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Bachelor of Mathematics and Finance
Requirements
To qualify for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Mathematics
and Finance a candidate shall satisfactorily complete at least 192
credit points of prescribed subjects, together with the requirements
prescribed for the program.
Of the 192 credit points:
- the subjects listed in the Recommended Programs are compulsory
unless explicitly stated otherwise;
- at least 168 credit points shall be for MATH, STAT, ACCY, ECON
and MGMT subjects;
- no more than 66 credit points shall be for 100-level subjects;
- for the non-Honours strand, at least 60 credit points shall
be for 300- and/or 400-level subjects; including at least 24 credit
points of MATH and STAT subjects and at least 24 credit points
of ACCY subjects and
- for the Honours strand, at least 72 credit points shall be for
300- and/or 400-level subjects, including at least 24 credit points
of MATH and/or STAT subjects and at least 24 credit points of
ACCY subjects. At least 36 of these 72 credit points shall be
for 400-level subjects including at least one 6 credit point MATH
or STAT subject.
Recommended Programs
The following programs of study are recommended to satisfy the
requirements in minimum time.
| Year 1 |
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| ACCY100 |
Accounting IA |
6 |
| ACCY102 |
Accounting IB |
6 |
| ECON101 |
Macroeconomic Essentials for Business |
6 |
| MATH187* |
Mathematics 1A Part 1 |
6 |
| MATH188 |
Mathematics 1A Part 2 |
6 |
| MATH111 |
Applied Mathematical Modelling 1 |
6 |
| STAT131# |
Understanding Variation and Uncertainty |
6 |
| Plus either |
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| BUSS111 |
Business Programming I |
6 |
| or |
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| CSCI111 |
Computer Science 1A |
6 |
* NSW HSC 2U Mathematics (at least 72 out of 100) or 3U Mathematics
(at least 33 out of 50) or 4U Mathematics.
# Not compulsory, but still recommended. Students may select
an alternative subject from the List of Electives or enrol in a compulsory
subject from a later year of the program.
| Year 2 |
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6 |
| FIN221 |
Business Finance I |
6 |
| ECON111 |
Introductory Microeconomics |
6 |
| MATH201 |
Multivariate and Vector Calculus |
6 |
| MATH202 |
Differential Equations 2 |
6 |
| FIN223 |
Investments I |
6 |
| STAT231 |
Probability and Random Variables |
6 |
| STAT232 |
Estimation and Hypothesis Testing |
6 |
| Plus choice of at least 6 credit points
of subjects from the List of Electives |
| Year 3 |
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| FIN322 |
Business Finance II |
6 |
| FIN323 |
Investments II |
6 |
| ECON331 |
Financial Economics |
8 |
| MATH203 |
Linear Algebra |
6 |
| MATH317 |
Financial Calculus and Logistics |
6 |
| STAT332 |
Multiple Regression and Time Series |
6 |
| Plus choice of at least 6 credit points
of subjects from the List of Electives |
Year 4 (Non Honours Strand)
At least 48 credit points of subjects chosen from the List of
Electives. |
Year 4 (Honours Strand)
Entry to this program is restricted to candidates who satisfy
the prerequisite to INFO401. |
| ACCY407 |
Empirical Research Methods in Accounting |
6 |
| INFO401* |
Mathematics and Finance Honours Project |
12 |
Plus choice of at least 30 credit points of subjects from
the List of Electives.
* Enrolment in INFO401 is restricted to those candidates
who have a WAM greater than or equal to 67.5 on satisfactory completion
of 144 credit points of the course.
Spring session entry
Spring session entry is possible: contact the School of Mathematics
and Applied Statistics for a suggested program.
List of Electives
| ACCY201 |
Financial Accounting 2B |
6 |
| ACCY202 |
Financial Accounting 2A |
6 |
| ACCY407 |
Empirical Research Methods in Accounting |
6 |
| BUSS110 |
Introduction to Business Information
Systems |
6 |
| BUSS211 |
Requirements Determination and Systems
Analysis |
6 |
| BUSS212 |
Database Management Systems |
6 |
| CSCI102 |
Introduction to Information and Communication
Technology B |
6 |
| CSCI121 |
Computer Science 1B |
6 |
| CSCI204 |
Programming: The C Family and Unix |
6 |
| CSCI235 |
Data Bases |
6 |
| ECON207 |
Economic Policy |
8 |
| ECON215 |
Microeconomic Theory and Policy |
8 |
| ECON216 |
International Trade Theory and Policy |
8 |
| ECON301 |
Monetary Economics |
8 |
| ECON307 |
International Monetary Economics |
8 |
| FIN226 |
Financial Institutions |
6 |
| FIN324 |
Financial Statement Analysis |
6 |
| FIN325 |
Banking Practice |
6 |
| FIN327 |
Risk and Insurance |
6 |
| FIN351 |
International Business Finance |
6 |
| FIN359 |
Selected Issues in Finance |
6 |
| FIN422 |
Investment Analysis |
6 |
| FIN423 |
Investment Management |
6 |
| FIN424 |
Corporate Financial Information Analysis |
6 |
| FIN425 |
Banking Theory and Practice |
6 |
| FIN426 |
Studies in Business Finance |
6 |
| FIN487 |
Special Topic in Finance |
6 |
| IACT201 |
Information Technology and Citizens'
Rights |
6 |
| IACT423 |
IT and Small Business |
6 |
| INFO411 |
Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery |
6 |
| INFO412 |
Mathematics for Cryptography |
6 |
| LAW100 |
Law in Society |
6 |
| LAW210 |
Contract Law |
6 |
| MATH121 |
Discrete Mathematics |
6 |
| MATH204 |
Complex Variables and Group Theory |
6 |
| MATH222 |
Continuous and Finite Mathematics |
6 |
| MATH302 |
Differential Equations 3 |
6 |
| MATH305 |
Partial Differential Equations |
6 |
| MATH321 |
Numerical Analysis |
6 |
| MATH322 |
Algebra |
6 |
| MATH323 |
Topology and Chaos |
6 |
| MATH324 |
Analysis (This subject will only run
in odd years: next in 2003). |
6 |
| MATH371 |
Special Topics in Industrial and Applied
Mathematics 3 |
6 |
| MATH372 |
Special Topics in Mathematical Analysis
3 |
6 |
| MATH471 |
Honours Topics in Mathematics A |
6 |
| MATH472 |
Honours Topics in Mathematics B |
6 |
| MGMT308 |
Introduction to Management for Professionals
A |
6 |
| STAT131 |
Understanding Variation and Uncertainty |
6 |
| STAT304 |
Operations Research and Applied Probability |
6 |
| STAT333 |
Statistical Inference and Multivariate
Analysis |
6 |
| STAT335 |
Sample Surveys and Experimental Design |
6 |
| STAT373 |
Special Topics in Probability and
Statistics 3 |
6 |
| STAT471 |
Honours Topics in Statistics A |
6 |
| STAT472 |
Honours Topics in Statistics B |
6 |
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