Bachelor of Finance/Bachelor of Statistics
Degree Structure
Typical full-time program pattern with a major in Corporate Finance and Investment Management:
| First semester | Second semester |
Year 1 | STAT1008 Quantitative Research Methods | FINM2001 Corporate Finance MATH1014 Mathematics and Applications 2 OR MATH1116 Mathematics and Applications 2 (H) BUSN1001 Business Reporting and Anlaysis Elective (6 units) |
Year 2 | ECON1101 Microeconomics 1 STAT2001 Introductory Mathematical Statistics STAT2008 Regression Modelling STAT2032 Financial Mathematics | ECON1102 Macroeconomics 1 FINM2002 Financial Instruments and Risk Management STAT3011 Graphical Data Analysis BStat Specialist Pre-requisite Course (6 units) |
Year 3 | MGMT3015 Corporate Strategy FINM3001 Investments STAT3012 Design of Experiments and Surveys BStat Specialisation Course (6 units) | FINM3005 Corporate Valuation MATH3512 Matrix Computations and Optimisation STAT3015 Generalised Linear Modelling BStat Specialisation Course (6 units) |
Year 4 | BStat Specialisation Course (6 units) FINM3006 Financial Intermediation and Debt Markets FINM3008 Applied Portfolio Construction Elective (6 units) | STAT3013 Statistical Inference BStat Specialisation Course (6 units) Elective (6 units) Elective (6 units) |
Year 5 | STAT400F Statistics IV Honours OR FINM4004F Finance IV Honours | STAT400F Statistics IV Honours OR FINM4004F Finance IV Honours |
- At least one BStat specialisation from Schedule A must be completed
Typical full-time program pattern with a major in Quantitative Finance
| First semester | Second semester |
Year 1 | STAT1008 Quantitative Research Methods COMP1100 Introduction to Programming and Algorithms FINM1001 Money, Markets and Finance MAT1013 Mathematics and Applications 1 OR MATH1115 Mathematics and Applications 1(H) | FINM2001 Corporate Finance MATH1014 Mathematics and Applications 2 OR MATH1116 Mathematics and Applications 2 (H) BUSN1001 Business Reporting and Anlaysis Elective (6 units) |
Year 2 | ECON1101 Microeconomics 1 STAT2001 Introductory Mathematical Statistics STAT2008 Regression Modelling STAT2032 Financial Mathematics | ECON1102 Macroeconomics 1 FINM2002 Financial Instruments and Risk Management STAT3011 Graphical Data Analysis BStat Specialist Pre-requisite Course (6 units) |
Year 3 | STAT3012 Design of Experiments and Surveys BStat Specialisation Course (6 units) FINM3001 Investements Elective (6 units) | MATH3512 Matrix Computations and Optimisation STAT3004 Stochastic Modelling STAT3015 Generalised Linear Modelling BStat Specialisation Course (6 units) |
Year 4 | FINM3003 Continuous Time Finance | FINM3007 Advanced Derivatives, Pricing and Applications STAT3013 Statistical Inference BStat Specialisation Course (6 units) Elective (6 units) |
Year 5 | STAT400F Statistics IV Honours OR FINM4004F Finance IV Honours | STAT400F Statistics IV Honours OR FINM4004F Finance IV Honours |
- At least one BStat specialisation from Schedule A must be completed
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