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Bachelor of Mathematics and Finance

The Bachelor of Mathematics and Finance is an elite degree that provides graduates with a firm foundation in both mathematics and finance.

The degree covers the basics of corporate finance, financial institutions and investments, and allows students to specialise through the choice of elective subjects.

Entry Requirements / Assumed Knowledge
Approximate UAI: 82
Assumed Knowledge: Any two units of English plus HSC Mathematics
Recommended Studies: HSC Mathematics Extension 1
For entry requirements for students 21 & over or international students, please refer to the relevant prospectus.

Course 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:

  1. the subjects listed in the Recommended Program are compulsory unless explicitly stated otherwise;
  2. at least 168 credit points shall be for MATH, STAT, ACCY, ECON, FIN and MGMT subjects;
  3. no more than 66 credit points shall be for 100-level subjects;
  4. 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/STAT subjects and at least 24 credit points of ACCY/FIN subjects and
  5. 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/STAT subjects and at least 24 credit points of ACCY/FIN 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.

The following program of study is recommended to satisfy the requirements in minimum time.

Course Program

Subjects   Credit Points
Year 1
 
ACCY100 Accounting IA 6
ACCY102 Accounting IB 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    
BUSS111 Business Programming I 6
or    
CSCI114 Procedural Programming 6
Plus either    
ECON101 Macroeconomic Essentials for Business 6
or    
ECON111 Introductory Microeconomics 6
# Not compulsory, but highly 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
* The subject (ECON101 or ECON111) not completed in Year 1 must be completed in Year 2.

Year 2

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    

ECON101 or ECON111 (subject not completed in Year 1)

6

Plus Subject chosen from List of Electives

6

Year 3


 

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 Subjects chosen from the List of Electives

12

Year 4 (Non Honours)  

Subjects chosen from the List of Electives

48

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 (See Note 4)

12

Plus Subjects chosen from the List of Electives

30

Note 4: 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.
List of Electives

ACCY201

Financial Accounting IIB

6

ACCY200

Financial Accounting IIA

6

ACCY407

Empirical Research Methods

6

BUSS110

Introduction to Business Information Systems

6

BUSS211

Requirements Determination and Systems Analysis

6

BUSS212

Database Management Systems

6

CSCI102

Systems

6

CSCI103

Algorithms and Problem Solving

6

CSCI124

Object Programming

6

CSCI204

The C Family and Unix

6

CSCI235

Databases

6

ECON215

Microeconomic Theory and Policy

6

ECON216

International Trade Theory and Policy

6

ECON301

Monetary Economics

6

ECON305

Economic Policy

6

ECON307

International Monetary Economics

8

FIN226

Financial Institutions

6

FIN320

Risk and Insurance

6

FIN324

Financial Statement Analysis

6

FIN325

Banking Practice

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

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

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

Honours

To qualify for an award of Honours, students must satisfactorily complete the requirements listed in Year 4 (Honours) of the Course Program above. The classes of Honours awarded are defined in the Course Rules.

 
 
 

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