Graduate Certificate in Banking and Finance - GradCertBkg&Fin

• General
• Course objectives
• Entrance requirements
• Fees
• Duration
• Mode of offering
• Credit for work done previously
• Course structure
• Progression to further studies

General

Course code: 1499

Course director: Mr J Wickramanayake

This course is aimed at providing the specialised skills and expertise required in the banking and finance industry. Designed to cater for the needs of those people in the industry who require specialist skills in the banking and finance industry including a knowledge of Australian capital markets, banking law, lending, treasury operations, portfolio management, international banking and finance and planning and strategy.

Course objectives

This course is designed to provide:

• graduates with a formal study of the continuously changing domestic and international financial markets and environment in which `tomorrow's bankers and international finance managers must function';
• graduates with conceptual and managerial decision-making skills in the operational areas of funds management and pricing of financial services; strategic planning of financial services; international banking operations; portfolio management; options and futures market operations; corporate finance; investment banking operations;
• graduates with increased operational knowledge and skills in conducting business internationally by evaluation of the social, political, economic and regulatory environmental issues which are unique to banking and finance operations; and
• a vocational outcome which will increase the range of skills employed in the financial services industry by the acquisition of advanced conceptual and managerial decision-making skills and provide for effective management of resources in the Australian financial system.

Entrance requirements

Applicants require a pass degree or equivalent qualification from a recognised tertiary institution. Applicants without a first degree who have a minimum of six years appropriate employment experience should refer to the section on executive certificates.

Fees

This is a fee-paying course, candidates should consult the Department of Accounting and Finance as to the 1998 course fee. Course fees are set and reviewed annually and are therefore subject to change.

Duration

The Graduate Certificate in Banking and Finance is normally completed in one semester of full-time study or two semesters of part-time study.

Mode of offering

Evening classes are offered on-campus at the Caulfield campus.

Credit for work done previously

Candidates may be eligible for a maximum of two credit exemptions for subjects considered to be equivalent to particular subjects in the course of study. Please refer to the course director for further details.

Course structure

Students may choose any four of the following existing eight subjects offered for the Graduate Diploma in Banking and Finance:

• AFF9140 Bank lending
• AFF9160 International banking and finance
• AFF9180 Financial institutions planning and strategy
• AFF9260 Australian capital markets
• AFF9270 Treasury management for financial institutions
• AFF9350 Portfolio management and theory
• TBF9380 Banking law and practice
• MKF9790 Banking and financial services marketing

Progression to further studies

Students who successfully complete the Graduate Certificate in Banking and Finance may apply for admission to the Graduate Diploma in Banking and Finance.