The Finance Honours specialisation is a one-year (full-time) program offered within the Research School of Finance, Actuarial Studies and Applied Statistics that offers students who have excelled in their undergraduate studies a challenging but rewarding year of study in Finance. We seek outstanding students who are keen to undertake independent Finance research with the guidance from academic staff. Past students graduating from the Honours in Finance program have been highly successful in professional practice with jobs in the leading investment banks around the world and a number have progressed to PhD studies.
Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate a sound knowledge and critical understanding of research design and methods in development of a research proposal and research plan.
- Perform independent research.
- Exhibit in-depth knowledge of the chosen research topic.
Relevant Degrees
Admission Requirements
1. A major or equivalent in one of the following:
Asian Capital Markets major
Capital Markets major
Finance major
Mathematical Finance major
Quantitative Finance major
Or, Completion of the first 144 units of prescribed courses in the Bachelor of Finance, Economics and Statistics
2. A weighted average mark equivalent to an ANU 75 per cent calculated from the 36 units (i.e. 0.75 EFTSL) of courses with highest final marks, excluding 1000-level courses (i.e. introductory undergraduate courses), from one of the majors specified above.
3. Written approval of the Honours Convener. The number of places available in the program may be limited due to supervisory capacity.
Cognate Disciplines
Finance, Economics, Commerce, Actuarial Studies, Statistics, Mathematics and Science
Requirements
This Honours specialisation requires the completion of 48 units, which must consist of:
36 units from the completion of the following compulsory course(s):
FINM4015 - Advanced Corporate Finance (6 units)
FINM4106 - Advanced Investments (6 units)
FINM4500 - Finance Honours Thesis (24 units)
12 units from the completion of courses from the following list:
FINM4017 - Trading and Markets (6 units)
STAT4018 - Stochastic Processes (6 units)
STAT4026 - Graphical Data Analysis (6 units)
STAT4027 - Statistical Inference (6 units)
STAT4029 - Design of Experiments and Surveys (6 units)
STAT4030 - Generalised Linear Models (6 units)
STAT4040 - Statistical Learning (6 units)
STAT4050 - Advanced Statistical Learning (6 units)
STAT4102 - Applied Time Series Analysis (6 units)
STAT4116 - Introduction to Bayesian Data Analysis (6 units)
42 units from completion of the following course(s):
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| FINM4015 | Advanced Corporate Finance | 6 |
| FINM4106 | Advanced Investments | 6 |
| FINM4500 | Finance Honours Thesis | 24 |
| STAT 4010: Managing the Research Process |
6 units from completion of the following course(s):
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| FINM4017 | Trading and Markets | 6 |
| STAT4018 | Stochastic Processes | 6 |
| STAT4026 | Graphical Data Analysis | 6 |
| STAT4027 | Statistical Inference | 6 |
| STAT4029 | Design of Experiments and Surveys | 6 |
| STAT4030 | Generalised Linear Models | 6 |
| STAT4040 | Statistical Learning | 6 |
| STAT4102 | Applied Time Series Analysis | 6 |
| STAT4116 | Introduction to Bayesian Data Analysis | 6 |