life problems in finance and related areas. In the process they will acquire invaluable experience and knowledge on the functioning of a finance-related workplace.

Students must complete at least 180 hours of placement in a relevant industry.

Outcomes

On completion of this unit students will be able to:

  1. Put into practice financial thinking, modelling techniques and mathematical and statistical skills acquired throughout the programme;
  2. Analyse financial and/or insurance data using tools developed throughout the programme;
  3. Construct models and solutions in specific settings relating to financial and/or insurance problems;
  4. Recommend solutions to real-life problems in finance and related areas;
  5. Design solutions to real-life problems in finance and related areas based on financial thinking, modelling techniques and mathematical and statistical skills acquired throughout the programme;
  6. Exhibit effective reporting and writing skills in the context of a workplace. At the end of this capstone unit, students are expected to gain graduate placements in relevant industries.

Assessment

Three minor reports: 30%

Oral presentation: 20%

Final report: 50%