QUANTITATIVE FINANCE (MASTER OF COMMERCE)
Description
The Quantitative Finance specialisation is for students who want to apply quantitative methods of analysis within a financial context. The specialisation introduces many of the theoretical and analytical tools that are important in modern finance. Students will learn techniques for analysing financial data and also the skills needed to build and use models for financial forecasting and decision making. There is an emphasis on spreadsheet methods that can be applied in practice.
Requirements for the specialisation
The following information is for students who commenced study or transferred into the Master of Commerce from 2012 or students who commenced study in 2011 and wish to follow these requirements for a specialisation. All other students should refer to the information set out below under Information for pre-2012 continuing students.
To be awarded a specialisation in Quantitative Finance, students complete five units of study (30 credit points), comprising:
(i) two foundational units of study (12 credit points), as follows:
(ii) two compulsory units of study (12 credit points), as follows:
(ii) two elective units of study (12 credit points) selected from the following units:
- FINC6005 Advanced Asset Pricing
- FINC6009 Portfolio Theory and Its Applications
- FINC6010 Derivative Securities
- FINC6014 Fixed Income Securities
- FINC6023 Financial Risk Management.
Note: Non-foundational units of study can be used to count to one specialisation only. For example, FINC6005 cannot be used to count towards both a Finance and Quantitative Finance specialisation.
Please Note. Due the foundational unit requirements, students in the 12 unit Master of Commerce program can only complete this specialisation in combination with a specialition in Banking, Finance or Quantitative Business Analysis.
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