Graduate Diploma: Finance
Course Code S33
The Graduate Diploma of Business (Finance) has been designed for individuals of differing educational backgrounds who find that their careers have led them into financial advice and management and who wish to strengthen the foundations of their knowledge in these areas.
It is suitable both for graduates in business disciplines, who are seeking to acquire a further specialist qualification, and for graduates in other disciplines, who seek to gain specialist knowledge of finance, and more general training in business subjects.
The course provides a systematic coverage of modern finance theory including subjects such as portfolio selection and management; capital budgeting in conditions of certainty and uncertainty; corporate financing decisions; and the operations of the capital market.
The institutions of the Australian capital market and modern empirical work on price determination on stock exchanges are examined.
Admission requirements
A recognised undergraduate degree OR a minimum of five years relevant professional experience.
Course Location and Availability
Campus: Mount Lawley / Off-campus
Availability: Full-time / Part-time
Duration: 1 year full-time or part-time equivalent
Course structure
This course consists of 8 units.
- ACC5601 Principles of Accounting
- ECF5600 Principles of Economics
- ECF5220 Principles of Finance
- ECF5221 Financial Markets and Institutions
- ECF5661 Quantitative Studies
Plus 3 units selected from:
- ECF5632 Managerial Finance
- ECF5321 Investment Theory and Practice
- ECF5660 Financial Modelling
- ECF5324 International Economics and Finance
- ECF5620 Principles of Superannuation and Retirement Planning
- ECF5602 Principles of Personal Risk M anagement Planning
Or any other level 5 Finance unit as approved by the Course Coordinator.
Professional associations
The Graduate Diploma of Business (Finance) qualifies graduates for membership of FINSIA (previously the Australia Institute of Banking and Finance).
Contact for more information:
Tel: +61 (0)8 6304 5666
E-mail: businessandlaw@ecu.edu.au
